Mary Jane Ferris

Jane Ferris, Connerville, 96, passed away on February 14, 2023. She was born to the late, Eura and Mary Hunt on February 12, 1927 in Wapanucka, Oklahoma. Jane attended school at Wapanucka schools before graduating from Murray State College with an associate degree in home economics and she also attended OSU. Jane married Tom Ferris on June 8, 1947 on a hot sunny afternoon at the Wapanucka Methodist Church and moved to Ferris Ranch where she lived ever since. With the help from her husband Tom and son Glen; they raised Maine-Anjou cattle and were instruments in the success of the breed. They would hire boys from Tishomingo High School and Murray State College to help promote the sales and to encourage them to the continual livestock ways. Jane was also active with her children and grandchildren in sports, band and the FFA. She attended many county, district, and national stock shows. She has traveled to Canada twice for international stock shows. Ferris Ranch had many club calf sales and Jane cooked many meals and cookies to feed the workers, which she always loving referred to them as “Her Boys”. In January 2018 Jane and Ferris Ranch were inducted into the American Maine-Anjou Hall of Fame for the work and success they have had with the breed. Jane enjoyed drinking coffee and spending every morning with her friends at the Connersville Community Center where she would also enjoy many lunches. She helped with the Annual Connersville Day and the many community dinners that took place once a month. Jane was also a proud member of the Chickasaw Nation and also enjoyed spending time with her friends at the Chickasaw Nation Community Center and was able to travel as a representative too many places including Washington D.C. over the years. In addition to her parents, Jane is preceded in death by her husband, Tom Ferris; son, Glen Ferris and daughter, Janet Johnson; brother, Ream Hunt and sister, Patricia Scoggin. Those she leaves to cherish her memories are her daughter, Elaine Green of Kingston; grandchildren, Tillie Lynch and husband, Jay of Dallas, Jim Green of Oklahoma City, David Johnson and wife, Amy of Durant, Jalaina Miller and husband, Mark of Norman; great grandchildren, Teagan and Neve Lynch, Colin and Eliott Green, Darren Johnson, and Parker Jane and Sloan Dallas Miller; nieces, Linda Anderson, Patti Anderson and DeeAnn Henderson; and many extended family members. Special thanks to her caregivers, Becky Hinds and Donna Shultz. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, February 17, 2023 at DeArman-Clark Funeral Home. Interment to follow at Connerville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Todd Reed, Jody House, Jackie Davis, Mark Thompson, Bruce Woods, Sean Pratt, Ross Siaz, and Chris Utz. In lieu of flowers, Jane ask that donations be made to the Connerville Cemetery Association PO Box 60 Connerville, Oklahoma 74836.

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Mary Jane Ferris

February 12, 1927 - February 14, 2023