Florence Marie Farmer, 86, of Humboldt died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt.
Florence was born on Feb. 17, 1925, in rural Buffalo, to DeLacy and Bertha Mae (Thornton) Rose. She graduated from Buffalo High School in 1945.
On Feb. 19, 1949, she married J.E. Farmer in Bentonville, Ark. He died on July 22, 1972.
She was a homemaker.
She enjoyed playing bingo, listening to music, shopping and spending time with her family.
She is survived by three sons, Don, Johnson and his wife, Denise, and Terry and his wife, Teresa, Humboldt; four daughters, Janice Ensminger and her husband, Mike Weinzerl, Kansas City, Mo., Phyllis Cameron and her husband, Ron, and Sheila Burt and her husband, Robert, Chanute, and Teresa Winner and her husband, Shawn, Iola; a sister, Alta New, Chanute; 19 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Anita Browning, a son, Johnny, and a brother and sister.
Funeral services were this morning at Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel. Burial was this afternoon at Vaughn Cemetery in Greenfield, Mo.
Memorials to Arrowood Lane Residential Care Facility may be left at the funeral home. To leave a message for the family online visit www.PenwellGabelHumboldt.com.
Florence Farmer
