MENDENHALL,
Mary Fern
(Maiden Name: Newby)
The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Sunday, July 16, 2017, pages 7a & 8a
Mary Fern Mendenhall passed away peacefully July 9, 2017, in
Prescott Valley, Arizona. She was born in Agatite, Texas, to Charley
and Pearl (Burch) Newby on Jan. 28, 1917.
Mary Fern celebrated her 100th birthday in January with family and
friends.
Mary Fern married J.R. Scott in 1936. They had two children. After
their divorce she married Charlie Mendenhall in 1960. They lived in
California for several years, then moved to Prescott Valley to be
near family.
Mary Fern’s passion was clothes, sewing and her Shih Tzu dogs.
She is survived by her daughter, Ramona Walker of Prescott Valley,
Arizona; and son, Richard Scott of Cape Coral, Florida; grandsons
and their wives, Mike and Mary Beth Walker of Garden Grove,
California, and Kevin and Lisa Walker of Prescott, Arizona; two
step-granddaughters, Melanie and Robin of Seattle, Washington; and
six great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Seattle beside Mary Fern’s husband who passed in
1998.
Arrangements entrusted to Sunrise Funeral Home.
Information provided by survivors.