Frankie Thursa McBride Farr passed peacefully from this life on August 1, 2014 at her home in Amboy, Washington. She was born and raised and spent most of her adult life in Arizona. Following the death of her husband on February 7, 1997 she resided near her children in Utah and Washington. She was over 96 years of age at the time of her passing, and was the last surviving child of 9 children born to Sheriff Robert Franklin McBride and Clara Sims.
Frankie was born on April 13, 1918, 2 months after the death of her father, who, as Sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, was killed in the line of duty. Frankie married her college sweetheart Zechariah Philip Farr on August 15, 1940 in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were the parents of 7 children. She is survived by 6 of them: Phyllis Penrod (Lance), Jerald Philip Farr (Carol), Dennis McBride Farr (Melanie, deceased and Cathy), Lana Jeanine Cheney (Glenn, deceased), Robert Franklin Farr (Connie), and Betty Ann Cheney. She was preceded in death by her husband, Zechariah Philip Farr and their eldest daughter, Clara Sue Chidester, along with 1 grandchild and 3 great grandchildren. The posterity of Frankie and Phil includes 7 children, 42 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 2 PM at the LDS chapel located at 1255 West 10775 South, South Jordan, Utah. A viewing will be held the night before at Larkin Mortuary, located at 3688 West 12600 South, Riverton, Utah, from 6PM to 8PM, and at the church at 12:30PM preceding the funeral.
Following the funeral service, Frankie will be laid to rest beside her husband Phil at the South Jordan Memorial Park located at 10630 South 1055 West, South Jordan, Utah.
