Fern G. Shoemaker

Services for Fern G. Shoemaker, 100, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Shoemaker died Friday, April 4, 2003, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.

She was born Dec. 24, 1902, on the family farm in Norton County near Almena, the daughter of Frederick J. and Mary (Williams) Glasson.

She attended Almena Grade School and was a 1920 graduate of Almena High School. She attended Kansas State University and Fort Hays State University.

She then returned to Almena where she taught in the Almena schools. She taught in Wichita during World War II and later taught in Lawrence USD 497.

She married Otho W. Shoemaker on June 30, 1929, in Almena. He died March 18, 1979.

Survivors include a niece and four nephews.

Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to the charity of the donor’s choice, sent in care of the funeral home at 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence.