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- Niagara Gazette
Alferetta Sherwood
Farmer sold fruit at City Market
SANBORN - A former farmer who sold produce at the Niagara Falls City Market for more than 40 years, Alferetta Sherwood, 89, formerly of Sanborn, died Saturday (Jan. 19, 1985) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital. She lived at Fairchild Nursing Home, Lewiston, for the last five years. A native of Lockport, she sold apples at the City Market that were grown on the fruit and dairy farm she and her husband, Clarence E. Sherwood, operated, retiring 10 years ago. "People still ask for my mother at the market," said her daughter, Mrs. Lee (Norma) Kier of Sanborn. "It was like her social life. She had many friends there. "Her philosophy was to sell good stuff; she never tried to put anything over on anyone. My parents were true farmers at heart, who care what they sell to the public and take pride in their produce," she said. Before Mrs. Sherwood married more than 60 years ago, she had worked in Lockport as a weaver, operating eight looms at once in her prime, Mrs. Kier said. Besides her husband and daughter, she is survived by two sons, William E. Sherwood of Sanborn and Edward A. Sherwood of Mount Juliet, Tenn.; another , daughter, Mrs. Earl (Helen) Rusk, of Nevada; 13 grandchildren and 11 great.grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Rhoney Funeral Home, 5893 Hoover Road. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Robert D. Oyer officiating. Burial will be in Wheatfield Cemetery, the Town of Wheatfield.
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1896 - 1985 (89 years)