Obituary:
The services celebrating and honoring the life of J. Patrick Farrell, 92, of Enid, will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday October 9, 2021, in the Central Christian Church with Father John Toles officiating. Complete cremation care and services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
John Patrick Farrell was born March 6, 1929, to Albert and Viola Bier Farrell in New Ulm, Minnesota and passed from this life September 22, 2021, in Enid, Oklahoma.
He was raised and educated in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, graduating from St. Mary's High School. He attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He was a member of The RKO Chi Honorary Scholastic Society (Pharmacy) and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Scholastic Society. He went on to serve four years in the United States Air Force as a pharmacist and was named "Airman of the Year" for the entire Northeastern Air Command in 1955. He was married to Marjorie Templeman in 1951 and from this union came five children. He married Kay Jarvis in 1974.
He practiced pharmacy at Scheffe Prescription Shops for fifty-three years and part-time at Rick's Pharmacy for the last several years. He was also the secretary and treasurer for Scheffe Prescription Shops. He served as the president of the Enid Noon AMBUCS and the Enid Rotary Club. He was active in Gaslight Community Theatre on the stage and served as president of the theatre. He was a member of the board of directors for Liberty Federal Savings Bank and served on the board of directors for C.D.S.A. and the Speech and Hearing Center. He was a member and a lay reader at St. Matthews Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his children Susan Farrell, of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, Michael Farrell, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Maureen Schrader and husband Phil, of Alamosa, Colorado, Beth Hale and husband John, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Joseph Farrell and wife Hollyce, of Denver, Colorado; stepchildren Hilary Jarvis-Hamill, Paige Jarvis, and Ian Jarvis; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Kay Farrell; his parents; one brother Joseph E. Farrell; and one sister Mary Farrell.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Kay Farrell Scholarship Fund at NOC with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com.
Published on October 5, 2021 Enid News & Eagle
An interment of cremains ceremony was held with immediate family and close friends on 30 April 2022.
https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/farrell-to-be-honored-for-six-decades-of-pharmacy-service/article_51b25503-f432-5114-ab57-0b9eeb032177.html
Excerpt from 2019 article link above:
Originally from Sleepy Eye, Minn., Farrell's career in pharmacy started in St. Paul, Minn., in 1950, when he graduated from North Dakota State University and went to work in St. Paul's The Apothecary Shop. He said Sleepy Eye would be familiar to the fans of the fictional community of Lake Wobegon,
which Garrison Keillor made famous on the radio program "A Prairie Home Companion."
Farrell first came to Enid in 1952 at the age of 23 after he enlisted in the Air Force and was assigned to the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base.
Farrell departed Enid in 1954 — only temporarily, as it turned out — when the Air Force assigned him to oversee the pharmacy at the former Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland, Canada.
While there, he was named the Outstanding Airman for the Northeast Air Command, a former command that oversaw air defenses for Newfoundland, Labrador and Greenland during the Cold War.He left the Air Force in 1955 and returned to his first pharmacy job at The Apothecary Shop in St. Paul.
There were no plans to return to Enid, Farrell said, but that changed one day when Walter Scheffe called and asked him to take his old job back full-time.
"Out of the blue, Scheffe called me and wondered if I'd be interested in coming back down here,"
Farrell said, "and I thought, 'Yeah, OK.'"
He returned to Scheffe's and Enid in 1956, and remained there for more than 50 years — a staple presence for several generations of pharmacy customers.
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ENID, Okla. — Service to the community embodied Pat Farrell, who served as a pharmacist right up until his last days.
Farrell died Wednesday at the age of 92, Sept. 22, 2021.
A pharmacist for more than 60 years, Farrell was well known in Enid, and he knew Enid well.
His entire life, he was of service to the community, Billie Shields and Rick Hill, friends at Rick's Pharmacy, said of Farrell.
"He knew everything, he knew more about this town and its history than anyone," Hill said. "If you needed to know something, you went to Mr. Farrell. He was our source of all kinds of history. His kids said the same thing."
Officially declared "Enid's Nicest Guy" by former Mayor Doug Frantz, Farrell greeted every customer by name when they walked in the door at Scheffe or Rick's pharmacies.
Bert Mackie, neighbor of Farrell's for the past 40 years, said there wasn't a better man.
"He was the best neighbor, always positive and ready to help out," Mackie said. "He could make everyone laugh better than anyone."
When a song came on, from all eras, he immediately would break into song, instantly knowing all the words, Shields said.
"He knew everything, he didn't even have to think about it," Shields said.
Farrell was involved in the Enid community throughout the decades.
"He was full of community. Community was everything to him. So, to be involved in the community, to serve its people, was his life," Shields said.
Enid grew slowly on Farrell at first, but soon became the place he would spend his life and continue raising his family with late wife, Kay.
He arrived in Enid in 1952 and began working in the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base. Farrell had moved from Minnesota, where he grew up and went to college.
Upon leaving the Air Force, he worked at Scheffe for more than 50 years. After his retirement in 2007, Farrell just couldn't stay away from the pharmacy business and went back to work part time at Rick's Pharmacy.
In a 2019 article recognizing Farrell's awards, he said of his work, "I get to see people, and serve people."
"I have a purpose and a place to go," he said. "It's the opportunity to serve and provide pharmaceutical services for people. I still enjoy serving people as a pharmacist. It's satisfying."
Services for Farrell are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Condolences may be shared with the family online.
Enid News & Eagle Sep 22, 2021
by Kat Jeanne
https://www.vanceairscoop.com/news/outside_the_gate/community-meant-much-to-farrell-friends-say/article_bac1fdc0-b4b2-5ca2-81ab-7d7673417f52.html
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A snippet from an opinion piece from Enid, Ok paper:
VIEWPOINT: Three outstanding citizens contributed to the humanity of Enid
by Stephen Jones 2 October 2021
Patrick Farrell was for many years the only pharmacist in Enid with a doctoral degree in pharmacy. He came here through his experience at Vance Air Force Base and became a registered pharmacist working for decades with Walter Scheffe. Patrick had that wonderful personality quality of lifting the spirits of everyone he came in contact with when he entered the room. His infectious smile, good nature and general humor made him an outstanding personality. A dedicated professional, he was always willing to take a moment to explain the intricacies of a prescription or some other malady affecting those in need. After his wife passed away a number of years ago, Mary Gray became his companion for the rest of his life. Together, the sparkle of their personalities never dimmed.
This community has truly lost three men of different personalities, professions and lives, but all contributed to the humanity and the life we enjoy in Enid.
Stephen Jones is an attorney in Enid
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He was a member of Enid Community Theatre whose name was later changed to The Gaslight Theatre, and was how he came to be cast as a reporter in the 1973 Movie "Dillinger" a portion of which was filmed in Enid.
Scene Northern Missouri 1933
Purvis arrives to apprehend Wilbur Underhill the Tri-state Terror.
End Scene:
Reporter (Pat Farrell)
"That was the most courageous thing I've ever seen in my life."
"That makes another one for you Mr. Purvis, J. Edgar Hoover will get another feather in his hat."
The services celebrating and honoring the life of J. Patrick Farrell, 92, of Enid, will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday October 9, 2021, in the Central Christian Church with Father John Toles officiating. Complete cremation care and services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
John Patrick Farrell was born March 6, 1929, to Albert and Viola Bier Farrell in New Ulm, Minnesota and passed from this life September 22, 2021, in Enid, Oklahoma.
He was raised and educated in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, graduating from St. Mary's High School. He attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He was a member of The RKO Chi Honorary Scholastic Society (Pharmacy) and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Scholastic Society. He went on to serve four years in the United States Air Force as a pharmacist and was named "Airman of the Year" for the entire Northeastern Air Command in 1955. He was married to Marjorie Templeman in 1951 and from this union came five children. He married Kay Jarvis in 1974.
He practiced pharmacy at Scheffe Prescription Shops for fifty-three years and part-time at Rick's Pharmacy for the last several years. He was also the secretary and treasurer for Scheffe Prescription Shops. He served as the president of the Enid Noon AMBUCS and the Enid Rotary Club. He was active in Gaslight Community Theatre on the stage and served as president of the theatre. He was a member of the board of directors for Liberty Federal Savings Bank and served on the board of directors for C.D.S.A. and the Speech and Hearing Center. He was a member and a lay reader at St. Matthews Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his children Susan Farrell, of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, Michael Farrell, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Maureen Schrader and husband Phil, of Alamosa, Colorado, Beth Hale and husband John, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Joseph Farrell and wife Hollyce, of Denver, Colorado; stepchildren Hilary Jarvis-Hamill, Paige Jarvis, and Ian Jarvis; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Kay Farrell; his parents; one brother Joseph E. Farrell; and one sister Mary Farrell.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Kay Farrell Scholarship Fund at NOC with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com.
Published on October 5, 2021 Enid News & Eagle
An interment of cremains ceremony was held with immediate family and close friends on 30 April 2022.
https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/farrell-to-be-honored-for-six-decades-of-pharmacy-service/article_51b25503-f432-5114-ab57-0b9eeb032177.html
Excerpt from 2019 article link above:
Originally from Sleepy Eye, Minn., Farrell's career in pharmacy started in St. Paul, Minn., in 1950, when he graduated from North Dakota State University and went to work in St. Paul's The Apothecary Shop. He said Sleepy Eye would be familiar to the fans of the fictional community of Lake Wobegon,
which Garrison Keillor made famous on the radio program "A Prairie Home Companion."
Farrell first came to Enid in 1952 at the age of 23 after he enlisted in the Air Force and was assigned to the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base.
Farrell departed Enid in 1954 — only temporarily, as it turned out — when the Air Force assigned him to oversee the pharmacy at the former Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland, Canada.
While there, he was named the Outstanding Airman for the Northeast Air Command, a former command that oversaw air defenses for Newfoundland, Labrador and Greenland during the Cold War.He left the Air Force in 1955 and returned to his first pharmacy job at The Apothecary Shop in St. Paul.
There were no plans to return to Enid, Farrell said, but that changed one day when Walter Scheffe called and asked him to take his old job back full-time.
"Out of the blue, Scheffe called me and wondered if I'd be interested in coming back down here,"
Farrell said, "and I thought, 'Yeah, OK.'"
He returned to Scheffe's and Enid in 1956, and remained there for more than 50 years — a staple presence for several generations of pharmacy customers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ENID, Okla. — Service to the community embodied Pat Farrell, who served as a pharmacist right up until his last days.
Farrell died Wednesday at the age of 92, Sept. 22, 2021.
A pharmacist for more than 60 years, Farrell was well known in Enid, and he knew Enid well.
His entire life, he was of service to the community, Billie Shields and Rick Hill, friends at Rick's Pharmacy, said of Farrell.
"He knew everything, he knew more about this town and its history than anyone," Hill said. "If you needed to know something, you went to Mr. Farrell. He was our source of all kinds of history. His kids said the same thing."
Officially declared "Enid's Nicest Guy" by former Mayor Doug Frantz, Farrell greeted every customer by name when they walked in the door at Scheffe or Rick's pharmacies.
Bert Mackie, neighbor of Farrell's for the past 40 years, said there wasn't a better man.
"He was the best neighbor, always positive and ready to help out," Mackie said. "He could make everyone laugh better than anyone."
When a song came on, from all eras, he immediately would break into song, instantly knowing all the words, Shields said.
"He knew everything, he didn't even have to think about it," Shields said.
Farrell was involved in the Enid community throughout the decades.
"He was full of community. Community was everything to him. So, to be involved in the community, to serve its people, was his life," Shields said.
Enid grew slowly on Farrell at first, but soon became the place he would spend his life and continue raising his family with late wife, Kay.
He arrived in Enid in 1952 and began working in the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base. Farrell had moved from Minnesota, where he grew up and went to college.
Upon leaving the Air Force, he worked at Scheffe for more than 50 years. After his retirement in 2007, Farrell just couldn't stay away from the pharmacy business and went back to work part time at Rick's Pharmacy.
In a 2019 article recognizing Farrell's awards, he said of his work, "I get to see people, and serve people."
"I have a purpose and a place to go," he said. "It's the opportunity to serve and provide pharmaceutical services for people. I still enjoy serving people as a pharmacist. It's satisfying."
Services for Farrell are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Condolences may be shared with the family online.
Enid News & Eagle Sep 22, 2021
by Kat Jeanne
https://www.vanceairscoop.com/news/outside_the_gate/community-meant-much-to-farrell-friends-say/article_bac1fdc0-b4b2-5ca2-81ab-7d7673417f52.html
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A snippet from an opinion piece from Enid, Ok paper:
VIEWPOINT: Three outstanding citizens contributed to the humanity of Enid
by Stephen Jones 2 October 2021
Patrick Farrell was for many years the only pharmacist in Enid with a doctoral degree in pharmacy. He came here through his experience at Vance Air Force Base and became a registered pharmacist working for decades with Walter Scheffe. Patrick had that wonderful personality quality of lifting the spirits of everyone he came in contact with when he entered the room. His infectious smile, good nature and general humor made him an outstanding personality. A dedicated professional, he was always willing to take a moment to explain the intricacies of a prescription or some other malady affecting those in need. After his wife passed away a number of years ago, Mary Gray became his companion for the rest of his life. Together, the sparkle of their personalities never dimmed.
This community has truly lost three men of different personalities, professions and lives, but all contributed to the humanity and the life we enjoy in Enid.
Stephen Jones is an attorney in Enid
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He was a member of Enid Community Theatre whose name was later changed to The Gaslight Theatre, and was how he came to be cast as a reporter in the 1973 Movie "Dillinger" a portion of which was filmed in Enid.
Scene Northern Missouri 1933
Purvis arrives to apprehend Wilbur Underhill the Tri-state Terror.
End Scene:
Reporter (Pat Farrell)
"That was the most courageous thing I've ever seen in my life."
"That makes another one for you Mr. Purvis, J. Edgar Hoover will get another feather in his hat."
Obituary:
The services celebrating and honoring the life of J. Patrick Farrell, 92, of Enid, will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday October 9, 2021, in the Central Christian Church with Father John Toles officiating. Complete cremation care and services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
John Patrick Farrell was born March 6, 1929, to Albert and Viola Bier Farrell in New Ulm, Minnesota and passed from this life September 22, 2021, in Enid, Oklahoma.
He was raised and educated in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, graduating from St. Mary's High School. He attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He was a member of The RKO Chi Honorary Scholastic Society (Pharmacy) and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Scholastic Society. He went on to serve four years in the United States Air Force as a pharmacist and was named "Airman of the Year" for the entire Northeastern Air Command in 1955. He was married to Marjorie Templeman in 1951 and from this union came five children. He married Kay Jarvis in 1974.
He practiced pharmacy at Scheffe Prescription Shops for fifty-three years and part-time at Rick's Pharmacy for the last several years. He was also the secretary and treasurer for Scheffe Prescription Shops. He served as the president of the Enid Noon AMBUCS and the Enid Rotary Club. He was active in Gaslight Community Theatre on the stage and served as president of the theatre. He was a member of the board of directors for Liberty Federal Savings Bank and served on the board of directors for C.D.S.A. and the Speech and Hearing Center. He was a member and a lay reader at St. Matthews Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his children Susan Farrell, of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, Michael Farrell, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Maureen Schrader and husband Phil, of Alamosa, Colorado, Beth Hale and husband John, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Joseph Farrell and wife Hollyce, of Denver, Colorado; stepchildren Hilary Jarvis-Hamill, Paige Jarvis, and Ian Jarvis; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Kay Farrell; his parents; one brother Joseph E. Farrell; and one sister Mary Farrell.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Kay Farrell Scholarship Fund at NOC with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com.
Published on October 5, 2021 Enid News & Eagle
An interment of cremains ceremony was held with immediate family and close friends on 30 April 2022.
https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/farrell-to-be-honored-for-six-decades-of-pharmacy-service/article_51b25503-f432-5114-ab57-0b9eeb032177.html
Excerpt from 2019 article link above:
Originally from Sleepy Eye, Minn., Farrell's career in pharmacy started in St. Paul, Minn., in 1950, when he graduated from North Dakota State University and went to work in St. Paul's The Apothecary Shop. He said Sleepy Eye would be familiar to the fans of the fictional community of Lake Wobegon,
which Garrison Keillor made famous on the radio program "A Prairie Home Companion."
Farrell first came to Enid in 1952 at the age of 23 after he enlisted in the Air Force and was assigned to the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base.
Farrell departed Enid in 1954 — only temporarily, as it turned out — when the Air Force assigned him to oversee the pharmacy at the former Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland, Canada.
While there, he was named the Outstanding Airman for the Northeast Air Command, a former command that oversaw air defenses for Newfoundland, Labrador and Greenland during the Cold War.He left the Air Force in 1955 and returned to his first pharmacy job at The Apothecary Shop in St. Paul.
There were no plans to return to Enid, Farrell said, but that changed one day when Walter Scheffe called and asked him to take his old job back full-time.
"Out of the blue, Scheffe called me and wondered if I'd be interested in coming back down here,"
Farrell said, "and I thought, 'Yeah, OK.'"
He returned to Scheffe's and Enid in 1956, and remained there for more than 50 years — a staple presence for several generations of pharmacy customers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ENID, Okla. — Service to the community embodied Pat Farrell, who served as a pharmacist right up until his last days.
Farrell died Wednesday at the age of 92, Sept. 22, 2021.
A pharmacist for more than 60 years, Farrell was well known in Enid, and he knew Enid well.
His entire life, he was of service to the community, Billie Shields and Rick Hill, friends at Rick's Pharmacy, said of Farrell.
"He knew everything, he knew more about this town and its history than anyone," Hill said. "If you needed to know something, you went to Mr. Farrell. He was our source of all kinds of history. His kids said the same thing."
Officially declared "Enid's Nicest Guy" by former Mayor Doug Frantz, Farrell greeted every customer by name when they walked in the door at Scheffe or Rick's pharmacies.
Bert Mackie, neighbor of Farrell's for the past 40 years, said there wasn't a better man.
"He was the best neighbor, always positive and ready to help out," Mackie said. "He could make everyone laugh better than anyone."
When a song came on, from all eras, he immediately would break into song, instantly knowing all the words, Shields said.
"He knew everything, he didn't even have to think about it," Shields said.
Farrell was involved in the Enid community throughout the decades.
"He was full of community. Community was everything to him. So, to be involved in the community, to serve its people, was his life," Shields said.
Enid grew slowly on Farrell at first, but soon became the place he would spend his life and continue raising his family with late wife, Kay.
He arrived in Enid in 1952 and began working in the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base. Farrell had moved from Minnesota, where he grew up and went to college.
Upon leaving the Air Force, he worked at Scheffe for more than 50 years. After his retirement in 2007, Farrell just couldn't stay away from the pharmacy business and went back to work part time at Rick's Pharmacy.
In a 2019 article recognizing Farrell's awards, he said of his work, "I get to see people, and serve people."
"I have a purpose and a place to go," he said. "It's the opportunity to serve and provide pharmaceutical services for people. I still enjoy serving people as a pharmacist. It's satisfying."
Services for Farrell are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Condolences may be shared with the family online.
Enid News & Eagle Sep 22, 2021
by Kat Jeanne
https://www.vanceairscoop.com/news/outside_the_gate/community-meant-much-to-farrell-friends-say/article_bac1fdc0-b4b2-5ca2-81ab-7d7673417f52.html
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A snippet from an opinion piece from Enid, Ok paper:
VIEWPOINT: Three outstanding citizens contributed to the humanity of Enid
by Stephen Jones 2 October 2021
Patrick Farrell was for many years the only pharmacist in Enid with a doctoral degree in pharmacy. He came here through his experience at Vance Air Force Base and became a registered pharmacist working for decades with Walter Scheffe. Patrick had that wonderful personality quality of lifting the spirits of everyone he came in contact with when he entered the room. His infectious smile, good nature and general humor made him an outstanding personality. A dedicated professional, he was always willing to take a moment to explain the intricacies of a prescription or some other malady affecting those in need. After his wife passed away a number of years ago, Mary Gray became his companion for the rest of his life. Together, the sparkle of their personalities never dimmed.
This community has truly lost three men of different personalities, professions and lives, but all contributed to the humanity and the life we enjoy in Enid.
Stephen Jones is an attorney in Enid
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He was a member of Enid Community Theatre whose name was later changed to The Gaslight Theatre, and was how he came to be cast as a reporter in the 1973 Movie "Dillinger" a portion of which was filmed in Enid.
Scene Northern Missouri 1933
Purvis arrives to apprehend Wilbur Underhill the Tri-state Terror.
End Scene:
Reporter (Pat Farrell)
"That was the most courageous thing I've ever seen in my life."
"That makes another one for you Mr. Purvis, J. Edgar Hoover will get another feather in his hat."
The services celebrating and honoring the life of J. Patrick Farrell, 92, of Enid, will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday October 9, 2021, in the Central Christian Church with Father John Toles officiating. Complete cremation care and services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
John Patrick Farrell was born March 6, 1929, to Albert and Viola Bier Farrell in New Ulm, Minnesota and passed from this life September 22, 2021, in Enid, Oklahoma.
He was raised and educated in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, graduating from St. Mary's High School. He attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He was a member of The RKO Chi Honorary Scholastic Society (Pharmacy) and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Scholastic Society. He went on to serve four years in the United States Air Force as a pharmacist and was named "Airman of the Year" for the entire Northeastern Air Command in 1955. He was married to Marjorie Templeman in 1951 and from this union came five children. He married Kay Jarvis in 1974.
He practiced pharmacy at Scheffe Prescription Shops for fifty-three years and part-time at Rick's Pharmacy for the last several years. He was also the secretary and treasurer for Scheffe Prescription Shops. He served as the president of the Enid Noon AMBUCS and the Enid Rotary Club. He was active in Gaslight Community Theatre on the stage and served as president of the theatre. He was a member of the board of directors for Liberty Federal Savings Bank and served on the board of directors for C.D.S.A. and the Speech and Hearing Center. He was a member and a lay reader at St. Matthews Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his children Susan Farrell, of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, Michael Farrell, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Maureen Schrader and husband Phil, of Alamosa, Colorado, Beth Hale and husband John, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Joseph Farrell and wife Hollyce, of Denver, Colorado; stepchildren Hilary Jarvis-Hamill, Paige Jarvis, and Ian Jarvis; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Kay Farrell; his parents; one brother Joseph E. Farrell; and one sister Mary Farrell.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Kay Farrell Scholarship Fund at NOC with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com.
Published on October 5, 2021 Enid News & Eagle
An interment of cremains ceremony was held with immediate family and close friends on 30 April 2022.
https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/farrell-to-be-honored-for-six-decades-of-pharmacy-service/article_51b25503-f432-5114-ab57-0b9eeb032177.html
Excerpt from 2019 article link above:
Originally from Sleepy Eye, Minn., Farrell's career in pharmacy started in St. Paul, Minn., in 1950, when he graduated from North Dakota State University and went to work in St. Paul's The Apothecary Shop. He said Sleepy Eye would be familiar to the fans of the fictional community of Lake Wobegon,
which Garrison Keillor made famous on the radio program "A Prairie Home Companion."
Farrell first came to Enid in 1952 at the age of 23 after he enlisted in the Air Force and was assigned to the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base.
Farrell departed Enid in 1954 — only temporarily, as it turned out — when the Air Force assigned him to oversee the pharmacy at the former Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland, Canada.
While there, he was named the Outstanding Airman for the Northeast Air Command, a former command that oversaw air defenses for Newfoundland, Labrador and Greenland during the Cold War.He left the Air Force in 1955 and returned to his first pharmacy job at The Apothecary Shop in St. Paul.
There were no plans to return to Enid, Farrell said, but that changed one day when Walter Scheffe called and asked him to take his old job back full-time.
"Out of the blue, Scheffe called me and wondered if I'd be interested in coming back down here,"
Farrell said, "and I thought, 'Yeah, OK.'"
He returned to Scheffe's and Enid in 1956, and remained there for more than 50 years — a staple presence for several generations of pharmacy customers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ENID, Okla. — Service to the community embodied Pat Farrell, who served as a pharmacist right up until his last days.
Farrell died Wednesday at the age of 92, Sept. 22, 2021.
A pharmacist for more than 60 years, Farrell was well known in Enid, and he knew Enid well.
His entire life, he was of service to the community, Billie Shields and Rick Hill, friends at Rick's Pharmacy, said of Farrell.
"He knew everything, he knew more about this town and its history than anyone," Hill said. "If you needed to know something, you went to Mr. Farrell. He was our source of all kinds of history. His kids said the same thing."
Officially declared "Enid's Nicest Guy" by former Mayor Doug Frantz, Farrell greeted every customer by name when they walked in the door at Scheffe or Rick's pharmacies.
Bert Mackie, neighbor of Farrell's for the past 40 years, said there wasn't a better man.
"He was the best neighbor, always positive and ready to help out," Mackie said. "He could make everyone laugh better than anyone."
When a song came on, from all eras, he immediately would break into song, instantly knowing all the words, Shields said.
"He knew everything, he didn't even have to think about it," Shields said.
Farrell was involved in the Enid community throughout the decades.
"He was full of community. Community was everything to him. So, to be involved in the community, to serve its people, was his life," Shields said.
Enid grew slowly on Farrell at first, but soon became the place he would spend his life and continue raising his family with late wife, Kay.
He arrived in Enid in 1952 and began working in the pharmacy at Vance Air Force Base. Farrell had moved from Minnesota, where he grew up and went to college.
Upon leaving the Air Force, he worked at Scheffe for more than 50 years. After his retirement in 2007, Farrell just couldn't stay away from the pharmacy business and went back to work part time at Rick's Pharmacy.
In a 2019 article recognizing Farrell's awards, he said of his work, "I get to see people, and serve people."
"I have a purpose and a place to go," he said. "It's the opportunity to serve and provide pharmaceutical services for people. I still enjoy serving people as a pharmacist. It's satisfying."
Services for Farrell are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Condolences may be shared with the family online.
Enid News & Eagle Sep 22, 2021
by Kat Jeanne
https://www.vanceairscoop.com/news/outside_the_gate/community-meant-much-to-farrell-friends-say/article_bac1fdc0-b4b2-5ca2-81ab-7d7673417f52.html
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A snippet from an opinion piece from Enid, Ok paper:
VIEWPOINT: Three outstanding citizens contributed to the humanity of Enid
by Stephen Jones 2 October 2021
Patrick Farrell was for many years the only pharmacist in Enid with a doctoral degree in pharmacy. He came here through his experience at Vance Air Force Base and became a registered pharmacist working for decades with Walter Scheffe. Patrick had that wonderful personality quality of lifting the spirits of everyone he came in contact with when he entered the room. His infectious smile, good nature and general humor made him an outstanding personality. A dedicated professional, he was always willing to take a moment to explain the intricacies of a prescription or some other malady affecting those in need. After his wife passed away a number of years ago, Mary Gray became his companion for the rest of his life. Together, the sparkle of their personalities never dimmed.
This community has truly lost three men of different personalities, professions and lives, but all contributed to the humanity and the life we enjoy in Enid.
Stephen Jones is an attorney in Enid
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He was a member of Enid Community Theatre whose name was later changed to The Gaslight Theatre, and was how he came to be cast as a reporter in the 1973 Movie "Dillinger" a portion of which was filmed in Enid.
Scene Northern Missouri 1933
Purvis arrives to apprehend Wilbur Underhill the Tri-state Terror.
End Scene:
Reporter (Pat Farrell)
"That was the most courageous thing I've ever seen in my life."
"That makes another one for you Mr. Purvis, J. Edgar Hoover will get another feather in his hat."
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