Mrs. Fern Elizabeth Hostettler Steely, 92, homemaker, of Hickory, North Carolina, died Feb. 4, 1991, at Emerald Health Care Nursing Center in Taylorsville.  Fern was born February 10, 1898.

Memorial service will be at a later date in Danville, Illinois.

Survivors are her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward; brother, Jean Hostettler of Lawrenceville, Ill.; sister, Mrs. Mary Mogan of Fountain Hills, Ariz.

Charlotte Observer, The (NC) ~ Wednesday, February 6, 1991