Headline: OBITUARIES
  Publication Date: October 04, 1991
  Source: The Des Moines Register
  Page: 7
  Region: Iowa
  Obituary: U.J. "Red" Farrell, 85, of 713 12th St., West Des Moines, died of a heart
  ailment Wednesday at Woodbury West Care Center, 1211 Vine St., West Des Moines.
  Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, of which he was a
  member, with burial at Resthaven Cemetery.
  Mr. Farrell was born in De Witt and lived in Des Moines for 28 years. He retired from
  Allis-Chalmers Corp.
  Survivors include his wife, Virginia of Mason City; three sons, Jerome of Mason City, and
  Edmund and Michael of West Des Moines; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
  Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Dunn's Funeral Home, where a vigil service
  will be held at 6:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart
  Association or the Alzheimer's Disease Association.

			      Mason City

Virginia M. Farrell, 82, of 416 26th St. SW in Mason City, died
Saturday evening, April 9, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center- North Iowa in
Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April
13, 2005 at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd St. SE in Mason City, with
Rev. Kenneth Gehling officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date at
Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines. The family will greet relatives
and friends from noon until Virginia's funeral service at 1
p.m. Wednesday at Fullerton Funeral Home.

Those planning memorials or an expression of sympathy may direct them
to the Virginia M. Farrell Memorial Fund.

Virginia is survived by her three sons, Jerome P. (Norma) Farrell of
Mason City, Edmund J. Farrell of West Des Moines and Michael
E. (Gerene) Farrell of St. Charles; four grandchildren, Jeff (Nancy)
Farrell, Michelle (Kurt) Lamers, Savanah Farrell and Michelle Ekstrum;
three great-grandchildren, Courtney Gregor, Mackenzie Gregor and
Brogan Lamers; and numerous other relatives and friends. She was
preceded in death by her husband, Urban J. Farrell, parents and one
brother.

The Des Moines Register,
Date: April 12, 2005
Page: 5B

			 Virginia M. Farrell
 
MASON CITY --- Virginia M. Farrell, 82, of 416 26th St. S.W., in Mason
City, died Saturday evening (April 9, 2005) at Mercy Medical
Center-North Iowa, Mason City.
 
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Fullerton Funeral
Home, 123 2nd St. S.E. in Mason City with the Rev. Kenneth Gehling
officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date in Resthaven Cemetery,
West Des Moines.
 
The family will greet relatives and friends from noon until Virginia's
funeral service at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123
2nd St. S.E. in Mason City.
 
 Those planning memorials or an expression of sympathy may direct them
 to the Virginia M. Farrell Memorial Fund.
 
Virginia May Farrell was born on May 22, 1922, in West Union,
Iowa. She was the daughter of Raymond H. and Leah M. (Paul) Welsh.
 
Virginia was united in marriage to Urban Joseph Farrell in Waterloo on
May 12, 1941, and the couple became the proud parents of three sons.
 
Many in the area will remember Virginia as a bookkeeper for 27 years
at Berry Machine Shop in Mason City. She was also a member of
St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mason City.
 
Virginia was a generous and loving Mom, Grandma, Great-grandma and
friend and will be greatly missed by all.
 
 She is survived by her three sons, Jerome P. (Norma) Farrell of Mason
 City, Edmund J. Farrell of West Des Moines and Michael E. (Gerene)
 Farrell of St. Charles, Iowa; her four grandchildren, Jeff (Nancy)
 Farrell, Michelle (Kurt) Lamers, Savanah Farrell and Michelle
 Ekstrum; her three great-grandchildren, Courtney Gregor, Mackenzie
 Gregor and Brogan Lamers and numerous other relatives and friends.
 
Virginia is preceded in death by her husband, Urban J. Farrell on
October 2, 1991; her parents, Raymond and Leah Welsh and one brother,
Marlin Welsh.
 
Thoughts, condolences and stories may be e-mailed to the family at
www.fullertonfh.com.
 
Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 123 2nd St. SE, Mason
City, IA (641) 423-8676.
 
www.fullertonfh.com.
 
Mason City Globe Gazette
April 12, 2005