OBITUARY: John Franklin Larimer, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Corethers 29 May 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Sunday, 6 Oct 1940, p. 10, c. 2 OBITUARY John Franklin Larimer, a resident of Medford for the past six years, passed away at the family residence, 324 N. Riverside Avenue Friday after a prolonged illness. Mr. Larimer was born at Millersport, Ohio on Sept. 9, 1871, being aged 89 years. He moved with parents to Bloomington, Illinois when he was two years of age, where he grew to manhood. He was first united in marriage to Miss Katie Snoddy in 1895. He was later united in marriage to Lillis E. Schell at Bloomington, Illinois, Jan. 22, 1905. They moved to Iowa, and in 1913 they moved to South Dakota, coming to Oregon in 1934. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, joining at Arrowsmith, Illinois in 1904, and had been active up until the last few years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillis Larimer of Medford, eight children, Harry, Lawrence and Robert Larimer of Chicago Heights, Ill., Mrs. L. W. Exe and Mrs. E. H. Pederson of Brookings, South Dakota, Warren and William Larimer of Medford, Mrs. E. L. Abel of Grant's Pass, Ore., one sister, Mrs. Delia Brown of Tecumseh, Mich., two brothers, Ernest Larimer of Bloomington, Ill., and R. E. Larimer of Cooksville, Ill. Funeral services will be conducted from the chapel of the Perl Funeral home on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. S. L. Divine, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will take place in the Siskiyou Memorial Park. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.