Orpha Farmer LAST NAME: Farmer FIRST NAME: Orpha MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME:  MAIDEN NAME: Cranston AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3:  TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY:  BORN: 28 Sep 1860 DIED: 2 Jan 1902 BURIED: 4 Jan 1902 ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:   DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon NOTES:  Lot #757 was purchased by Sedgewick Post #10 of the GAR. It was deeded back to the IOOF Lodge in 1895 and sold to J. P. Farmer. Rigdon Records: Mrs. J. P. Farmer d. Jan. 4, 1902, funeral ordered by Rev. J. P. Farmer, burial in I. O. O. F. cemetery (out of order with the dates of the other funerals). OBITUARY:  GONE to HER REST -- Mrs. Orpha Cranston Farmer Died in Portland-- The Remains Will Reach Salem This Forenoon and Interment Will Be Had in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Where Brief Services Will Be Held.--Mrs. Orpha Cranston Farmer, aged 46 years, died at her home in Portland, No. 1213 Williams avenue, Piedmont, at 10 o'clock a.m., Thursday, January 2d, after a brief illness, of pneumonia. Mrs. Farmer was the beloved wife of Rev. J. P. Farmer, formerly of this city, and the daughter of Mrs. Warren Cranston, also a former resident of this city, but now residing with her son Charles Cranston, of Pendleton. The funeral services were held at the residence in Portland, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the remains will arrive in this city on the 11 o'clock train this morning. The funeral procession will be formed at the depot and proceed to the Odd Fellows cemetery, where interment will be had. Rev. W. C. Kantner, D. D., will conduct a short ceremony at the cemetery. Oregon Statesman, Jan 5, 1902, 5:2. INSCRIPTION:  Orpha C. Farmer wife of Rev. J. P. Sept. 28, 1856 - Jan. 2, 1902 SOURCES:  LR Rigdon Records S&H pg 78 OS 5 Jan 1902 5:2 CONTACTS:  LOT: 757 SPACE:  LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: