San Jose Mercury
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Campbell Leader Guy Farley Dies
SANTA CLARA -- Until a few short months ago, Guy Farley, 88 and retired, made his regular trip to the vintage brick building that still houses the firm he headed for more than half a century.
"It was a weekly event, his avocation," his son David, recalls.
But the years began to slowly catch up with the vigorous, white-haired man who for decades was a civic and business leader in Campbell.
He died Sunday in the retirement complex here in which he had lived for several years.
A native of San Jose, Farley in 1923 set up his insurance -real estate agency in the 1895-built brick structure at Campbell and Central avenues in Campbell.
He sold the business and retired in 1966.
But the sign outside the venerable building still reads "Farley Insurance."
Farley, on a daily basis at first, turned up at the office after retirement, "mostly to chew the fat with oldtimers," as he explained once in an interview.
Farley viewed --- and was a part of -- "The Valley of Heart's Delight" metamorphosis from vistas of rich orchards to the sight of suburbia and all its trappings.
"We call it progress. But there is a tinge of sadness to it," he said shortly after his retirement.
Farley, the son of a justice of the peace, served as a deputy assessor from 1929 to 1943, but quit when he "could see the boom coming."
He devoted many hours to community activities.
He was a member of the Campbell Planning Commission during the city's 1952 incorporation.
He also served as president and manager at one time of the Campbell Chamber of Commerce.
He was a charter member of Campbell Kiwanis Club and prized a record of 45 years of unbroken attendance.
Farley was named "Man of the Half Century" in May during a banquet commemorating the club's 50th anniversary.
Private family funeral services will be held today at Brunners' West Valley Chapel in Los Gatos. His son, the Rev. Thomas Farley, of Tempe, Ariz. will officiate. Burial will be in Los Gatos Cemetery.
Farley is survived by two other sons, David E. Farley of Los Gatos, a teacher in the Campbell Elementary School District, and Philip of Alexandria, Va., formerly a member of the NATO staff in Paris, now in semi-retirement doing work in nuclear energy for the Ford Foundation.
Farley also is survived by two sisters, Phoebe Lohr of Santa Cruz and Amy I. Larsen of Carmel.
He also leaves nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Contributor: Susan Bacon Tonjes (48868974)
Date of publication unknown
Campbell Leader Guy Farley Dies
SANTA CLARA -- Until a few short months ago, Guy Farley, 88 and retired, made his regular trip to the vintage brick building that still houses the firm he headed for more than half a century.
"It was a weekly event, his avocation," his son David, recalls.
But the years began to slowly catch up with the vigorous, white-haired man who for decades was a civic and business leader in Campbell.
He died Sunday in the retirement complex here in which he had lived for several years.
A native of San Jose, Farley in 1923 set up his insurance -real estate agency in the 1895-built brick structure at Campbell and Central avenues in Campbell.
He sold the business and retired in 1966.
But the sign outside the venerable building still reads "Farley Insurance."
Farley, on a daily basis at first, turned up at the office after retirement, "mostly to chew the fat with oldtimers," as he explained once in an interview.
Farley viewed --- and was a part of -- "The Valley of Heart's Delight" metamorphosis from vistas of rich orchards to the sight of suburbia and all its trappings.
"We call it progress. But there is a tinge of sadness to it," he said shortly after his retirement.
Farley, the son of a justice of the peace, served as a deputy assessor from 1929 to 1943, but quit when he "could see the boom coming."
He devoted many hours to community activities.
He was a member of the Campbell Planning Commission during the city's 1952 incorporation.
He also served as president and manager at one time of the Campbell Chamber of Commerce.
He was a charter member of Campbell Kiwanis Club and prized a record of 45 years of unbroken attendance.
Farley was named "Man of the Half Century" in May during a banquet commemorating the club's 50th anniversary.
Private family funeral services will be held today at Brunners' West Valley Chapel in Los Gatos. His son, the Rev. Thomas Farley, of Tempe, Ariz. will officiate. Burial will be in Los Gatos Cemetery.
Farley is survived by two other sons, David E. Farley of Los Gatos, a teacher in the Campbell Elementary School District, and Philip of Alexandria, Va., formerly a member of the NATO staff in Paris, now in semi-retirement doing work in nuclear energy for the Ford Foundation.
Farley also is survived by two sisters, Phoebe Lohr of Santa Cruz and Amy I. Larsen of Carmel.
He also leaves nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Contributor: Susan Bacon Tonjes (48868974)
San Jose Mercury
Date of publication unknown
Campbell Leader Guy Farley Dies
SANTA CLARA -- Until a few short months ago, Guy Farley, 88 and retired, made his regular trip to the vintage brick building that still houses the firm he headed for more than half a century.
"It was a weekly event, his avocation," his son David, recalls.
But the years began to slowly catch up with the vigorous, white-haired man who for decades was a civic and business leader in Campbell.
He died Sunday in the retirement complex here in which he had lived for several years.
A native of San Jose, Farley in 1923 set up his insurance -real estate agency in the 1895-built brick structure at Campbell and Central avenues in Campbell.
He sold the business and retired in 1966.
But the sign outside the venerable building still reads "Farley Insurance."
Farley, on a daily basis at first, turned up at the office after retirement, "mostly to chew the fat with oldtimers," as he explained once in an interview.
Farley viewed --- and was a part of -- "The Valley of Heart's Delight" metamorphosis from vistas of rich orchards to the sight of suburbia and all its trappings.
"We call it progress. But there is a tinge of sadness to it," he said shortly after his retirement.
Farley, the son of a justice of the peace, served as a deputy assessor from 1929 to 1943, but quit when he "could see the boom coming."
He devoted many hours to community activities.
He was a member of the Campbell Planning Commission during the city's 1952 incorporation.
He also served as president and manager at one time of the Campbell Chamber of Commerce.
He was a charter member of Campbell Kiwanis Club and prized a record of 45 years of unbroken attendance.
Farley was named "Man of the Half Century" in May during a banquet commemorating the club's 50th anniversary.
Private family funeral services will be held today at Brunners' West Valley Chapel in Los Gatos. His son, the Rev. Thomas Farley, of Tempe, Ariz. will officiate. Burial will be in Los Gatos Cemetery.
Farley is survived by two other sons, David E. Farley of Los Gatos, a teacher in the Campbell Elementary School District, and Philip of Alexandria, Va., formerly a member of the NATO staff in Paris, now in semi-retirement doing work in nuclear energy for the Ford Foundation.
Farley also is survived by two sisters, Phoebe Lohr of Santa Cruz and Amy I. Larsen of Carmel.
He also leaves nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Contributor: Susan Bacon Tonjes (48868974)
Date of publication unknown
Campbell Leader Guy Farley Dies
SANTA CLARA -- Until a few short months ago, Guy Farley, 88 and retired, made his regular trip to the vintage brick building that still houses the firm he headed for more than half a century.
"It was a weekly event, his avocation," his son David, recalls.
But the years began to slowly catch up with the vigorous, white-haired man who for decades was a civic and business leader in Campbell.
He died Sunday in the retirement complex here in which he had lived for several years.
A native of San Jose, Farley in 1923 set up his insurance -real estate agency in the 1895-built brick structure at Campbell and Central avenues in Campbell.
He sold the business and retired in 1966.
But the sign outside the venerable building still reads "Farley Insurance."
Farley, on a daily basis at first, turned up at the office after retirement, "mostly to chew the fat with oldtimers," as he explained once in an interview.
Farley viewed --- and was a part of -- "The Valley of Heart's Delight" metamorphosis from vistas of rich orchards to the sight of suburbia and all its trappings.
"We call it progress. But there is a tinge of sadness to it," he said shortly after his retirement.
Farley, the son of a justice of the peace, served as a deputy assessor from 1929 to 1943, but quit when he "could see the boom coming."
He devoted many hours to community activities.
He was a member of the Campbell Planning Commission during the city's 1952 incorporation.
He also served as president and manager at one time of the Campbell Chamber of Commerce.
He was a charter member of Campbell Kiwanis Club and prized a record of 45 years of unbroken attendance.
Farley was named "Man of the Half Century" in May during a banquet commemorating the club's 50th anniversary.
Private family funeral services will be held today at Brunners' West Valley Chapel in Los Gatos. His son, the Rev. Thomas Farley, of Tempe, Ariz. will officiate. Burial will be in Los Gatos Cemetery.
Farley is survived by two other sons, David E. Farley of Los Gatos, a teacher in the Campbell Elementary School District, and Philip of Alexandria, Va., formerly a member of the NATO staff in Paris, now in semi-retirement doing work in nuclear energy for the Ford Foundation.
Farley also is survived by two sisters, Phoebe Lohr of Santa Cruz and Amy I. Larsen of Carmel.
He also leaves nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Contributor: Susan Bacon Tonjes (48868974)
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