Donald Norman Farnam
January 30, 1933 - September 21, 2007
Obituary
Donald Norman FARNAM
Don was born 1/30/33, in Thorpe, WA. He died 9/21/07, in Burien, WA, after an extended illness. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, two brothers, a sister, and Marge, his wife of 47 yrs. Don graduated in 1951 from Enumclaw High School and then entered the Air Force. He was stationed in Morocco. After serving time in the military, he attended the UW, where he graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He then went to work for Boeing, for 32 yrs, in Space & Defense. Lunar Orbiter and the Morgantown P.R.T. were among some of the projects he worked on. He married Margaret Karlberg on Dec 19th, 1958. They have three daughters: Linda Farnam, of Normandy Park, WA; Donna Farnam, of Seattle, WA; and Janet Jerick Don, of North Bend, WA. Don’s hobbies included photography, bowling, and scuba diving, in which he was a certified instructor. In addition, he was involved with numismatics and hockey, and was President in several of those clubs. Along with his wife, he co-owned Double “F” Ceramics, and was President of the Washington State Ceramic Art Association. Please join us in a celebration of his life.
Services will be held at:
The Evergreen Church
17700 1st Ave S
Burien, WA
On October 16th, at 2:00pm
In lieu of flowers, it is suggested that remembrances go to the American Diabetes Association.
To The Family of Mr. Donald Norman Farnam
I would like to express my deepest sympathy to each of you. Although we are not acquainted with one another, we are acquainted with the pain when our loved ones fall asleep in death.
Our Heavenly Father feels the pain that you are going through. When he created the first Man and Woman it was his purpose that they and their offspring including us live forever without the effects of sickness and death.
His purpose has not changed for he promises that the day is soon to come in which he will wipe away the tears of sorrow from our eyes forever and death will be no more.
He promises too that your loved ones, my loved ones and many others will hear his voice and come out of the memorial tombs graves.
Linda, you and your family are in my prayers, so sorry to hear of your father’s passing, take care….It was great to catch up with you at the reunion, Love Connie Christensen
I had very little contact with Don after high school, but I remember him as a very nice and considerate person and easy to talk to.
Don was a high school friend. We worked together one summer at Lester logging while attending the “U”. Don had quite a sense of humor–being the class photographer, while skiing, he managed to catch me falling at the bottom of the Bunny Hill. Of course, that photo went into our class annual with the appropriate title. Don also took class photos at our reunions and he created and maintained our class roster.
DON WAS A GOOD MAN AND WE MISS HIM.