Arla Elizabeth Farmer passed away after a long illness on July 28, 2010 at the home of her daughter, Dee Linton. She was born Arla Elizabeth Gridley in Dairyville, California on November 27, 1918 in the family's upstairs dwelling in a general store her grandfather and father owned. Arla was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Zack Farmer, her brother J. Carroll Gridley, sister Zesta Belle Butler, daughter Linda Marie Farmer, grandson Kenneth Torres, and her husband Gordon Livingston Linton. She is survived by her son, Nicholas Farmer and spouse Carmen Feger and family of Red Bluff, daughter Dee Linton and spouse Danette Mulrine of Sacramento, daughter Patricia Stipe and husband Hollis and family of Rosamond, California, and daughter Theresa Kelley and husband H. Gassaway Brown and family of Reno, Nevada, and Zacatecas, Mexico, and twelve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. And, her many nieces and nephews.
Arla was proud to have spent almost all of her life in Tehama County. She was an active member of the Tehama County Board of Realtors for 36 years and often shared her love for selling real estate, she worked as an EMT for the Red Bluff Ambulance Service, and was instrumental in the creation of the RBUHS Community Scholarship Fund after the death of her husband Gordon Linton in 1955. She served on the Board of the Tehama County Opportunity Center for nine years and was recognized for her many community service efforts, being named "Citizen of the Year" by the Red Bluff - Tehama County Chamber of Commerce in 1976. Arla was a 25 year volunteer with the American Cancer Society. And, was herself a 20+ year leukemia survivor.
Arla will be fondly remembered as a local historian, documenting family stories for many friends and relatives. Her book popular book, THE RED BLUFF NAVY, chronicled the airbase and WW II Navy fliers stationed in Red Bluff.
A celebration of Arla Farmer's life will be held on August 28, 2010 in the Westside Room at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 South Jackson Street, Red Bluff, CA, beginning at 1:00 p.m. with refreshments to follow. Pastor Jeffrey Eldred will be officiating. Family and friends of Arla are invited to share stories of good times and their remembrances of her.
Published in Daily News on August 21, 2010
Arla was proud to have spent almost all of her life in Tehama County. She was an active member of the Tehama County Board of Realtors for 36 years and often shared her love for selling real estate, she worked as an EMT for the Red Bluff Ambulance Service, and was instrumental in the creation of the RBUHS Community Scholarship Fund after the death of her husband Gordon Linton in 1955. She served on the Board of the Tehama County Opportunity Center for nine years and was recognized for her many community service efforts, being named "Citizen of the Year" by the Red Bluff - Tehama County Chamber of Commerce in 1976. Arla was a 25 year volunteer with the American Cancer Society. And, was herself a 20+ year leukemia survivor.
Arla will be fondly remembered as a local historian, documenting family stories for many friends and relatives. Her book popular book, THE RED BLUFF NAVY, chronicled the airbase and WW II Navy fliers stationed in Red Bluff.
A celebration of Arla Farmer's life will be held on August 28, 2010 in the Westside Room at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 South Jackson Street, Red Bluff, CA, beginning at 1:00 p.m. with refreshments to follow. Pastor Jeffrey Eldred will be officiating. Family and friends of Arla are invited to share stories of good times and their remembrances of her.
Published in Daily News on August 21, 2010
Arla Elizabeth Farmer passed away after a long illness on July 28, 2010 at the home of her daughter, Dee Linton. She was born Arla Elizabeth Gridley in Dairyville, California on November 27, 1918 in the family's upstairs dwelling in a general store her grandfather and father owned. Arla was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Zack Farmer, her brother J. Carroll Gridley, sister Zesta Belle Butler, daughter Linda Marie Farmer, grandson Kenneth Torres, and her husband Gordon Livingston Linton. She is survived by her son, Nicholas Farmer and spouse Carmen Feger and family of Red Bluff, daughter Dee Linton and spouse Danette Mulrine of Sacramento, daughter Patricia Stipe and husband Hollis and family of Rosamond, California, and daughter Theresa Kelley and husband H. Gassaway Brown and family of Reno, Nevada, and Zacatecas, Mexico, and twelve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. And, her many nieces and nephews.
Arla was proud to have spent almost all of her life in Tehama County. She was an active member of the Tehama County Board of Realtors for 36 years and often shared her love for selling real estate, she worked as an EMT for the Red Bluff Ambulance Service, and was instrumental in the creation of the RBUHS Community Scholarship Fund after the death of her husband Gordon Linton in 1955. She served on the Board of the Tehama County Opportunity Center for nine years and was recognized for her many community service efforts, being named "Citizen of the Year" by the Red Bluff - Tehama County Chamber of Commerce in 1976. Arla was a 25 year volunteer with the American Cancer Society. And, was herself a 20+ year leukemia survivor.
Arla will be fondly remembered as a local historian, documenting family stories for many friends and relatives. Her book popular book, THE RED BLUFF NAVY, chronicled the airbase and WW II Navy fliers stationed in Red Bluff.
A celebration of Arla Farmer's life will be held on August 28, 2010 in the Westside Room at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 South Jackson Street, Red Bluff, CA, beginning at 1:00 p.m. with refreshments to follow. Pastor Jeffrey Eldred will be officiating. Family and friends of Arla are invited to share stories of good times and their remembrances of her.
Published in Daily News on August 21, 2010
Arla was proud to have spent almost all of her life in Tehama County. She was an active member of the Tehama County Board of Realtors for 36 years and often shared her love for selling real estate, she worked as an EMT for the Red Bluff Ambulance Service, and was instrumental in the creation of the RBUHS Community Scholarship Fund after the death of her husband Gordon Linton in 1955. She served on the Board of the Tehama County Opportunity Center for nine years and was recognized for her many community service efforts, being named "Citizen of the Year" by the Red Bluff - Tehama County Chamber of Commerce in 1976. Arla was a 25 year volunteer with the American Cancer Society. And, was herself a 20+ year leukemia survivor.
Arla will be fondly remembered as a local historian, documenting family stories for many friends and relatives. Her book popular book, THE RED BLUFF NAVY, chronicled the airbase and WW II Navy fliers stationed in Red Bluff.
A celebration of Arla Farmer's life will be held on August 28, 2010 in the Westside Room at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 South Jackson Street, Red Bluff, CA, beginning at 1:00 p.m. with refreshments to follow. Pastor Jeffrey Eldred will be officiating. Family and friends of Arla are invited to share stories of good times and their remembrances of her.
Published in Daily News on August 21, 2010
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