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Kirk Farmer Sr.

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Kirk Farmer Sr.

Birth
Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Death
21 Jul 1971 (aged 81)
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Middleton, Canyon County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
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Parents:
Father: John Andrew Farmer
Mother: Minerva Lucretia Denny

Spouse: Clara Alva Packer
Marriage: November 25, 1915

Kirk Farmer Sr.

CALDWELL — Services for Kirk Farmer Sr., 80, of Caldwell Route 3, who died Wednesday in a Caldwell nursing home, will be conducted at the Dakan Funeral Chapel at 10 a.m. Friday.

The Rev. Ernest Chamberlain of the First Christian Church will officiate. Interment will be at Middleton.

Mr. Farmer was born June 4, 1891, at Bearville, Ark., and was reared in Arkansas, He came to Idaho in 1913 and worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at Glenns Ferry. He married Clara Packer on Nov. 4, 1915, in Caldwell. He was a ditch rider for the Farmer's Co-op Ditch from 1936 to 1943. The couple moved to Rupert in 1955, and to Kuna in 1957. They returned to Caldwell in 1966.

Surviving in addition to Mrs. Farmer are seven sons, Dewey, Kirk Jr., and Burton Farmer, all of Caldwell, Forest Farmer of Reno, Nev., Charles Farmer of Kuna, Bill Farmer of Nyssa and Robert Farmer of Meridian; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter in infancy in 1919.

Idaho Free Press & Caldwell News-Tribune, Thursday, July 22, 1971 — 2
Parents:
Father: John Andrew Farmer
Mother: Minerva Lucretia Denny

Spouse: Clara Alva Packer
Marriage: November 25, 1915

Kirk Farmer Sr.

CALDWELL — Services for Kirk Farmer Sr., 80, of Caldwell Route 3, who died Wednesday in a Caldwell nursing home, will be conducted at the Dakan Funeral Chapel at 10 a.m. Friday.

The Rev. Ernest Chamberlain of the First Christian Church will officiate. Interment will be at Middleton.

Mr. Farmer was born June 4, 1891, at Bearville, Ark., and was reared in Arkansas, He came to Idaho in 1913 and worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at Glenns Ferry. He married Clara Packer on Nov. 4, 1915, in Caldwell. He was a ditch rider for the Farmer's Co-op Ditch from 1936 to 1943. The couple moved to Rupert in 1955, and to Kuna in 1957. They returned to Caldwell in 1966.

Surviving in addition to Mrs. Farmer are seven sons, Dewey, Kirk Jr., and Burton Farmer, all of Caldwell, Forest Farmer of Reno, Nev., Charles Farmer of Kuna, Bill Farmer of Nyssa and Robert Farmer of Meridian; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter in infancy in 1919.

Idaho Free Press & Caldwell News-Tribune, Thursday, July 22, 1971 — 2


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  • Created by: R.I.P.
  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75568401/kirk-farmer: accessed ), memorial page for Kirk Farmer Sr. (4 Jun 1890–21 Jul 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75568401, citing Middleton Cemetery, Middleton, Canyon County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by R.I.P. (contributor 47339884).