OBITUARY from NEWTON DAILY NEWS, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, November 12, 1962:
Jake Farmer, 68, Longtime Jasper Resident, Dies
Jake (Jack) Farmer, 68, of 604 East 41/2 St. S., a longtime resident of Jasper County, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines.
Graveside rites will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Newton Union Cemetery.
The Rev. Arthur V. Long, minister of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Francis; a sister, Mrs. William Kratch of Kasson, Minn.; a nephew and niece.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a brother.
The son of George and Nancy Farmer, he was born March 1, 1894 in Otley.
Educated in the Monroe schools, he was married Jan. 24, 1925 in Des Moines. A resident of Monroe since a child, he moved to Newton after his marriage.
He was a moulder at the Maytag Co. for 37 years, retiring in 1959.
Mr. Farmer was a member of the Maytag 25-Year Club.
OBITUARY from NEWTON DAILY NEWS, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, November 12, 1962:
Jake Farmer, 68, Longtime Jasper Resident, Dies
Jake (Jack) Farmer, 68, of 604 East 41/2 St. S., a longtime resident of Jasper County, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines.
Graveside rites will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Newton Union Cemetery.
The Rev. Arthur V. Long, minister of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Francis; a sister, Mrs. William Kratch of Kasson, Minn.; a nephew and niece.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a brother.
The son of George and Nancy Farmer, he was born March 1, 1894 in Otley.
Educated in the Monroe schools, he was married Jan. 24, 1925 in Des Moines. A resident of Monroe since a child, he moved to Newton after his marriage.
He was a moulder at the Maytag Co. for 37 years, retiring in 1959.
Mr. Farmer was a member of the Maytag 25-Year Club.
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