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Elmer Frank Falk, 59, Route 14, died at 12:05 a.m. today [January 24, 1980] at Miller’s Merry Manor Health Care Center at Hope. He was an employee of the Indiana State Highway Department. Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Carl Hawkins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hathaway-Myers Funeral Chapel where persons may call […]

John A. Fearn Sr., well known Casa Grande farmer and realtor, was pronounced dead on arrival Saturday [April 21, 1979] at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Tucson. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 54 years old. A resident of Casa Grande for 47 years, Mr. Fearn was born Jan. 27, 1925 in Beaver, […]

William J. Fox [July 16, 1978], vet. WW II, retired sgt. Chicago Police Dept., loving son of Catherine and the late William Fox; devoted father of William P., Katherine M., Patrick E. (Lynn), Maribeth, Carol Anne and Thomas W.; dear grandfather of William; fond brother of James CFD (Leona), Mary Jane and Edward CFD (Elaine); […]

A funeral Mass for Thomas R. Freeman Jr., a St. Louis County contractor, will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church, 3486 St. Gregory Lane, St. Ann. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Freeman, 56, of 3338 Marmary Lane, St. Ann, died Thursday [April 6, 1978] of a heart attack […]

Jack L. Farash, 56, of 7301 S.W. 37th Street, Miami, Fla., died Sunday [June 26, 1977] at Naples Community Hospital. Born in New York, Mr. Farash is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jack Duncan Farash. Pittman’s Naples Chapel, 850 Sixth Avenue N., is in charge of arrangements.

LONG BEACH, Calif. –Philo Clair Farnsworth, 52, Long Beach, died June 27, 1976, at the Long Beach Naval Hospital after a long illness. Born Aug. 1, 1923, Mountain Home, Utah, to Philo Taylor and Hazel Thayne Farnsworth. Married Adele Frances Sieber May 22, 1948. Wounded while serving with the Marine Corps on Okinawa in WW […]

N. Rogers Farley, 56, of 2202 Edwards, Alton, was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:15 a.m. Friday [May 28, 1976] at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was president of the Drury & Wead Co. in Alton for 33 years. He married the former Betty Redmond Dec. 27, 1939, in Alton. Besides his widow, he is survived […]

Howard B. Floyd Sr., 53, of Magee died at his residence early Wednesday morning [April 14, 1976] following a lengthy illness. He was a lifetime resident of Simpson County, a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Marines in the Pacific, and was a member of the Corinth Baptist Church. Services were […]

Earl M. Flynn, a former resident of Coloma, died Dec. [10, 1975] at San Francisco. He was born and raised in Coloma and moved to Petaluma in 1959. He is survived by his wife Barbara and four daughters and two grandchildren.

LAKE CHARLES, La. – Carl W. “Blackie” Fletcher, 50, of Lake Charles died at 4:45 p.m. Saturday [November 30, 1974] in a hospital here after a long illness. He was a native of Colfax and had lived here the past 25 years. He was a dispatcher for Bulk Transport Co. and a veteran of World […]