Frances Folsom FUGARD

  General Notes:

Photo: "Frankie"--whose full name was Frances Folsom Fugard--was the youngest of the three daughters of Ira Gillman Fugard and his wife, Rachel Anna Allum. Like her elder sister, Irene Glenn Fugard--called "Glenn"--Frankie lived her entire life in Jasper County, Iowa. With her parents, her two elder sisters, and her sisters' spouses...Frankie and her own spouse, Jack, are buried in Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Jasper County.

From the collection of Shirley Allum Hudlicky

Photo preserved in an album formerly in the possession of Delmar Leroy Huffman, 1873-1960, and his wife, Essie Violet (Sprowls) Huffman, 1883-1969. Delmar and Essie lived, died and are buried in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Delmar was Frankie's first cousin--son of Lydia Margaret (Allum) Huffman, 1849-1937; Lydia was a sister to Frankie's mother, Rachel Anna (Allum) Fugard, 1850-1928


1890 BIRTH of Frances Folsom Fugard ("Frankie")

1893 DEATH of grandmother, Ellisabeth (Supler) Allum

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Buena Vista Township (June, no date defined) ("Frankie F.," age 10, with parents)

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Jasper County, Buena Vista Township, P. O. Murphy ("Frankie F.," with parents) (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census)

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Newton Township, Newton (April 18) ("Frances F.," age 19, with parents, "Factory employee")

1920 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Newton (January 16) ("Frances," age 30, with parents, "Printer, Daily News") ("Francis" in some census indexes)

1925 MARRIAGE of Frances Folsom Fugard and Jacob "Jack" Farmer on January 24 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

1925 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Jasper County, Newton (January 1) ("Jack," age 30, is "son-in-law" with wife "Frances," age 31, in the household of his in-laws, Ira and "Ana" Fugard) (In some census indexes, Jack's given name is transcribed "Sock") ("France" Farmer in some census indexes)

1926 DEATH of father, Ira Gillman Fugard

1928 DEATH of mother, Rachel Anna (Allum) Fugard

1930 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Newton Township, Newton (April 7) ("Jack," age 36, "Molder, Washing Machine Factory") (wife "Frances," age 38)

1962 DEATH of husband, Jacob "Jack" Farmer, at 67 years 8 months 9 days

1981 DEATH, Frances Folsom (Fugard) Farmer, at 90 years 11 months 16 days




OBITUARY (Jack - Jake) from NEWTON DAILY NEWS, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, November 12, 1962:


Jake Farmer, 68, Longtime Jasper Resident, Dies

Jake (Jack) Farmer, 68, of 604 East 41/2 St. S., a longtime resident of Jasper County, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines.

Graveside rites will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Newton Union Cemetery.

The Rev. Arthur V. Long, minister of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

He is survived by his wife, Francis; a sister, Mrs. William Kratch of Kasson, Minn.; a nephew and niece.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a brother.

The son of George and Nancy Farmer, he was born March 1, 1894 in Otley.

Educated in the Monroe schools, he was married Jan. 24, 1925 in Des Moines. A resident of Monroe since a child, he moved to Newton after his marriage.

He was a moulder at the Maytag Co. for 37 years, retiring in 1959.

Mr. Farmer was a member of the Maytag 25-Year Club.




OBITUARY (Frances) from NEWTON DAILY NEWS, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, April 6, 1981:


Frances Farmer, lifelong Jasper resident, dies

Mrs. Jack (Frances) Farmer, 90, formerly of 604 E 4 ½ St S, a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died Saturday at the Embassy Manor Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Wallace Funeral Home.

The Rev. David Raymond, pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Wallace Funeral Home after 1 p.m. today.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband November, 1962, and two sisters, Mrs. Guy (Raye) Wilson and Mrs. Earl (Glenna) Smith.

The daughter of Ira and Ann Allum Flugard, she was born April 19, 1890 in the Murphy community, southeast of Newton.




CONTRIBUTOR to this page:

Linda Kelley Schlater (obituaries for Frances Folsom Fugard Farmer and Jacob - Jack - Jake Farmer)



This page was posted in March, 2006, updated in 2011

Frances married Jacob FARMER, son of George L. FARMER and Nancy Ellen HOUCK, on January 24, 1925 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. (Jacob FARMER was born on March 1, 1895 in Otley, Marion County, Iowa, died on November 10, 1962 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and was buried on November 13, 1962 in Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Newton Township, Jasper County, Iowa.)