Fourth in a series on The Courier’s Eight Over 80 winners.
WATERLOO — Herstine Ferguson moved to Waterloo in 1957 and has been active in the community ever since.
Ferguson, 85, is one of the recipients of a Courier Eight Over 80 award for making a difference in the community and positively affecting anyone who has come into contact with her.
She said she didn’t tell anyone about her nomination, except one person, because she didn’t want to “toot her own horn.” That person was a 103-year-old woman that she is a senior companion for through Hawkeye Community College.
Ferguson has been a senior companion for 15 years. Over her time volunteering, she’s worked with five other seniors who have since died. She does things such as running errands with them and playing games. She plays cards everyday with her companion.
