PONTIAC - Fern L. Lesher, 64, of 824 W. Reynolds St. died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the home of her daughter in Berwyn. She had been in failing health for 2 1/2 years.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, the Rev. Robert Searles officiating. Burial will be in South Side Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Raleigh J. Harris Funeral Home.
She was born June 17, 1916, in Cooksville, a daughter of Ernest and Minnie Harms Humphrey. She married Wilbur A. Lesher March 2, 1935, in Normal. He died Jan. 28, 1970.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Slater, Berwyn; and Bernadine Mueller, Bancrost, Iowa; three brothers, Gail Humphrey, Colfax; Loren Humphrey, Saybrook; and Nelson Humphrey, Cooksville; a sister Velda Beck, El Paso; and five grandchildren.
She was educated in Cooksville and was employed by Humiston Haven for eight years prior to her illness. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Pontiac.
Memorials may be made to the church.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, the Rev. Robert Searles officiating. Burial will be in South Side Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Raleigh J. Harris Funeral Home.
She was born June 17, 1916, in Cooksville, a daughter of Ernest and Minnie Harms Humphrey. She married Wilbur A. Lesher March 2, 1935, in Normal. He died Jan. 28, 1970.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Slater, Berwyn; and Bernadine Mueller, Bancrost, Iowa; three brothers, Gail Humphrey, Colfax; Loren Humphrey, Saybrook; and Nelson Humphrey, Cooksville; a sister Velda Beck, El Paso; and five grandchildren.
She was educated in Cooksville and was employed by Humiston Haven for eight years prior to her illness. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Pontiac.
Memorials may be made to the church.
PONTIAC - Fern L. Lesher, 64, of 824 W. Reynolds St. died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the home of her daughter in Berwyn. She had been in failing health for 2 1/2 years.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, the Rev. Robert Searles officiating. Burial will be in South Side Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Raleigh J. Harris Funeral Home.
She was born June 17, 1916, in Cooksville, a daughter of Ernest and Minnie Harms Humphrey. She married Wilbur A. Lesher March 2, 1935, in Normal. He died Jan. 28, 1970.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Slater, Berwyn; and Bernadine Mueller, Bancrost, Iowa; three brothers, Gail Humphrey, Colfax; Loren Humphrey, Saybrook; and Nelson Humphrey, Cooksville; a sister Velda Beck, El Paso; and five grandchildren.
She was educated in Cooksville and was employed by Humiston Haven for eight years prior to her illness. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Pontiac.
Memorials may be made to the church.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, the Rev. Robert Searles officiating. Burial will be in South Side Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Raleigh J. Harris Funeral Home.
She was born June 17, 1916, in Cooksville, a daughter of Ernest and Minnie Harms Humphrey. She married Wilbur A. Lesher March 2, 1935, in Normal. He died Jan. 28, 1970.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Slater, Berwyn; and Bernadine Mueller, Bancrost, Iowa; three brothers, Gail Humphrey, Colfax; Loren Humphrey, Saybrook; and Nelson Humphrey, Cooksville; a sister Velda Beck, El Paso; and five grandchildren.
She was educated in Cooksville and was employed by Humiston Haven for eight years prior to her illness. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Pontiac.
Memorials may be made to the church.
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