Kara Lynn Shepherd

Kara Lynn Shepherd aka Shep age 43 born in Madras, Oregon on 12/22/1977 tragically lost her life on Saturday November 27, 2021 in Redmond, Oregon. Kara grew up on the family ranch in Madras and participated in 4H, basketball and earned many awards calf & steer roping, Kara graduated from Madras High School in 1996 and ended up becoming a flight attendant until 2001 when she decided to pursue other opportunities including modeling. Kara loved helping people and worked many years in the mortgage and credit repair industries. In 2008 when the housing market crashed, she got her nursing degree so she could continue helping people. In 2019 she decided to restart her mortgage career and joined on with team Home Loan Ninja most recently working as a Transaction Coordinator at On Q Financial in Redmond where she excelled and brought a fun and sincere caring to everyone's life daily. Kara absolutely loved animals of all kinds especially her dogs Gianni, Harper & Halo. She loved paddle boarding, hiking, eating good foods, drinking great wines and quiet nights at home relaxing. Kara also loved motorcycles and travel, she spent the last few years traveling all over the country with her significant other, best friend and business partner Aaron Myhra. They bought a house in Redmond that Kara made into a beautiful home where she would start off most days quietly in prayer with the lord and reading her devotionals. Survived by her significant other Aaron Myhra, her Stepmom Linda Shepherd, half-sisters Lisa, Shelly, Monica & Lindy, step bother Jerry and stepsister Melinda as well as many uncles, aunts and cousins. Proceeded by her Father Tony who passed away in May of 2021 and her beloved mother Judy who passed away in 1988. Memorial contributions have been set up on GoFundMe under, Kara Shepherds Memorial. Funeral services with time for family and friends to share memories will be Saturday December 11th at 12 pm at the Highland Baptist Church in Redmond, Oregon followed by a funeral procession led by a pack of motorcycles (cars behind the pack) to the Mount Jefferson Memorial Park cemetery in Madras, Oregon where her cremated remains will be laid to rest next to her mother, with a celebration of life afterwards in Redmond with live music, food and lots of stories and laughs.

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Kara Lynn Shepherd

December 22, 1977 - November 27, 2021