Portland Press Herald (ME) February 10, 1999
“Fern Farquhar Varnerin, 74, died Monday at a Sanford hospital.She was born in Cambridge, Mass., a daughter of Robert and Ethel Fallis Farquhar, was a 1942 graduate of Thayer Academy, South Braintree, Mass., and a 1946 graduate of Bates College, Lewiston.”

Fern Farquhar Varnerin, Feb. 8, 1999.
Graduating from Bates with a major in psychology and sociology, Fern Farquhar Varnerin worked as division head of the ready-to-wear department of Sears in Lewiston. After her marriage in 1947 she was a homemaker for 32 years, until her children were grown. In 1979 she worked as an axial threader at Sprague Electric Co. in Sanford, retiring in 1983. A member of Springvale Baptist Church, American Baptist Women, and the church's Blue Triangle Club, she was active in Grange, Federated Women's Club, Extension service, and with hobbies of knitting, handcrafts, gardening, and refinishing furniture. She is survived by daughter Deborah and son Jeffrey; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Her husband, C. David, predeceased her in 1991.

Fern VARNERIN
SS# 033-14-1728
b.30 Jul 1924
d.8 Feb 1999
Res.Springvale, York, ME  04083
SS# issued inMA