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Iona Mae (Purcell) Farnworth
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FARNWORTH, Iona Mae (Purcell)
Passed away on February 16, 2024, at the age of 97. She was born in McCloud, California in 1926. Iona graduated from McCloud High School where she was a member of CSF. She later moved to Sacramento to work for Anglo-California National Bank. She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1953 and there met her future husband, Donald. They were married in 1954 in the Idaho Falls Temple. In 1955, they moved into a new house in West Sacramento where she lived for 68 years, finally moving in August of 2023 to live in her daughter’s home in Post Falls, Idaho. Iona was a devoted member of the church and loved her Savior, Jesus Christ. She taught piano lessons in West Sacramento for many years.
Iona was preceded in death by her husband (in 1981) and is survived by her sister, Barbara Lamson; son, Ross Farnworth, and his wife, Nancy; son, Dale Farnworth, and his wife, Lisa; daughter, Dawna Hunter, and her husband Kim. Iona also leaves behind fifteen grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren with another on the way.
On the morning of Saturday, March 2, 2024, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 2667 Linden Road, West Sacramento, CA., a viewing will take place at 10:00 am, followed by a funeral service at 11:00 am. Burial will take place on Monday, March 4, 2024, at Sacramento Memorial Lawn at 6100 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, California.
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3398 E. Jenalan Avenue, Post Falls, ID 83854
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