Ferrell Semler

(From Mason-Woodard Mortuary)

E. Ferrell Semler, age 80, formerly of Joplin, went home to the Lord, on Tuesday November 19, 2013, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Ferrell was born on August 12, 1933 in Concord, NC, the daughter of the late Ernest and Edna (Bissell) Measimer. She married Jerry Semler on August 18, 1955, in Findlay, Ohio. Together they raised three children, making their home in Joplin. She was a devoted member of the Pentecostal Church of God, which headquartered in Joplin. She worked as the editor/writer for the Pentecostal Church Magazine, retiring in 1977. She then worked several years for Commerce Bank. She and her husband then moved to Tulsa, Ok. Ferrell served as an Ordained Minister for sixty years. She was active in nursing home ministries, mission trips, prison ministries and numerous church activities. She was an avid supporter of “Jews for Jesus” and “Bridges For Peace”. She enjoyed reading, writing and caring for her family.

She is survived by her husband of fifty-eight years, Jerry Semler, Tulsa, OK.; three children, Dennis Semler and wife Kathy, Tulsa, OK, Julie Monaco and husband Steve, near Loveland, CO., and Dwight J. Semler and wife Jennifer, Wheaton, IL.; one brother, Billy Measimer and wife Margie, Rock Hill, SC.; two sisters, Delores Reddick, Toledo, OH., and Ellen Papa and husband Bob, Middlesex, NJ.; five grandchildren, Kylie Skiles and husband Terry, Matthew Semler and wife Colleen, Lyndsay McNeer and husband Brian, Meghan and Connor Scanlan; two great-grandsons; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Mason-Woodard Chapel. Rev. Bob Papa and Rev. Paul Dilts will officiate. Burial will be in Osborne Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-7 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be given to “Prisoner’s Webb’ Prison Ministry in care of the mortuary.

Arrangements are under the direction of Mason-Woodard Mortuary & Crematory.