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Lee Anthony Farley

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Lee Anthony Farley

Birth
Logan County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
5 Oct 1981 (aged 87)
Ord, Valley County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
North Loup, Valley County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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"The Ord Quiz", Ord, Nebraska, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1981.

Lee A. Farley was born June 13, 1894 near Guthrie, Oklahoma to Edward and Frances Adams Farley and died October 5, 1981 at the Valley County Hospital in Ord, Nebraska at the age of 87.

Lee moved with his family at the age of two to southeastern Nebraska near Tecumseh, where he attended rural school. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 and served overseas until his discharge in June of 1919. Lee was united in marriage to Edna Douglas in June of 1922. They moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where Lee learned his life's trade of plumbing and steam fitting. In 1926 they moved to Sacramento, California where he worked until 1947 when he returned to Nebraska to work as a supervisor on construction jobs around the state. His wife, Edna, died in 1929. He was united in marriage to Vesta M. Thorngate December 23, 1952 at Denver, Colorado. They had made their home at North Loup since 1958, except for 18 months in California.

He was a member of the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church, the World War I Barracks of Redlands, California and the American Legion Post #285 of North Loup.

Survivors include his wife, Vesta of North Loup; one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Smith of North Loup; five grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three brothers, Edward of Tecumseh, Owen of Hope, IN, and Arthur of Crookston, MN; and three sisters, Mrs. Sue Fuller of San Diego, CA, Mrs. Mae Huston of Hot Springs, SD, and Mrs. Clara Pederson of San Jose, CA, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna; two daughters, two brothers, and one sister.

Funeral services were held Thursday, October 8, 1981 at 2 p.m. at the Seventh Day Baptist Church at North Loup with Rev. Larry Graffius officiating. Pallbearers were Elery King, Mills Hill, Russell R. Hill, Sr., Sheldon Van Horn, Udell Williams, and Homer Brannon.
"The Ord Quiz", Ord, Nebraska, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1981.

Lee A. Farley was born June 13, 1894 near Guthrie, Oklahoma to Edward and Frances Adams Farley and died October 5, 1981 at the Valley County Hospital in Ord, Nebraska at the age of 87.

Lee moved with his family at the age of two to southeastern Nebraska near Tecumseh, where he attended rural school. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 and served overseas until his discharge in June of 1919. Lee was united in marriage to Edna Douglas in June of 1922. They moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where Lee learned his life's trade of plumbing and steam fitting. In 1926 they moved to Sacramento, California where he worked until 1947 when he returned to Nebraska to work as a supervisor on construction jobs around the state. His wife, Edna, died in 1929. He was united in marriage to Vesta M. Thorngate December 23, 1952 at Denver, Colorado. They had made their home at North Loup since 1958, except for 18 months in California.

He was a member of the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church, the World War I Barracks of Redlands, California and the American Legion Post #285 of North Loup.

Survivors include his wife, Vesta of North Loup; one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Smith of North Loup; five grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three brothers, Edward of Tecumseh, Owen of Hope, IN, and Arthur of Crookston, MN; and three sisters, Mrs. Sue Fuller of San Diego, CA, Mrs. Mae Huston of Hot Springs, SD, and Mrs. Clara Pederson of San Jose, CA, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna; two daughters, two brothers, and one sister.

Funeral services were held Thursday, October 8, 1981 at 2 p.m. at the Seventh Day Baptist Church at North Loup with Rev. Larry Graffius officiating. Pallbearers were Elery King, Mills Hill, Russell R. Hill, Sr., Sheldon Van Horn, Udell Williams, and Homer Brannon.


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