Ferne L. Kuhn, 76, of Summerville R.D.1, Jefferson County, died Tuesday, February 24, 1998, in Montifiore Hospital, Pittsburgh. The Rev. Kuhn was a member of the Hawthorn Church of the Nazarene. She attended Eastern Nazarene College and pastored four different Nazarene Churches with her husband from 1954 to 1987, when she retired. On March 25, 1943, she married the Rev. John C. Kuhn, who survives. Also surviving are one son, John G. Kuhn of Washington; five daughters, Judy Glasgow of Beaver Falls; Patricia Summers of Tidioute; Hope Shoemaker of Canonsburg; Kathy Wheeler of Washington and Doris Davis of Canonsburg; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four sisters, Dolores Beatty, Joanne Spence and Shirley Chilton of Beaver Falls and Arlene Lindenberg of Uniontown; three brothers, Raymond Dillon of Mt. Pleasant, Richard Dillon of Brownsville and Lanny Dillon of Beaver Falls. Deceased, in addition to her parents, are five brothers; and one grandson, Shon Harden. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Thursday, February 26, 1998Ferne L. Kuhn
Pastored churches from 1954 to 1987
She was born December 2, 1921, at San Diego, Allegheny County, the daughter of James R. and Olive V. Shaffer Dillon.