The following is from an unnamed newspaper, dated June 12, 1965:
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane McFarling, 90, who died at the Audrain Hospital, were held at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, June 8 at the Precht Funral Home, Mexico, Mo. Gerald Downey, pastor of Love Street Christian Church, conducted the service, assisted by Calvin Warden, pastor of Kentucky Road Christian Church. Interment was in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery...
Mrs. McFarling lived in Wessington Springs some 40 years before moving to Mexico, Mo. in about 1937.
Mrs. McFarling was born Aug 4, 1874 in Wapello, Ia., the daughter of John and Ida Smith Swartz. She was a member of the Christian Church and the Rebekahs. She had lived in Mexico for many years.
Survivors include seven sons, Lester and Lee McFarling of Mexico; Bert of Long Beach, Calif.; Harold of Gann Valley, S. D.; Floyd of Kelso, Wash.; Richard of Long View, Wash.; and Curtis of Belleville, Ill.; and six daughters, Mrs. Bland Wright of Mexico, with whom Mrs. McFarling had been living; Mrs. Bertha Woodruff of Wessington; Mrs. Jack Clifton of Marion, S. D.; Mrs. Truman Coolley of Centralia; Mrs. Nelwyn Moran of Norfolk, Nebr.; and Mrs. Ila Meyers of Downing, Calif. Also surviving are 32 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Charles Lunkley of Ottumwa, Iowa.
The following is from an unnamed newspaper, dated June 12, 1965:
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane McFarling, 90, who died at the Audrain Hospital, were held at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, June 8 at the Precht Funral Home, Mexico, Mo. Gerald Downey, pastor of Love Street Christian Church, conducted the service, assisted by Calvin Warden, pastor of Kentucky Road Christian Church. Interment was in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery...
Mrs. McFarling lived in Wessington Springs some 40 years before moving to Mexico, Mo. in about 1937.
Mrs. McFarling was born Aug 4, 1874 in Wapello, Ia., the daughter of John and Ida Smith Swartz. She was a member of the Christian Church and the Rebekahs. She had lived in Mexico for many years.
Survivors include seven sons, Lester and Lee McFarling of Mexico; Bert of Long Beach, Calif.; Harold of Gann Valley, S. D.; Floyd of Kelso, Wash.; Richard of Long View, Wash.; and Curtis of Belleville, Ill.; and six daughters, Mrs. Bland Wright of Mexico, with whom Mrs. McFarling had been living; Mrs. Bertha Woodruff of Wessington; Mrs. Jack Clifton of Marion, S. D.; Mrs. Truman Coolley of Centralia; Mrs. Nelwyn Moran of Norfolk, Nebr.; and Mrs. Ila Meyers of Downing, Calif. Also surviving are 32 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Charles Lunkley of Ottumwa, Iowa.
Family Members
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Rosa Elizabeth Schwartz
1876–1880
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Sarah Frances "Sadie" Schwartz Myers
1878–1942
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Henry Wendell Schwartz
1880–1880
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James Udell Schwartz
1881–1947
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Carl Prince Schwartz
1883–1949
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Laura Hannah Schwartz Lunkley
1885–1976
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John Joseph Schwartz
1886–1892
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Ethel Frances Schwartz
1888–1895
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Luday Vena Schwartz
1891–1892
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Gertrude Rose Schwartz Martin
1893–1929
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Leo Vincent Schwartz
1896–1929
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Child of John Schwartz
unknown–1892
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Bertha Beatrice McFarling Woodruff
1896–1980
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Infant Son McFarling
1898–1898
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Lester Harvey McFarling
1899–1976
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Lee James McFarling
1901–1975
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Ferne Zatha McFarling Clifton
1903–1990
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Mary McFarling Coolley
1905–2002
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Bert Marshal McFarling
1907–1990
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Eva Juanita McFarling Moran
1909–1984
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Ila Fay McFarling Reichow
1911–2001
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Harold Ellsworth McFarling
1913–1977
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Floyd Ansil McFarling
1914–1985
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Richard Vernon McFarling
1916–1981
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Dolly Irene McFarling Wright
1917–2010
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Woodrow Curtis McFarling
1919–1980