Born Aug. 29, 1907, in Madison, Mr. Farrell was a son of Thomas and Ella Roberson Farrell. He married Leola Caldwell Nov. 10, 1929. She died Sept. 27, 1983. He was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, a brother, a sister and two grandchildren.
On May 25, 1984, he married Florence Bodine in Paris, Mo. She survives.
Survivors also include a son, Gilbert of Shelbina; three daughters, Bernice Bowling, Dorothy Rash and Lois Smithey, all of Shelbina; a brother, Denzil of Monroe City; a sister, Elsie Fitzpatrick of Quincy, Ill.; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three stepdaughters; a stepson; eight step-grandchildren; two great-step-grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home in Shelbina by the Rev. Kenneth Harland. Burial will be in Shelbina Cemetery.
Visitation will be held 6 to 8 tonight in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American Diabetes Association.
Obituary contributed by Sue Whitaker
Born Aug. 29, 1907, in Madison, Mr. Farrell was a son of Thomas and Ella Roberson Farrell. He married Leola Caldwell Nov. 10, 1929. She died Sept. 27, 1983. He was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, a brother, a sister and two grandchildren.
On May 25, 1984, he married Florence Bodine in Paris, Mo. She survives.
Survivors also include a son, Gilbert of Shelbina; three daughters, Bernice Bowling, Dorothy Rash and Lois Smithey, all of Shelbina; a brother, Denzil of Monroe City; a sister, Elsie Fitzpatrick of Quincy, Ill.; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three stepdaughters; a stepson; eight step-grandchildren; two great-step-grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home in Shelbina by the Rev. Kenneth Harland. Burial will be in Shelbina Cemetery.
Visitation will be held 6 to 8 tonight in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American Diabetes Association.
Obituary contributed by Sue Whitaker
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