Ferne (Palmer) SEVERNS

SEVERNS, PALMER, THOMPSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/5/2012 at 12:04:12

September 10, 1910 --- April 28, 2012

Ferne Severns, 101, of Britt, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services for Ferne Severns will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 10:30 AM at the Evangelical Free Church, 810 2nd Avenue NW, in Britt with Pastor Stan Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Corwith Cemetery in Corwith at 1:30 PM on Thursday. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from 5:00 until 7:00 PM at Ewing Funeral Chapel, 178 Center Street West, in Britt and continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Ferne (Palmer) Severns went to be with the Lord on April 28, 2012. She was born on the family farm northwest of Renwick on September 10, 1910. She was the oldest and the only daughter of Stephen Palmer and Augusta (Thompson) Palmer. She was always a great supporter of education and after high school she went to Iowa State Teachers College (currently UNI) in Cedar Falls and trained to be a teacher. She taught at a country school near Renwick until she married Melvin Severns and they began farming southwest of Britt.

Ferne enjoyed cooking and was active in her community and church. She was a member of the Nota Bena club, Eastern Star and she enjoyed gardening and raising beautiful flowers. She and Melvin retired from farming in 1975. They had always enjoyed having horses and working with cattle so they move to Madill Oklahoma and bought a ranchette where they raised pure bred cattle and enjoyed their horses. When Melvin passed away, Ferne returned to Britt and continued to enjoy her retirement there until she moved to Mason City in April of 2007 and lived at Kentucky Ridge Assisted Living. She moved to Good Shepherd Health Center in May of 2010. She always had a positive attitude and a great smile.

Ferne will be missed by her many nieces, nephews relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Donald and John Palmer and her husband Melvin.

Ewing Funeral Home
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