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Dr James Riley McFarland

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Dr James Riley McFarland

Birth
Depew, Creek County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
7 Apr 2012 (aged 86)
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Find A Grave contributor Jodie (Lowe) Hollifield sent---OBIT:
Dr. James Riley McFarland
Dr. James Riley McFarland, 86, of Bartlesville, died at 1:30 A.M. on Saturday, April 7, 2012 after many years of decline from Alzheimer's.
Funeral services for Dr. McFarland will be held at 10 A.M. on Monday, April 9, 2012 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Dale Scott of the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church officiating. Private interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.
Memorial funds have been established and those who wish may send their contributions to Hope Hospice, 8291 North Owasso Expressway, Owasso, Oklahoma, 74055 or to the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 801 S.E. Washington Blvd., Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74006.
Dr. McFarland was born on September 1, 1925 in Depew, Oklahoma to John B. and Peggy Anna (Orr) McFarland. He joined the Navy at age 16 and served 4 years during World War II on a destroyer. Afterwards he returned to Stroud, Oklahoma to complete high school, later graduating from OU Medical School as an OB/GYN. He moved to Bartlesville in 1957 to begin practice. He delivered over 5000 babies and was a well known and a respected physician. He loved his work! He was an avid reader, sports enthusiast, served his church for many years, was instrumental in forming of the Family Planning Clinic, the County Health Director and started a Medical Explorer Scout Troop.
* He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and a daughter, Heather Henson.

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Find A Grave contributor Jodie (Lowe) Hollifield sent---OBIT:
Dr. James Riley McFarland
Dr. James Riley McFarland, 86, of Bartlesville, died at 1:30 A.M. on Saturday, April 7, 2012 after many years of decline from Alzheimer's.
Funeral services for Dr. McFarland will be held at 10 A.M. on Monday, April 9, 2012 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Dale Scott of the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church officiating. Private interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.
Memorial funds have been established and those who wish may send their contributions to Hope Hospice, 8291 North Owasso Expressway, Owasso, Oklahoma, 74055 or to the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 801 S.E. Washington Blvd., Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74006.
Dr. McFarland was born on September 1, 1925 in Depew, Oklahoma to John B. and Peggy Anna (Orr) McFarland. He joined the Navy at age 16 and served 4 years during World War II on a destroyer. Afterwards he returned to Stroud, Oklahoma to complete high school, later graduating from OU Medical School as an OB/GYN. He moved to Bartlesville in 1957 to begin practice. He delivered over 5000 babies and was a well known and a respected physician. He loved his work! He was an avid reader, sports enthusiast, served his church for many years, was instrumental in forming of the Family Planning Clinic, the County Health Director and started a Medical Explorer Scout Troop.
* He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and a daughter, Heather Henson.

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