Elderly veteran heartbroken over stolen guitar gifted from late wife

by Vexmax Sat 15 Dec 2018, 10:24 am

Edward Sheppard's wife saved money for the instrument for over a year

Ariana Kelland · CBC News · Posted: Dec 14, 2018

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It's probably worth little to the person who stole it, but for 82-year-old Edward Sheppard his guitar means everything.

Sheppard, who lives in Stephenville Crossing on the province's west coast, discovered the instrument was missing when he went to play it recently.

"He doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, but he is very sad because it means a lot to him," his daughter Yolanda Sheppard told CBC News.

"It was one of the last things my mom gave to him before she passed away from cancer."

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Yolanda Sheppard said her late mother saved for more than a year to buy the guitar — something the Royal Canadian Air Force veteran had wanted for years.

Sheppard believes someone went inside the house when it was unlocked within the last two weeks.

"He uses his guitar all the time, it's a pastime for him, and I think it kind of makes he feel a little closer to my mom, so it's really sad."

Shortly after this story published online, comedian Mark Critch and musician Alan Doyle tweeted that they would find a replacement for Sheppard before Christmas.

Doyle offered up his own guitars that he used while playing in the band Great Big Sea.

Critch said he contacted Provincial Airlines, which offered to fly the guitar to Sheppard in Stephenville Crossing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/stolen-guitar-stephenville-crossing-1.4946142

by Lionfield Sat 15 Dec 2018, 4:40 pm

'It's what we do': Famous Newfoundlanders help replace veteran's stolen guitar

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS - POSTED DEC 15, 2018

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — Two famous Newfoundlanders have stepped in to help an elderly veteran whose guitar went missing earlier this month.

Eighty-two-year-old Edward Sheppard was devastated after his guitar — a gift from his late wife — was stolen from his home in Stephenville Crossing, N.L.

But after his story received media attention, comedian Mark Critch sent out a tweet Friday asking if any of his musician friends had a guitar they could spare for the elderly vet.

Great Big Sea’s Alan Doyle responded to say he had one, and Saturday morning he delivered the guitar to Sheppard, who was staying at his son’s home in St. John’s.

Sheppard’s daughter Yolanda says she’s grateful for the quick responses, but she isn’t surprised that fellow Newfoundlanders stepped in to help, saying “it’s what we do.”

She says she still hopes the original guitar finds its way back to her father, since her mother saved up for a long time to buy it and it holds a lot of sentimental value.

The Canadian Press

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/12/15/its-what-we-do-famous-newfoundlanders-help-replace-veterans-stolen-guitar/

by **Replica** Sat 15 Dec 2018, 9:36 pm

Famous Newfoundlanders help replace veteran’s stolen guitar

By The Canadian Press
Sat., Dec. 15, 2018

ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—Two famous Newfoundlanders stepped in to help an elderly veteran whose guitar went missing earlier this month.

Edward Sheppard, 82, was devastated after his guitar — a gift from his late wife — was stolen from his home in Stephenville Crossing, N.L.

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“It meant a lot to all of us, it was a labour of love,” Sheppard’s daughter, Yolanda, said in an interview on Saturday.

“She saved for years, she rolled a lot of change to save it. And when she had enough, I helped her out and we went and got dad a guitar. It wasn’t fancy, but it was all she could afford.”

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Yolanda said the guitar, which her father had decorated with floral patterns, went missing sometime in the last two weeks.

After Edward’s story received media attention, comedian Mark Critch sent out a tweet on Friday asking if his any of musician friends had a guitar they could spare for him.

“I know that nothing can replace the sentimental arrangement of the real one but does anyone know of an instrument to match?” he wrote.

Musician Alan Doyle, most famous for his work with Canadian folk band Great Big Sea, responded: “I got one he can have for sure.”

On Saturday morning, he hand-delivered the guitar to Sheppard, who was staying at his son’s home in St. John’s.

The two had an impromptu jam session, and Doyle tweeted out a short video of Edward playing the new guitar and whistling.

“Wonderful hang with a wonderful man,” wrote the musician in another post. “Hope you get your stolen guitar back. This one should keep u going till then.”

Yolanda said she’s grateful for Critch’s and Doyle’s quick responses, but she isn’t surprised that fellow Newfoundlanders stepped in to help.

“Being a good Newfoundland girl, I always tell everyone: it’s what we do,” she said.

“We always come together to help out each other and help everyone that we can. It doesn’t surprise me whatsoever, not a bit.”

She added that many other people also offered to help her dad get another guitar.

While Edward is “very, very excited” to be strumming again, Yolanda said she hopes the missing guitar finds its way back to her father, since it holds a lot of sentimental value for him.

“He’s a really nice man who didn’t deserve something like that to happen to him,” she said. “Sometimes an item can mean so much to someone.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/12/15/famous-newfoundlanders-help-replace-veterans-stolen-guitar.html

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