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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jack Calvin
Ferver
October 16, 1920 – January 2, 2017
Obituary
Jack C. Ferver, passed away on January 2, 2017. He was born on October 16, 1920 (the first year that women like his mother could vote!) and raised with his two sisters, Janet Lynn and Mable Arlene. He grew up in the small town of Greenfield in western Pennsylvania raised by his dad, William Carl Ferver, the minister for 25 years of Unity Presbyterian Church, and his mother, Maude Howe Ferver, a well-known Bible studies teacher and suffragette.
Jack and his wife Dorothy, who passed in 2013, had five children, Scott Skare (Elise), Stacy Skare (Teresa), Cindy Ferver (JJ), Kent Ferver, and Jack W. Ferver (Jeremy), six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Jack completed two years at Grove City College in Pennsylvania when WWII broke out, making him eligible to enlist in the Army Air Corps pilot training program, which he completed in January, 1942. He then spent four years as a pilot and attained the rank of Captain.
After the war, he completed his undergraduate degree in Agricultural Education at the University of Maryland and was employed by Michigan State University. He worked in various capacities at MSU for 13 years, mostly as a County 4-H Club Agent, during which time he completed his master's degree at MSU and his doctorate degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
He then went to work for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, from which he retired in 1986 as Emeritus Professor in Education. While there, he served as founding President of the Wisconsin Adult Education Association, served as President of the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education, and was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.
After retiring from the University of Wisconsin he turned to writing and published three books on the religion of Humanism and Spirituality.
For those who would like to do so, Memorial Contributions may be made to the Andrew Roll Cemetery Fund, The Free Congregation of Sauk County, 307 Polk Street, Sauk City WI, 53583. It is there where the ashes of both he and Dorothy will be buried, side by side, in a single plot.
A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be held on January 21, 2017 at Park Hall, 307 Polk Street, Sauk City, WI 53583 at 2pm.
Jack and his wife Dorothy, who passed in 2013, had five children, Scott Skare (Elise), Stacy Skare (Teresa), Cindy Ferver (JJ), Kent Ferver, and Jack W. Ferver (Jeremy), six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Jack completed two years at Grove City College in Pennsylvania when WWII broke out, making him eligible to enlist in the Army Air Corps pilot training program, which he completed in January, 1942. He then spent four years as a pilot and attained the rank of Captain.
After the war, he completed his undergraduate degree in Agricultural Education at the University of Maryland and was employed by Michigan State University. He worked in various capacities at MSU for 13 years, mostly as a County 4-H Club Agent, during which time he completed his master's degree at MSU and his doctorate degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
He then went to work for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, from which he retired in 1986 as Emeritus Professor in Education. While there, he served as founding President of the Wisconsin Adult Education Association, served as President of the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education, and was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.
After retiring from the University of Wisconsin he turned to writing and published three books on the religion of Humanism and Spirituality.
For those who would like to do so, Memorial Contributions may be made to the Andrew Roll Cemetery Fund, The Free Congregation of Sauk County, 307 Polk Street, Sauk City WI, 53583. It is there where the ashes of both he and Dorothy will be buried, side by side, in a single plot.
A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be held on January 21, 2017 at Park Hall, 307 Polk Street, Sauk City, WI 53583 at 2pm.
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