Claude W. Farris

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, October 14, 2008

SCOTTSVILLE — Claude Wilson Farris, 94, of Indiana died Oct. 9, 2008.

The Allen County native was a former caretaker for Rest Haven Memorial Park in Lafayette, Ind., a former employee of Arties Potato Chip Company, a former employee of Essex House Hotel and Restaurant in Indianapolis and a member of Prentice Presbyterian Church. He was a son of the late Will Farris and Alti Gregory Farris. He was preceded in death by a brother, Walter C. Farris.

Funeral is at noon today at Goad Funeral Home, with burial in Oak Forest No. 1 Cemetery.

Survivors include a son, James Kirby Farris and his wife, Sharon, of Indianapolis; a daughter, Juanita Farris O’Brien and her husband, Thomas, of Greenfield, Ind.; a sister-in-law, Glady Farris of Pikeville; six grandchildren, Lianne Iacoli and her husband, Terry, James Farris Jr., Aimee Morton and her husband, Cleve, Jessica Barger and her husband, Douglas, Joshua Farris and Christie Farris Hall; and 14 great-grandchildren, Cassandra Berning Surface and her husband, Justin, Lauren Berning, Sydney Iacoli, Caitlyn, Sean, Drew and Abigail Morton, Lillian and Nolan Barger, Little Joshua, Samantha and Gabriel Farris and Hailey and Madison Hall.