Ferna Mae Fetterman, age 77, of Laporte, PA, passed away on October 14, 2026, at her home.

Ferna was born in Laporte, PA, on September 12, 1949, a daughter of the late Kermit Alfred and Rose Mary Calaman Boudeman. She was a graduate of Lycoming College, Williamsport where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French. Ferna also completed her Pennsylvania Secondary Certification in French and Spanish. She completed graduate coursework in several universities including Bloomsburg University, Millersville University, and the University of Massachusetts. Ferna lived and traveled extensively in many areas of the world including France, Japan, Canada, Spain, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, and Nova Scotia.

For more than 20 years, Ferna’s early career included teaching and tutoring French and Spanish at the secondary level in numerous school districts. She taught at Hershey High School, where she tutored struggling Secondary Spanish II and III students. She was also a long-term substitute teacher where she implemented pre-planned lessons, activities, and classroom projects, where she brought her enthusiasm and creativity into the classroom. Ferna also taught at the Northern Lebanon School District, in Lebanon, PA, as an ESL long-term substitute teacher. There she taught French and Spanish lessons geared to pique students’ interests and promote active learning.

Ferna was active through her career in both teaching and in many professional associations. She was a member of the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association, and the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development. Ferna was a member and conference attendee of the American Association of Teachers of French, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. She was an international relations representative of the American Association of University Women.

Ferna was an enthusiastic educator and kept current in her profession through continuing education. Through the years she participated in many conferences including; the Middlebury Ecole Francaise, the AATF National Convention, the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Fall Conference, in Spain, the Language & Culture National Capital Language Resource Center Immersion Program, the Northeast Conference on Teaching of Foreign Language, the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages Convention, the American Association of Teachers of French Conference, and the Annual Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages at Millersville University.

Surviving:

Sister:

Mary Jane Johnson Shalimar, FL

Several cousins

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 11:00 AM at the Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, PA, with the Rev. Ronald Dyer, pastor of Redeemer Bible Church, 262 S German St., Dushore, PA.

Interment will follow at Twin Hills Memorial Park, Muncy, PA 17756

Friends and family are invited to attend at 10:00 AM on Wednesday morning before the service.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, PA.

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