FARRELL, John Roberts
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1950 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. 3 July 1959
John Robert Farrell, 83, a resident of Warren and Fountain Counties most of his life, died Tuesday at the Ingram Nursing Home in Covington.
Born October 20, 1875 in Switzerland County, Indiana, he was the son of Hannibal and Nannie Brentley Farrell. He was married March 10, 1898 to Lulu Bell, who preceded him in death on February 12, 1948.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Mildred Clark of Hammond, Mrs. Ossie Wagner of Williamsport, Mrs. Goldie Peterson of Cadwell, Idaho and Mrs. Emma Hanson of Evansville; two sons, Vernon of Perrysville and Byron of Hoopeston ; a brother, McKinley of Vevay; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Smith of Vevay and Mrs. Edith Hotchkiss of Dearborn, Michigan; 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Thursday with burial in the Pence Cemetery. - jz