Patsy Kerns

Hancock, Maryland

Patsy June Kerns, age 80, of Hancock, Md., went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 14, 2017, at the home of her sister, following a brief illness.

Born March 15, 1937, in Mifflinburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Augustus A. and Weretha M. (Younker) Kerns.

She was a 1955 graduate of Hancock High School, and a 1959 graduate of Frostburg State Teachers College, with a Bachelor’s degree in Education.

She was a member of the Grace Christian Fellowship Presbyterian Church, in Hancock, where she was a former Sunday school and Bible school teacher.

She was employed as a teacher in the Washington County schools, and Grace Academy, in Hagerstown, Md.

Patsy is survived by two sisters, Nita Glaser and Carolyn Jackson, both of Hagerstown, Md.; two brothers, Ronald Kerns, of Hagerstown, and Daniel Kerns and wife, Debbie, of Hancock; two sisters-in-law, Carole Kerns, of Hancock, and Phyllis Kerns, of Hagerstown; and many nieces and nephews whom she dearly loved.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, H. Lynn Kerns, of Hancock, and L. “Gene” Kerns, of Hagerstown.

The family will receive friends at the Grace Christian Fellowship Church, 130 N. Pennsylvania Ave., in Hancock, on Thursday, August 17, 2017, from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m., when funeral services will then be held at 10:30 a.m., with Rev. Dr. Edward Guyer officiating. Burial will follow at the Damascus Cemetery, in Big Cove Tannery, Pa.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to the Kerns Scholarship Fund, c/o Brian Kerns, 14522 Rice Road, Hancock, Md. 21750, or to Grace Christian Fellowship Church, 130 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Hancock, Md. 21750.

Online condolences will be accepted at www.grovefh.com