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- Fairfield Ledger. Tuesday July 1, 2003
Ethel C. Sherman
Ethel C. Sherman, 96, a resident of Sylvan Woods in Ottumwa, died at 7:40 a.m. Monday, June 30, 2003, at Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa.
A graveside service and burial will be held at 12:30 a.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established to Sylvan Woods Care Fund in Ottumwa or to Fairfield Community School Education Foundation.
Mrs. Sherman was born Oct. 15, 1906, in Vance, Ill., the daughter of John Winfield and Mabel Hart Cromwell. She married Homer Sherman Dec. 26, 1943. He died Feb. 3, 1972.
Mrs. Sherman graduated from the University of Illinois and received her master's degree in applied psychology from Iowa State University. She and her husband moved to Fairfield in 1952. She served as director of guidance in placement at Parsons College and worked for 18 years in merchandising and selling. In 1959, she established Personnel Development Associates, a private consulting business with her associate and partner Ruth Ewart (sic. see Ruth Empting Ewart) , which they ran for more than 30 years. She had a lifelong interest in parapsychology and taught dream interpretation for several years at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa. She led seminars and workshops for many years. She moved to Ottumwa in 1998.
Survivors include stepchildren; step grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Gordon Oliver Cromwell; and one sister, Dorothy Cromwell.
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Note: in 2004 the last of several bequests by Ethel C. Sherman was made. This final bequest was made to the Fairfield Public Library, which represented a special part of her life due to her strong interest in education and personal learning of many varied subjects. Her generosity was written about in a story published in the Fairfield Ledger on Friday, June 4, 2004.
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