Fern Woolfolk, 94, of Parsons, died at 1:05 p.m., Monday, May 18, 2020 at Elmhaven East Nursing Home.
She was born February 28, 1926 at rural Edna to Jesse Myrle Allison and Alice Lydia (Whitcomb) Allison, and she grew up in that area. She graduated from Labette County Community High School in 1946.
On June 1, 1946 she and Thomas L. Woolfolk were married in Chetopa. They farmed south of Altamont until 1952 when they moved northwest of Parsons. Later they settled on a farm southwest of Parsons. Tom died on November 8, 2014 and Fern moved to an apartment in Parsons.
In her adult years she had been employed at the Broderick Co., Meadow View School, the Census Bureau, Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, and Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, from where she retired.
She was a member of the First Christian Church of Parsons. She enjoyed quilting and being with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Surviving is a son, Roy Woolfolk, and his wife, Kay, of Coffeyville, a daughter Patricia Mason of Pittsburg; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Ray Woolfolk, a stillborn daughter, two brother’s Wayne Allison and Marion Allison and a sister, and Louise Triebel.
A private funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Friday, at the First Christian Church, with Rev. Laurie Lewis officiating. The funeral will be broadcast on Facebook Live on the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Parsons Facebook page. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Altamont.
Family and friends are welcome to stop by the Carson-Wall Funeral Home Thursday from 1 until 8 p.m., to view and sign the register.
Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church or Harry Hynes Hospice. They may be left at or sent to the funeral home at Box 942, Parsons, KS 67357. Online messages may be sent to www.wallfuneralservices.com.
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