The Washington Times Herald
Saturday, 7 July 1984

Fae Kerns

BLOOMINGTON- Fae Eldean Shefick Kerns, 81, died at 6:12 a.m. Friday in the Bloomington Convalescent Center.  She was a native of Martin County.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Queen-Lee Funeral Home, Shoals, with Revs. Robert Synan and Delbert Olsen officiating and burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday. 
Mrs. Kerns was born Dec. 18, 1902, the daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Tredway Sherfick.  She married Homer Kerns and he preceded her in death.  She retired from the People's Trust Company, Indianapolis, in 1964.  She was a member of the Undenominational Christian Fellowship Church.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Wilma Fisher, Solsberry; Virginia Holt, Bedford; Mary Olsen, Indianapolis; Carol Hedrick, Greenfield and a son, Kermit, Dyer.
Also surviving are 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, a brother, John Sherfick, Indianapolis and a sister, Mrs. Grace Hundley, Monticello.  Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death.

 Courtesy of Cathy Clark