{"id":1703,"date":"2019-04-12T08:37:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2019-04-12T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:38:15","slug":"obituary-notice-gern-ferry-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1703","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; Gern Ferry, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FerryG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1704\" alt=\"FerryG\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FerryG-182x300.jpg\" width=\"51\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FerryG-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FerryG-624x1024.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FerryG.jpg 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 51px) 100vw, 51px\" \/><\/a>DUNKIRK:\u00a0 Gern Ferry, Jr., 97, a resident of Chautauqua Nursing &amp; Rehab Center, Dunkirk, formerly of Forestville, died Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 at his residence.\u00a0 He was born in Forestville, on November 25, 1921, the son of the late Gern and Minnie (Wilkes) Ferry, Sr.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ferry was a graduate of Forestville Central School class of 1941 and was co-owner of the former Forestville Hardware, for 53 years, from 1955-2008.\u00a0 He was an exempt fireman of the Forestville Fire Department, a former avid bowler and a die-hard New York Yankees fan.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include a daughter, Linda (Gregory) Prechtl, of Fredonia; two sons Ronald (Trish) Ferry, and Douglas Ferry, both of Forestville.\u00a0 Also surviving are 6 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and several nieces &amp; nephews.\u00a0 Besides his parents he was predeceased by his wife Elinor L. (Martin) Ferry, whom he married on December 11, 1946 in the Forestville United Methodist Church Parsonage and who died January 2, 2019, 3 sisters Minerva Wilson, Loda Metzler, Lucille Cooper and by 5 brothers Truman, Stanley, Donald, Howard and Julius Ferry.<\/p>\n<p>Friends are welcome to call at Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville on Sunday from 4-7 PM from where Funeral Services will be held Monday morning at 11 o&#8217;clock, with Rev. James D. Hankey, pastor of the Forestville United Methodist Church, officiating.\u00a0 Interment will follow in the Pioneer Cemetery, Forestville.<\/p>\n<p>The family suggests memorials may be made to Forestville Fire Dept. Emergency &amp; Rescue Squad, PO Box 299, Forestville, NY 14062.\u00a0 To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUNKIRK:\u00a0 Gern Ferry, Jr., 97, a resident of Chautauqua Nursing &amp; Rehab Center, Dunkirk, formerly of Forestville, died Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 at his residence.\u00a0 He was born in Forestville,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1706,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions\/1706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}