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Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Jefferson Street
Christian Church. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
church, with Tom Ewald and Dustin Fulton
officiating.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.
Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Farwell worked at Lehn & Fink and Grant City
before retiring from Myers Industries in 2005 after
29 years of service.
He was born in Long Beach, Calif., on Nov. 29,
1943, to Leo W. and Valeta B. Negley Farwell. He
married Beth Tanner on Nov. 27, 1970 in Medaryville,
Ind. She survives.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Chad
William Farwell and Eric Scott Farwell, both of
Lincoln; two daughters, Kara Beth (and Bart) Holzer
of Mount Juliet, Tenn., and Lori Linda (and Gabe)
Rutledge of Mattoon; one sister, Janice Nelson of
Huntington Beach, Calif.; three grandchildren, Drake
Thomas and Hadley BethAnn Rutledge of Mattoon and
Zane William Holzer of Mount Juliet, Tenn.; and
several nieces and a nephew in California and
Washington.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one
sister.
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He was a charter member of Jefferson Street
Christian Church, where he taught an adult Bible
school class for many years, was a past elder and
served on many committees.
He graduated from Huntington Beach High School,
Orange Coast Junior College and Pacific Christian
College, all in California. He also attended Lincoln
Christian College and Seminary.
He was an avid reader, with a personal library of
more than 2,000 books on history, theology, politics
and psychology.
Memorials may be made to Jefferson Street
Christian Church or Lincoln Christian College and
Seminary.
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