Farrin, William Rudolph 1868-1948

FARRIN, MAGEE, BUCK

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Date: 6/25/2019 at 19:56:54

Note: He married his wife when she was a widow and her first married name was Magee.

DEATH COMES TO FORMER AKRON MAN LAST THURSDAY

Rites Are Held In Sioux City Monday For William R. Farrin

Wm. R. Farrin, 74, a former Akron, died at his home in Sioux City, Thursday evening, September 28, 1948. He had been in failing health since early January, when he suffered a hip fracture.

William Randolph Farrin was born June 23, 1874 [apparently, an error], at Evansville, Ill. He lived in Akron vicinity before moving to Sioux City a number of years ago.

Surviving are the widow (nee Maggie Buck); three sons, Raymond and Theodore, of Sioux City, and Ralph, of Philnook, Ore.; a stepson, Leonard of Magee, of Sioux City; two daughters, Mrs. O. M. Abbott, of Freeland Park, Ind., and Mrs. N. L. Boucher, of Sioux City; a stepdaughter, Mrs. R. E. Fletcher, of Sioux City; two brothers, Frank F. Farrin, of Sioux City, and Dudley Farrin, of Akron; 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at a funeral home in Sioux City, Rev. R. A. Cowling, of St. Paul Episcopal church officiating. Interment was in Riverside cemetery, Akron.

The Akron Register
Thursday, Sepember 30, 1948
Akron, Iowa