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Submitted: 4/18/12 • Approved: 4/18/12 • Last Updated: 8/14/15 • R157572-G0-S3
Harry B. McFarland
Succumbs to
Heart Attack
Burial services were held at the Dell Rapids Cemetery Wednesday afternoon for Harry B. McFarland who passed away early Saturday morning from the effect of a heart attack.
Mr. and Ms. McFarland who have been residing on a farm near Hartford during the summer were spending the night in Sioux Falls at the home of his wife's aunt, Tena L. Elingson, when he was stricken. They had attended a baseball game the previous evening; however, he lived only a short time following the attack.
He had been in failing health for about nine months. He was in a critical condition for some time last fall following a heart attack suffered while he was still sheriff of Minnehaha County. He retired from public office at the end of his second term.
Mr. McFarland was born in Dell Rapids, October 7, 1891, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McFarland. He lived here with his parent's until he entered the service during World War I. Following the war he resided in Sioux Falls and was elected county treasurer in November, 1922, and was re-elected in 1924. He was later employed in a state department at Pierre and after serving five years as deputy sheriff in the county was elected to the position of sheriff in 1944, and was re-elected in 1946.
Surviving are his widow, the former Myrtle Anderson whom he married in Sioux Falls January 17, 1945; a small son, James G. McFarland; two brothers, Albert McFarland, Sioux Falls and Douglas McFarland, Portland, Ore.; and two sisters, Mrs. R.G. Rhodes and Blanche McFarland, both of Sioux Falls.
Dell Rapids Tribune September 1, 1949
Contributed on 4/18/12 by dellsfig68
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