Mrs. Jennie Vanness Sherman, 90, a lifelong resident of Rummerfield, died Saturday morning, Jan. 1, 1972, at the Robert Packer Hospital. She was the widow of Oscar E. Sherman and marked her 90th birthday last Thursday. Mrs. Sherman fell at her home Sunday, December 26 and was taken to the Memorial Hospital in Towanda and later to the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. Born in Rummerfield, Dec. 30, 1881, the daughter of the late Samuel H. and Sarah Hagadorn Vanness, she received her formal education in the schools there and on Oct. 16, 1902 married the late Oscar Sherman who operated a blacksmith shop in Rummerfield. The couple made their home in quarters over the Smith General Store, later the J. I. Jones store. From there she and her husband moved to a farm on the outskirts of Rummerfield where Mr. Sherman still operated a blacksmith shop in addition to farming. He died July 1, 1945 and his wife remained on the farm, maintaining the home and family. She later leased some of the farm, worked some of it herself with the assistance of her children and grandchildren. She later sold a portion of the land. Mrs. Sherman wa a member of the Standing Stone United Methodist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Benjamin (Pauline) Franklin Sr., of Standing Stone, Mrs. Floris Miller of Rummerfield and Mrs. Reed (Alice) Heath of Monroeton; one son, Harold of Towanda; 18 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Two sons, Ray and Ralph Sherman and a daughter, Mrs. States (Bessie) Wood, preceded her in death. Friends may call at the Archer-McCloskey Funeral Home in Towanda, this afternoon from 2 to 4 and this evening from 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Tuesday at 11 a.m. Rev. James Valentine, pastor of the Standing Stone United Methodist Church, will officiate and burial will be in the cemetery of the Standing Stone United Methodist Church.