Leonard Virgil Farenbaugh

Leonard 'Boz' V. Farenbaugh, age 66, of Darwin, MN, died on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at his home in Darwin, MN.  Services will be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 2:00 PM at All Saint's Lutheran Church in Darwin.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Leonard Virgil Farenbaugh, the son of Jerome and Catherine (Fank) Farenbaugh, was born on May 22, 1941 in Stewart, MN.  He attended High School in Hutchinson, graduating in 1960.  Leonard was united in marriage to Sharon (Helseth) Farenbaugh at St. Anastasia in Hutchinson, MN. This marriage was blessed with son Kevin and daughter Kelly.  He was later united in marriage to Mary Jo Poshek in Willmar, MN on April 29, 1988.  Leonard lived in Hutchinson where he was a mechanic and worked for Lenny Johnson at Tri-County Water.  After moving to Darwin, he worked at Riebe Sod for many years. Leonard was a member of the All Saints Lutheran Church in Darwin.  He enjoyed riding horse, fishing and carpentry.

Leonard is survived by his daughter-in-law Kris Farenbaugh of Hutchinson; grandchildren; siblings Jerome N. Farenbaugh of Arizona, Veronica Caswell of Dassel, Harry (and Vivian) Farenbaugh of Cedar Mills, Dorothy (and Jack) Lindenberg of Crystal River, FL, Patty (and Terry) Mraz of Glencoe, Kathy (and Bruce) Doring of Darwin and Mary Jo (and Ralph) Rosenow of Hutchinson; and sister-in-law Sharen Farenbaugh of Hutchinson.  He is also survived by his step-children Cindy (and Neil) Anderson of Gaylord, Bill (and Judy) Blaisdell of Dundas, Bob Blaisdell (of Grove City), Brad Blaisdell of Cokato, and Merlyn Blaisdell of Cokato; step grandchildren and step great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents Jerome and Catherine; wife Mary Jo; son Kevin, daughter Kelly Jean in infancy; brother Donald; brother-in-law Gordon Caswell; sister-in-law Mary Jane Farenbaugh; niece Cindy; nephews Robert and Derek; and stepdaughter Brenda McKinney.