Robert Junior McFARLAND, 59, Ainsworth, died Saturday, May 30, 1987, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. He had been seriously ill since May 26.
Services were held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Tharp officiating. Burial was in the Oregon Township Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established.
Mr. McFARLAND was born in Sterling, Illinois, on February 1, 1928, a son of Robert E. and Katherine KLACKENGA-McFARLAND. he was reared and attended schools in Ainsworth, where he lived since 1932. He married Frieda RABENOLD in Kalona on November 27, 1954.
He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict and was a member of the American Legion in Ainsworth and V.F.W. in Riverside.
Mr. McFARLAND was a member of the Ainsworth United Church and worked as a construction worker, last employed by Reschly Construction of Olds.
Survivors include his wife, Frieda of Ainsworth; two step-daughters, Sandy KNIGHT of Washington and Vicki MAXSON of West Branch; four sisters, Irene (Mrs. Blain) HAWKINS of Burlington; Phillis (Mrs. Robert) LOPSHIRE of Ainsworth; Delores (Mrs. Ben) COLEMAN of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Wilma (Mrs. Dale) HUMPHREYS of Minot, North Dakota; four brothers, Walter, Jack, Richard and Bill, all of Ainsworth; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Rita, and two brothers, Jim and Bruce.
Services were held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Tharp officiating. Burial was in the Oregon Township Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established.
Mr. McFARLAND was born in Sterling, Illinois, on February 1, 1928, a son of Robert E. and Katherine KLACKENGA-McFARLAND. he was reared and attended schools in Ainsworth, where he lived since 1932. He married Frieda RABENOLD in Kalona on November 27, 1954.
He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict and was a member of the American Legion in Ainsworth and V.F.W. in Riverside.
Mr. McFARLAND was a member of the Ainsworth United Church and worked as a construction worker, last employed by Reschly Construction of Olds.
Survivors include his wife, Frieda of Ainsworth; two step-daughters, Sandy KNIGHT of Washington and Vicki MAXSON of West Branch; four sisters, Irene (Mrs. Blain) HAWKINS of Burlington; Phillis (Mrs. Robert) LOPSHIRE of Ainsworth; Delores (Mrs. Ben) COLEMAN of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Wilma (Mrs. Dale) HUMPHREYS of Minot, North Dakota; four brothers, Walter, Jack, Richard and Bill, all of Ainsworth; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Rita, and two brothers, Jim and Bruce.
Robert Junior McFARLAND, 59, Ainsworth, died Saturday, May 30, 1987, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. He had been seriously ill since May 26.
Services were held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Tharp officiating. Burial was in the Oregon Township Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established.
Mr. McFARLAND was born in Sterling, Illinois, on February 1, 1928, a son of Robert E. and Katherine KLACKENGA-McFARLAND. he was reared and attended schools in Ainsworth, where he lived since 1932. He married Frieda RABENOLD in Kalona on November 27, 1954.
He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict and was a member of the American Legion in Ainsworth and V.F.W. in Riverside.
Mr. McFARLAND was a member of the Ainsworth United Church and worked as a construction worker, last employed by Reschly Construction of Olds.
Survivors include his wife, Frieda of Ainsworth; two step-daughters, Sandy KNIGHT of Washington and Vicki MAXSON of West Branch; four sisters, Irene (Mrs. Blain) HAWKINS of Burlington; Phillis (Mrs. Robert) LOPSHIRE of Ainsworth; Delores (Mrs. Ben) COLEMAN of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Wilma (Mrs. Dale) HUMPHREYS of Minot, North Dakota; four brothers, Walter, Jack, Richard and Bill, all of Ainsworth; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Rita, and two brothers, Jim and Bruce.
Services were held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Tharp officiating. Burial was in the Oregon Township Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established.
Mr. McFARLAND was born in Sterling, Illinois, on February 1, 1928, a son of Robert E. and Katherine KLACKENGA-McFARLAND. he was reared and attended schools in Ainsworth, where he lived since 1932. He married Frieda RABENOLD in Kalona on November 27, 1954.
He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict and was a member of the American Legion in Ainsworth and V.F.W. in Riverside.
Mr. McFARLAND was a member of the Ainsworth United Church and worked as a construction worker, last employed by Reschly Construction of Olds.
Survivors include his wife, Frieda of Ainsworth; two step-daughters, Sandy KNIGHT of Washington and Vicki MAXSON of West Branch; four sisters, Irene (Mrs. Blain) HAWKINS of Burlington; Phillis (Mrs. Robert) LOPSHIRE of Ainsworth; Delores (Mrs. Ben) COLEMAN of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Wilma (Mrs. Dale) HUMPHREYS of Minot, North Dakota; four brothers, Walter, Jack, Richard and Bill, all of Ainsworth; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Rita, and two brothers, Jim and Bruce.
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