Capitola Almeda Ferlin

Capitola Almeda Ferlin, 97, of Fort Myers, FL, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 at Health Park Hospital, Ft. Myers.

She was born May 10, 1907 in Mill Village, a daughter of the late Clarence J. and Harriet Faye Dowler Sherwood.  She married Harry W. Woodruff July 17, 1923 and he preceded her in death December 17, 1953.  She subsequently married Dale E. Ferlin November 29, 1958 and he preceded her in death September 19, 1990.

She attended Mill Village High School and was a homemaker.

She was of the Protestant faith.

Survivors include a son, Clarence T. Woodruff and his wife Margaret “Sis” of Avon Park, FL; 10 grandchildren, Robert T. Woodruff, Timothy K. Woodruff, Margaret Jane Cremanese, Nancy Ward Hamilton, David Winters, Doug Winters, Darlene Ward Walker, Barbara E. Fleming, Susan M. Luatua, and David E. Ferlin; 18 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren.  In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Harriet Ward; a stepson, Harold Max Ferlin; and 2 brothers, Theodore Wallis Sherwood and James Wallis Hale.

Calling hours will be Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Robert W. Waid Funeral Home, 581 Chestnut St., Meadville.  A funeral service will follow at 12:00 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Timothy Solomon, Pastor of Emmanuel United Church of Christ officiating.

Burial will be in Mill Village Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, c/o Twila O’Dell, 933 Park Ave., Meadville, PA 16335.