Wayne County IL Archives Obituaries.....Bullard, Ferne Irene (Block) August 7, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deidre Badker berniebadker@iowatelecom.net December 7, 2011, 8:30 am Effingham Newspaper, August 2009; family notes Ferne Irene (Block) Bullard, 93, of Cisne,Illinois, died at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, at Cisne Care and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday (August 11, 2009) at Hosselton Funeral Home, Cisne, with Brother Ernie Lewis officiating. Burial will follow in Cisne Cemetery, Cisne, Wayne, Illinois. Ferne was born April 20, 1916, at Cisne, Illinois to William A and Ethel Francis (Conard) Block. She married Glen E. (Bud) Bullard on November 26, 1938 at Kentucky and he preceded her in death on Aug. 15, 2002. Ferne retired at age 60 as an elementary school teacher after 34 years. She started teaching in area one-room schools, then taught at Johnsonville and later in 1962 at Homewood elementary school. Ferne attended Willow Street Church of Christ, Effingham. Survivors include one daughter and her husband of Cisne; one granddaughter and her husband; one grandson and his wife; one great- granddaughter; one sister and her husband of Cisne; three brothers; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glen (Bud); one brother, Carroll, and her parents. Found Ferne in the 1920, 1930 censuses at Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois: 1920: William Bloch 30, Ethel Bloch 26, Fern Bloch 3, Carroll Bloch 1, John Connard 67. 1930: William A Block 40, Ethel F Block 37, Ferne I Block 13, Carroll A Block 11, Harold E Block 8, Hazel O Block 3 8/12, Glen U Block 1 3/12. Additional Comments: Note-censuses transcribed as found, obvious spelling errors not corrected. Contributor's spouse is a distant relative/names of living individuals were omitted. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/wayne/obits/b/bullard446gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb