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HORACE G. FARRINGTON RETIRED REALTY OWNER
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - October 11, 1998Browse Issues
Horace Grant Farrington, 97, of 4916 N. Jefferson St., died Friday at his home.
Born Dec. 19, 1900, in Pulaski, son of Grant and Carrie Balsey Farrington, he graduated from Pulaski High School in 1919 and from Syracuse University in 1923.
He married Gladys Broome of Oswego, a native of England, on April 25, 1931. Mrs. Farrington died July 31.
From 1924 to 1947, Mr. Farrington owned and operated Farrington Fuel Co., a fuel and builders supply business in Pulaski. During part of that time, he also owned Park Auto Service. From 1950 to 1973, he owned H.G. Farrington Realty.
Mr. Farrington was a former member of the Pulaski Village Board and of the Ringgold Fire Co. He was also a former trustee of the Pulaski Cemetery Association.
Mr. Farrington's father, a native of Frankfort, Herkimer County, came to Pulaski in 1884 and purchased a farm on County Route 2A, where he maintained a purebred Holstein dairy until his death in 1953.
Surviving are a son, William G., Pulaski, and nieces.
Two sisters, Florence Hutt, and Ethel Dexter, died before him.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Pulaski Cemetery with the Rev. James Tschudy, pastor of Pulaski Congregational Church, officiating.
There will be no calling hours. Arrangement are with Foster-Hax Funeral Home.
Donations may be made to Pulaski Congregational Church, Lake Street, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142, or to Northern Oswego County Ambulance, Delano Street, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142.
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