The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Sherrill Jean Conover, at the age of 88, passed away peacefully on June 4th, at the Booker Rest Home in Dayton.

Sherrill was born June 20, 1930. Her parents were Lloyd and Marjorie Morris. As a child, Sherrill lived with her grandparents, Charlie and Myrtle Morris in Dayton, graduating with the class of 1948. During her high school years she was the May Queen and was on the Dayton Days Court.

She married Ellsworth Conover of Waitsburg on October 3, 1948. They raised three children, Larry, Debbie and Terri. Busy on the farm, Sherrill cooked, baked and cared for the many harvest crews. After the...