Delmer Lee "Buck" Ferrin

Death Notice

Delmer Lee "Buck" Ferrin, 73, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1998, at his rural Wilmore home.

Born June 11, 1925, on a ranch east of Wilmore, the longtime Comanche County Rancher was the son of Ernest and Nellie (Barnett) Ferrin.

He was a 1944 graduate of Wilmore High School.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during World War II, he was a member of the Coldwater-Wilmore Masonic Lodge #295 and the Coldwater VFW Post, as well as the Kansas Cattleman's Association.

His survivors include: two sons, Dan and Mead, both of Wilmore; and one sister, Helen Flory of Phoenix, Az.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Loren David Ferrin and Robert Edward Thompson, as well as one brother, Wendel Ferrin.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, 1998, at the Wilmore Federated Church, the Rev. Kent Little officiating. Burial will be in the Wilmore Cemetery with military honors.

Friends may call 1-8 p.m. Thursday, and 9-11 a.m. Friday at Hatfield-Prusa Funeral Home in Coldwater.

Memorials are suggested to either South Wind Hospice or the American Cancer Society, and may be sent to Hatfield-Prusa Funeral Home, Box 417, Coldwater, Ks, 67029-0417.

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In Memory of Delmer "Buck" Ferrin

There is a place where the cowboy goes,
Where the fences stay fixed
And the fine weather blows,
Where the light is a-pleasin' like a warm glowing love,
And yer kinfolk are there shining with the glories above.

There is a place where the cowboy goes,
Where pasture stays green, beside a river, life flows,
Where your favorite ol' horse is waiting for you;
Not to ride out to work, but just for the view.

There is a place where the cowboy goes,
It's a comfortable feelin' like you've never known,
To find on the trail yer not all alone,
And to find the light's on when the cowboy comes home.

by Randy McMurray

(published in the The Western Star, Coldwater, Ks, beside the Death Notice for Delmer Lee "Buck" Ferrin.)

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Delmer L. Ferrin was inducted 14 November 1944 into the U.S. Army, service # 57755298; Registered, order # 10341; Registered at Coldwater, Comanche Co., Kansas (Board # 1).
-- Source: World War II Kansas Veterans Index.

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Delmer Lee Ferrin of Wilmore, Ks. Son of Ernest and Nellie May (Barnett) Ferrin.  

 

From left: Delmer Lee, Helen Aurie and Wendel Gene Ferrin, children of Ernest & Nellie Ferrin, in their Wilmore High School band uniforms. Photo taken in 1940 at the Ferrin farm, West Powell Township, Comanche County, Kansas, by Nellie May Ferrin.
 

From left: Delmer "Buck" Ferrin, Forrest Smith, Calvin Smith and Wendel Ferrin at Ernest & Nellie Ferrin's house east of Wilmore, Comanche County, Kansas, about 1943 or 1944.
 

Delmer Lee "Buck" Ferrin of Wilmore, Ks, spring of 1945. The Wilmore Church of Christ, to which he and his family belonged, is in the background. Photo by Wendel Ferrin.
 

Pvt. Delmer Ferrin, U.S. Army, with his father, Ernest Leroy Ferrin, at the Ferrin farm, West Powell Township, Comanche County, Kansas, about 1944. This photo was taken by Wendel Ferrin of his brother and father just before Delmer left for WWII service in Europe.
 

At left: Delmer Lee Ferrin's first biological son, Loren David Ferrin, and his wife, Dorothy Elizabeth (Banker) Thompson Ferrin, soon after Loren's birth on 22 April 1953. Coldwater Hospital, Comanche County, Kansas.

 

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Also see:

Loren David Ferrin   Son of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

Obituary: Ernest L. Ferrin   Father of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

Loren & Alcana (Wagner) Ferrin   Paternal Grandparents of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

Alcana Ferrin   Paternal Grandmother of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

Arthur & Alice (Eyerly) Ferrin   Grand Uncle and Aunt of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

Reuben & Hannah Philura (Murch) Ferrin   Paternal Great Grandfather of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

How Loren & Arthur Ferrin Came to Comanche County, Kansas

Anna Aurelia (Allender) Barnett   Maternal Grandmother of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

David and Margaret Allender   Maternal Great Grandparents of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

Mary A. (Horner) Wagner   Paternal great grandmother of Delmer Lee Ferrin.

A Brief History of Newton, New Hampshire (A New Chronology of the Life & Times of Jonathan Farren)
Delmer Lee Ferrin was an 8th generation descendant of Capt. Jonathan Farren of Amesbury, MA, & Newton, NH, as follows: Delmer Ferrin 8, Ernest Leroy Ferrin 7, Loren Ferrin 6, Reuben Ferrin 5, Zebulon Ferrin 4, Zebulon Ferrin 3, Zebulon Farren 2, Jonathan Farren 1.

Ferrin Gravestones in the North Jay Cemetery, Essex County, New York.

No. 74,094 -- EDWARD KOGER, SUSAN KOGER, and ROBERT LAMBERT, Appellants, v. DELMER "BUCK" FERRIN and DAN FERRIN, d/b/a FERRIN & SONS, and KANSAS SEVEN-S CORPORATION, Appellees. -- CENTRAL KANSAS RAILWAY, L.L.C., Appellant, v. DELMER "BUCK" FERRIN and DAN FERRIN, d/b/a FERRIN & SONS, andKANSAS SEVEN-S CORPORATION, Appellees.

-- URL: http://kscourts.org/kscases/ctapp/1996/19961115/74094.htm.

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