Fern Maxine Schrock, 86, died September 15, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born September 20, 1925, in rural Sterling, to Frank Ezra and Mary Martha Mosier Schrock. Fern graduated from Sterling High School in 1943, was a lifetime Reno County resident, worked at the restaurant at the South Hutchinson Sale Barn and the North Main Dairy Queen.

Fern is survived by: aunt, Estelle Lewis of Hutchinson; special cousins, Ronnie and Ann Mosier of Sterling, and Jackie and Bruce Ramage of Little River; and many cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel, with the Reverend Bones Nay officiating. Friends may call 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Penwell Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, in care of the mortuary. Please visit www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a condolence for Fern's family.