Obituary of Geraldine Fonda Ayers

Mrs. Geraldine Fonda Ayers, 85, formerly of Gloversville died Tuesday, December 27, 2005 in Vevay, Indiana, where she had resided since 2003. She was born April 27, 1920 in Amsterdam, daughter of the late John Henry and Caroline Agnes Lawyer Fonda. Geraldine worked in area glove factories for many years and also in food service in Sidney, New York. She was a long time Gloversville and California resident before moving to Indiana. Survivors include her children Sandi King and her husband Donnie of Ghent, Kentucky, and John Howard Ayers and his wife Jeanette of Fort Plain. She is also survived by grandchildren Mark and Steve Peelman, Jeri Jeanelle Ayers, Laurie Goshorn, Lee Ayers and Lonnie Ayers; sisters Margaret Peggy Holley of Walton, New York and Dorothy Norrin of San Diego, California: daughter-in-law Mary Ayers of Northville, New York; 17 great-grandchildren; 10 great great-grandchildren. Mrs. Ayers was predeceased by a son Dennis James Ayers in 1989, a daughter Mary Ayers, a grandson John H. Ayers, Jr., a sister Beverly Joan Ursuery; five brothers, Kenneth, Otis, Bill, Elden and Lawyer Fonda. She was married to Howard James Ayers on May 3, 1938, in Pownal, Vermont. He predeceased her in 2003. There were no calling hours. A graveside service for urn burial was held Wednesday, January 4, 2006 in Ferndale Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Walrath & Stewart Funeral Home, 51 Fremont Street, Gloversville.