Name: McFarland, Marlin Martin
Burial Date: 1993, 06/29
Age at Death: 47
Plot Location: 656 K
Notes: 1st husband of Paula Gayle(Burnett)Proffitt

War: Vietnam War     CTA 2, US Navy  

M. McFarland

Sterling – Marlin M. McFarland, 47, died June 25, 1993, at his home.

He was born April 4, 1946, at Sterling the son of Eldo and Heloise Schafer McFarland. A longtime Sterling Resident, he was a graduate of Sterling High School and Sterling College. He was a farmer and teacher, having taught at Conway Springs High School, Sterling High School, and Sterling College.

He attended the United Methodist Church, he was a member of the church deacon board, the Sterling College board, and he was a Sunday School teacher, all at Sterling, a member of the Farm Bureau board, Farmers Home Administration Board, and past Lions Club president. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War.

On Aug. 5, 1966, he married Paula Burnett at Granger, Wash. She survives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Nicki McFarland, of the home, and Kara Fabin, Lawrence; parents, Sterling; and a sister, Melody DeBuhr, Topeka.

Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church, Sterling, with the Rev. James Graves presiding. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday at Porter & Sillin Funeral Home, Sterling. Burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery.

Memorials may be sent to the United Methodist Church Building Fund or the Rice/Reno County Hospice, both in care of the funeral home.

 

Name:	Marlin McFarland
Birth Date:	4 Apr 1946
Death Date:	25 Jun 1993
SSN:	515465691
Branch 1:	NAVY
Release Date 1:	28 May 1974

Birth:	Apr. 1946
Death:	Jun. 1993
age 47, 1st h/Paula Gayle(Burnett)Proffitt. CTA 2, US Navy Veteran of: Vietnam War
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 656 K
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