| 1. |  Hervey, Valara Grace was born on 9 Apr 1928; died on 19 Mar 2008 in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA; was buried in Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa, USA. Other Events:
- Residence: 1955, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, USA
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"The Fairfield Ledger", Thursday, March 20, 2008, Page 8
FERRIS, Valara Grace HERVEY -- Valara Grace HERVEY FERRIS, 79, of Fairfield, died at 9:42 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.
A funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Bill Shewmaker officiating. Burial will be in Center Chapel Cemetery, southeast of Keosauqua.
Open visitation will be from 2-7 p.m. Friday and beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials to Heartland Humane Society may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at 504 E. Washington Ave., Fairfield 52556.
Mrs. FERRIS was born April 9, 1928, in Bonaparte, the daughter of Willard O. and Opal WOLF HERVEY. She had been married to Donald E. JONES and William T. FERRIS.
Mrs. FERRIS attended rural Van Buren County schools and graduated from Keosauqua High School in 1946. She had worked in Woolworth's in Fairfield, at Maid-Rite in Keokuk and at Dadant & Sons candle factory in Hamilton, Ill., for 30 years. She retired in 1993 and moved to Country Lane Apartments in Keosauqua. She moved to Fairfield in 2006 and had resided at Nelson Nursing Home the past year.
Mrs. FERRIS was a member of New Testament Christian Church in Keokuk.
She loved animals and birds.
Survivors include one brother, Byron HERVEY of Mount Ayr.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Angela Rose JONES at birth; and her stepfather, Dorsey "Hi" STEVENSON.
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Buried:
Center Chapel Cemetery
Died:
Jefferson County Hospital
Valara married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Valara married Ferris, William Thomas on 15 Dec 1962. William was born on 6 Mar 1928; died on 5 Dec 1984. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1928 - 2008 (79 years)
