Funeral services were held on June 26 for Rich Farmer, Elk City, at the Savage Funeral Home Chapel. Rich Farmer was born January 22, 1892 in Duke, Oklahoma and died June 24 at the Community Hospital at the age of 89.
He was an early day cowboy and lived all his life in Western Oklahoma. He married Maude Field on August 2, 1913. He is survived by three children: Lucille Callahan, San Antonio, Texas; Hubert Farmer, Wichita, Kansas and Doyle Farmer Clinton; 5 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1973 and six brothers. Burial was in the Kiowa Cemetery, southwest of Hammon.