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Fern Ernst

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Fern Ernst obituary, 1921-2021, Wernersville, PA

BORN

1921

DIED

2021

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Lamm & Witman Funeral Home, Inc. - Wernersville

243 W. Penn Ave.

Wernersville, Pennsylvania

Fern Ernst Obituary

Fern H. Ernst Fern H. Ernst, age 99, of Wernersville, PA died on Monday, August 2, 2021 at Maidencreek Place, Reading, PA. She was born on November 21, 1921 to the late Frederick R. and Grace G. (Long) Billiard. Fern was a 1940 graduate of Wilson High School. She worked as a Looper for the Berkshire Knitting Mill for 10 years and also worked for the King Kup Candy Factory in West Reading for 9 years. Fern was a lifelong member of St. John’s (Hains) UCC, Wernersville. She was an active member of both the Lower Heidelberg and Mt. Pleasant Fire Company Ladies Auxiliaries. Fern also spent a lot of time in the kitchen canning and freezing food from her garden and cooking wonderful meals for her family. In addition to her parents Fern was preceded in death by her first husband Paul Parson who died while serving in World War II, and her second husband of 50 years, Melvin W. “Camel” Ernst, who died July 15, 2002. Fern was survived by her daughter, Kathleen DeLong, wife of Robert W. DeLong of Wernersville, granddaughter, Tammy Lynn Krejcarek of Yorktown, VA and great-granddaughter, Alyssa. Graveside services will be held on Monday, August 9th at 11am at Hains Church Cemetery, 591 North Church Road, Wernersville with Rev. Ann Bolek officiating. Arrangements by Lamm and Witman Funeral Home, 243 W. Penn Ave, Wernersville. The family would like to thank the caregivers at Berks Leisure, Maidencreek Place and Caring Hospice for their loving care for Fern. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org. Online condolences may be made at www.lammandwitman.com.

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Published by Reading Eagle from Aug. 4 to Aug. 8, 2021.

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