Sherry Huffman

Sherry Huffman, age 62 years, of Yuba, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at the Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

She was born on January 12, 1947 to Vilo James and Esther Mae (Nofsinger) McCoy at Hillsboro.  She grew to adulthood in the Valley area and graduated from the Hillsboro High School in 1965.  She then worked at Madison in a Secretarial Pool.

Sherry was united in marriage to Donald Huffman on May 18, 1968 in Valley.  They dairy farm near Yuba, in addition she had worked at the Parachute Factory and MECA Sportswear in Hillsboro and more recently at Lands End for 10 years in Reedsburg.  She was very active in the Yuba community and with the Yuba Homemakers.  She also was a member of the Richland County Farm Women and was named Outstanding Farm Wife of the Year in 1991.  Sherry enjoyed quilting, sewing and working in her garden, but most of all truly loved her grandchildren and spending time with them.

Survivors include her husband, Don of Yuba; son, Jason (Hollie) Huffman and their children, Hope, Ethan, Lydia and Caroline of Yuba; sister-in-law, Donna Kay McCoy of Valley; brother, Robert (Barbara) McCoy of Valley; sisters, Loreen (Tom) Myers of Hillsboro and Laina (Gregory) Sandmire of Hillsboro; brothers-in-law, Edward (Linda) Huffman of Montfort and Jim (Sue) Huffman of Yuba; and a special friend, Donna Gehrig of Illinois.  She was preceded in death by her Parents; an infant son, George Allen Huffman; an infant sister, Laurna; and a brother, John McCoy.