Barbara J. Farrell

Barb Farrell, age 75, died Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at the Appleton Medical Center. Barb was born in Appleton on July 10, 1933, daughter of the late Leslie and Helen (Jenkel) Koss. She was a 1951 graduate of the Seymour High School, and on November 22, 1952 married Jim Farrell in Seymour. As a young woman, Barb worked as a stenographer for the Wisconsin Telephone Company and also worked for a time later in her life at the United Way Fox Cities. Most of her life was spent raising her family and caring for them. She will be remembered for her love of sports – especially the Packers, Badgers, and Tiger Woods. She also enjoyed traveling around the United States and Europe, and in 2001 took a family trip to Hawaii to celebrate the couple's Golden Wedding Anniversary and her “ohana”, which is Hawaiian for “family”.

Barb is survived by her husband of fifty-six years: Jim Farrell of Appleton; two children: Scott (Cathy) Farrell of Hoffman Estates, Illinois and Cindy Farrell Hoffmann of Appleton; four grandchildren: Brian Farrell, Kevin Farrell, Tyler (Jenny Kloes) Hoffmann, and Kelsey Hoffmann; a great-grandson: Quinn Hoffmann; a sister: June Olson of Appleton; a brother: Tom Koss of Appleton; a sister-in-law: Shirley (Ed) Lone of Milwaukee; and her “special” nieces and nephews and their families. Barb was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Peg Stellmacher, and brothers-in-law Morrie Olson and Doug Farrell.

Funeral services for Barb will be held at 7:00 PM on Friday, October 3, 2008 at the WICHMANN FUNERAL HOME, 537 N. Superior Street in Appleton. Interment will take place at Highland Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 4:00 PM until the time of the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family has established memorial funds with the Martha Siekman Cancer Center.

Wichmann Funeral Home
537 N. Superior Street
Appleton, WI 54911
920-739-1231