OBITUARY: Hazel Iva Patterson Ferns, Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 27 Jan 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 21 Mar 1944, p. 5 MRS. FERNS RITES TO BE IN ASHLAND Last rites for Hazel Iva Ferns, 58, Jackson county native resident who died Sunday in an Ashland hospital, will be held tomorrow at Litwiller's Funeral home in Ashland. The body will then be shipped to Portland for cremation. Mrs. Ferns had been in failing health for more than a year. The deceased was born near Talent March 25, 1886, and had resided in the county her entire life. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Patterson, were pioneer settlers and Mr. Patterson will be remembered as a former county road supervisor. Mrs. Ferns is survived by her sister, Mrs. Myrtle Jacobs, Rt. 2, Ashland. The deceased was a member of the Ashland Rebekah lodge.