Sam Farlow
| Date of Interment or Death | 09/13/1970 |
|---|---|
| Location | Garden of the Christus |
| Block and Lot | 075B |
| Grave | 1 |
Obituary
Conduct Rites for Sam Farlow
Funeral services for Sam J. Farlow, 67, prominent Wahpeton businessman, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday from the United Church of Christ in Wahpeton. Rev. Wm. Dreyer Jr., officiated. Vocalist was C. B. Cummins with Mrs. Horace Lahren organist.
Mr. Farlow died Thursday, September 10, at St. Francis hospital following an illness of several months.
In retirement the past year, he had operated a ladies' clothing store in Wahpeton for 19 years. He was born in Iowa April 10, 1903, and attended high school there. He also attended North Dakota State University at Fargo. He also attended North Dakota State at Fargo. He married Roberta Thompson, March 24, 1926, after which the couple farmed at Rice Lake, Wisconsin before moving to Nebraska. They operated a grocery firm in Bottineau, ND, before coming here in 1947.
He was active in his church, serving as an officer and choir member. He sang with the Alphean Male Chorus, was president of Kiwanis and a district lieutenant governor. He was a director of the local Chamber of Commerce, the Salvation Army, and was a member of Masons, Kem Temple of the Shrine and Order of Eastern Star.
His first wife died in a car accident in Wisconsin in 1960. Dying in the same accident was an infant granddaughter, Jan Liesenfelt. Also preceding are his parents, Dr. Sam J. and Alta Farlow. He married Verna Halvorson March 2, 1963, who survives. He also leaves a son, Sam, Rice Lake, Wis.; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Janet) Liesenfelt, Roselle, Ill.; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Verle Ellis, Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Vera Weiss, Whittler, Calif.
Casket bearers were Donald Lum, Earl Bute, G. W. Haverty, Ed Scott, Harold Bullis and Odin Stutrud. Burial was in Fairview Memorial Gardens. Arrangements were by Vertin's in Wahpeton.
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Location
The Garden of the Christus is located in the Memorial Gardens, which comprises the northern half of the cemetery.