We are sad to announce that on April 8, 2023 we had to say goodbye to Mary Ference of Bobtown, Pennsylvania, born in Maidsville, West Virginia. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, James Bierer and Blanche Bierer (Taylor); her husband Stanley J. Ference, Jr.; her former life partner Stephen Shuppe; her siblings, Ernest, Thomas Bierer, Lenora Wolfe, Olive Reeder, Margaret Vincie, Loretta Beward and Judy M. Mathews; and her stepbrothers, Hoy, Eugene and Raymond Reeder.

She is survived by : her children, Shirley Mefford (David) of Westover, WV, Steve Shuppe of Dilliner, Sue Hall (Jim) of Dilliner and Michael Ference of Waynesburg; and her grandchildren, Erica Barnett (Bobby), Stacey Fox (Calvin), Dianna Jackson (Vaughn), Steph Utzman (Logan), Jimmy Hall, Amy Yakubik, Steven Shuppe (Jenn), Jessica Shuppe, Travis Shuppe and Nicole Logan. She is also survived by 19 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be offered to the Bobtown United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 172, Bobtown, PA 15315, or the Dunkard Township Food Pantry, % Dotty Shuppe, 480 Budapest Road, Dilliner, PA 15327.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Herod-Rishel Funeral Home