FARMER, Joel F. 1854 - 1926

FARMER, BENSON, TRAIL, MCELROY, LARSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/19/2022 at 12:27:21

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, June 7, 1926
Front Page, Column 1

JOEL S. FARMER (sic) DIES SUDDENLY
Life Long Resident of This City Stricken Sunday A. M. With Apoplexy

Joel S. (sic - Joel F.) FARMER passed away yesterday morning at 5 oclock at his home, 907 West Grimes street, following a stroke of apoplexy.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 oclock from the home in charge of Rev. W. C. Monroe. Burial will take place at Evergreen.

He had not been very well the past two weeks but the middle of last week he returned to his duties in the office of the Fairfield Glove and Mitten factory and seemed to be feeling quite well. He was up town Saturday afternoon talking to his many friends.

Mr. FARMER was born June 21, 1854 in West Virginia. He came to this state when 5 years old and settled on a farm with his parents, near Salina. He has been a resident of this city for the past 50 years and has been a very efficient bookkeepeer at the Fairfield Glove and Mitten factory for the past 19 years. He is survived by hsi wife and the following children, Mrs. Helen BENSON of Kansas City, Mrs. Margaret TRAIL of Phoenix, Ariz., and Laurence of Waterloo.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, June 11, 1926
Page Two, Column 3

CARD OF THANKS

I wish to express my thanks to the many friends and neighbors who were so kind to us during the illness and death of my husband, Joel FARMER. I wish to express my thanks for the many beautiful flowers.

Mrs. Ida FARMER.

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Note: Buried in Lot 1st.054. Joel was married twice; first, to Nellie McELROY who died in 1899 and is buried in Lot Old.P.294 at Evergreen Cemetery; second to Ida Marie LARSON, who died in 1946 and was buried with him.