Ferne Lucile BOWEN

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Obituary - Ferne White MITCHELL - Ferne White, 87, of Mitchell, died Tuesday (March 2, 1993) at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Faith Lutheran Church in Mitchell, with the Rev. Rose Marie Lewis and the Rev. Paul Birkedal officiating. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Rock Falls cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Champion Funeral Home, Osage. Ferne Lucile White was born Jan. 6, 1906, at Rockford, the daughter of J.L. and Pearl (Pickett) Bowen. She was raised near Rockford and in Marshalltown. She graduated from Rockford High School and attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, and graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. She taught school in Rock Falls and Lohrville. Ferne married Everett D. White on Dec. 25, 1928, in Rockford. They lived in Fenton for several years before moving their family to Rock Falls. In 1954, they moved to Mitchell, where they both taught school. Ferne enjoyed her family and especially looked forward to Sunday get-togethers. Her hobbies included music, needlework, sewing and photography. She taught piano lessons and played the organ for many years at both Rock Falls and Mitchell. She was a member of the Rockford Methodist Church, the Rock Falls Methodist Church, and the Faith Lutheran Church in Mitchell. She was a member of the W.C.T.U. and the W.E.L.C.A. in Mitchell. Survivors include her children, Lucille and Dale Jackson, Redwood City, Calif., Margaret and Mike Byington, Rock Falls, Don and Novella White, Rock Falls, Janice and Don Abrahamson, Mason City, Jim and Sharon White, Tracy, Calif., Carol and Ray Arickx, Mitchell; 16 grandchildren, Dale A., Michael D., and Mark E. Jackson, Karen Birkedal, Peggy Schuver, Ellen Hinecker, Holly Gallagher, Becky Kidd, Beth Ollanik, Cindy Duffy, David Abrahamson, Brenda Ortiz, Bill White, and Angela, Paul, and Dan Arickx; 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Esther Kock, Rockford; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett, on Jan. 27, 1993; her parents; an infant daughter, Judith; a brother, Lloyd; and a sister, Bernice.