Anna Sherwood

October 5, 1908 - April 17, 2002

Anna Fern Sherwood, age 93, of 3736 Victoria Road, Ashville, died at 8:05 A.M. Sunday (April 14, 2002) in Heritage Green Health Care Center. She was born October 5, 1908 in Jamestown, a daughter of Emory Winfield and Fern Lorena Straight Ross. She was a 1926 graduate of Jamestown High School and the Walcourt School for Girls in Cayuga, NY. Prior to retiring, she had been a self-employed interior decorator, antique appraiser, and was a qualified estate appraiser. In earlier years she had at Wellman Bros. in Jamestown, Gold Eagle in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Colonial Art Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa. Following her retirement, she has worked at the Athenuem Hotel in Chautauqua during the summer season. A member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1923, she was also a member of The Heritage Foundation, Marvin Community House, Fenton Historical Society, and the Ross Mills Cemetery Association. She had also been active in Republican party politics, serving as president of the Young Womens Republican Club of Jamestown, chairperson of the 8th Judicial District New York State Young Republican Clubs, and served as a hostess for the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in 1940. Survirors: Sons: George Ross Sherwood of Lakewood Wilson Stuart Sherwood, Jr. of Erie, Pa. Daughter: Barbara Anne Schuckers of Ashville 11 Grandchildren 10 Great Grandchildren The funeral service will be private at the conveneince of the family. Rev. Thomas Sweet, pastor of First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.