Patrick Farrell

The services celebrating and honoring the life of J. Patrick Farrell, 92, of Enid, will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday October 9, 2021, in the Central Christian Church with Father John Toles officiating. Complete cremation care and services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

John Patrick Farrell was born March 6, 1929, to Albert and Viola Bier Farrell in New Ulm, Minnesota and passed from this life September 22, 2021, in Enid, Oklahoma.

He was raised and educated in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota graduating from St. Mary’s High School. He attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota and graduated from North Dakota State university with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He was a member of The RKO Chi Honorary scholastic Society (Pharmacy) and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Scholastic Society. He went on to serve four years in the United States Air Force as a pharmacist and was named “Airman of the Year” for the entire Northeastern Air Command in 1955. He was married to Marjorie Templeman in 1951 and from this union came five children. He married Kay Jarvis in 1974.   He practiced pharmacy at Scheffe Prescription Shops for fifty-three years and part-time at Rick’s Pharmacy for the last several years.  He was also the secretary and treasurer for Scheffe Prescription shops. He served as the President of the Enid Noon Ambucs and the Enid Rotary Club. He was active in Gaslight Community Theatre on the stage and served as President of the theatre. He was a member of the Board of Directors for Liberty Federal Savings Bank and served on the Board of Directors for C.D.S.A. and the Speech and Hearing Center. He was a member and a Lay Reader at St. Matthews Episcopal Church.

He is survived by his children Susan Farrell, of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, Michael Farrell, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Maureen Schrader and husband Phil, of Alamosa, Colorado, Beth Hale and husband John, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Joseph Farrell and wife Hollyce, of Denver,  Colorado; stepchildren Hilary Jarvis-Hamill, Paige Jarvis, and Ian Jarvis; seven grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife Kay Farrell; his parents; one brother Joseph E. Farrell; and one sister Mary Farrell.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Kay Farrell Scholarship Fund at NOC with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.

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