Ferne Mary Troyer

February 16, 1923 – May 18, 2010
Ferne Mary Troyer, 87, of Kalona, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at the Pleasantview Home in Kalona. Funeral Services were Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with Pastor Don Patterson officiating. Burial was in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, Pleasantview Home, and Iowa City Hospice. Messages may be sent to the family at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.
Ferne May Fisher was born February 16, 1923, in rural Parnell, Iowa, the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Yoder) Fisher. She attended the Oakland School in Green Township. May 18, 1948, she was united in marriage to Cleo Troyer at the West Union Mennonite Church. The couple made their home in Kalona where Mrs. Troyer was a homemaker. She worked as a cook for the Mid-Prairie Community School District for 14 years. She was a member of the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, and the Lioness Club. Mrs. Troyer loved to quilt and made each grandchild a quilt for their high school graduation. She also loved to garden and tend to her flower beds. She was best loved for her homemade applesauce, cinnamon rolls, graham cracker fluff salad, homemade pies and the cookies she always had for the grand kids.
Mrs. Troyer is survived by four children, Richard Troyer (Gayle), Cummings, Georgia; Ronald Troyer (Maribeth), Phoenix, Arizona; Randy Troyer (Pat), Kalona; Beverly Strother (Jon), Mount Vernon, Iowa; nine grandchildren, Brent Troyer, Brandy Keener, Ryan Troyer, Courtney Troyer, Tanner Troyer, Lucas Troyer, Samantha Troyer, Amber Rhodus, Taylor Strother; and five great-grandchildren, Olivia, Jonah and Celia Keener, Caleb and Jordan Troyer.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Cleo; six brothers, Harold, Glen, Orlo, Leonard, Waldo, Vernon ; and six sisters, infant Velda, Leona Miller, Erma Kauffman, Lavanda Eash, Maggie Hochstetler, and Luetta Johnson.