Fern E. (Kingston) Sheraske, 85, Milwaukee, formerly of Mountain, died Oct. 6, 2001, at Silver Spring Convalescent Center, where she had been a resident for the past six years. Fern was born in Mountain, April 27, 1916, to the late Walter and Alice (McAllan) Kingston. She graduated from Harrington Beauty College in Milwaukee and was employed as an instructor for the Beauty College. Fern married William Sheraske in 1958, he preceded her in death. She had been employed by W. H. Brady Co. from 1966 until retiring in 1981. Fern loved to travel in America, over the years she had visited nearly all the states with hers brothers and sons. She had been a member of the Mountain Church of Christ.
Survivors include her three sons, Walter and Robert Green, both of Glendale, Wis.; John (Joanne) Green, Lexington, KY, three grandchildren, Sean, Erick and Trisha.
She was preceded in death by her husband William, her two sisters, Vivian in April of 1977, Ruby in February of 1983; her three brothers, Lincoln in August of 1984, Westly in December of 1986 and Sheldon in November of 1993.
Funeral services were held 11a.m. Tuesday Oct. 9, 2001, at the Mountain Church of Christ with Pastor Robert Jeffrey Officiating. Burial in Mountain Cemetery. Gruetzmacher Funeral Home, Suring in charge of arrangements.