Ferguson, Vena Ococa

Passed:

Age: 86 y

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1972-10-26

Information:     Mrs. Vena Ococa Ferguson, 86, of 105 1/2 Main St., Ripley, died Thursday at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio, after a long illness.     Born in Illinois, she was a daughter of the late John M. and Mary (Landfried) Harpold, and was a member of the Women's Society of Christian Service, and was a past noble grand of the Paradise of the Rebekah Lodge.     She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Mill Creek Valley Farm Women's Club.     She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard F. Ferguson in 1948.     Survivors include four sons, Wade O., of Chester, John V. of Gardenia, Calif., Gerald F. of Ripley and Ralph H. of Gallipolis, Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Creque of Athens, Ohio, Mrs. Irene Parsons and Mrs. Faustina Perry, both of Melbourne, Fla., and Mrs. Clara Haley of Columbus, Ohio; two brothers, Holly H. Harpold of Ravenswood and John M. Harpold of Akron, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Vera Hamilton of Michigan; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.     The Rev. William Eaton officiated with burial in Martin Chapel Cemetery, under direction of Parsons Funeral Home in Ripley.