Alameda County CA Archives Obituaries.....Farley, Ernest Raymond June 25, 1964
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Oakland Tribune, June 26, 1964
"FARLEY, Ernest R. in Oakland, June 25, 1964, beloved husband of the late Aimee 
C. Farley, loving father of Raymond M. Farley of Piedmont, brother of Mrs. Ada 
J. Hornbeak of Berkeley, grandfather of Eleanor A. Farley of San Jose and 
Barbara L. Holloway of Lakewood, great grandfather of James and Dennis 
Holloway.  A native of California, aged 82 years.  A member of Oriental Lodge 
No. 144 F. & A.M. of San Francisco, Transportation Club of San Francisco, the 
Twenty-five Year Club of the Petroleum Industries and the Commonwealth Club of 
San Francisco.

Friends are invited to attend services at the Telegraph Avenue Chapel of Grant 
Miller Mortuaries, 2850 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Monday, June 29 at 11 a.m., 
Rev. Wilfred Hodgkin officiating. Interment Mountain View Cemetery [in 
Oakland]." END

AND

"Pioneer Oil Executive Farley Dies.

Ernest R. Farley, who started his pioneer oilman's career as a toolhouse keeper 
in Kern River Field and rose to be fuel oil manager for Shell Oil Co., has died 
at 82.

Mr. Farley, who lived at 964 Grosvenor Place in Oakland, had retired in 1947 
after 34 years.  He died yesterday [in Oakland].

Mr. Farley began his oil work in a variety of jobs, including that of 
roughneck, well-puller, gang pusher, tool dresser and superintendent.  He 
joined Shell in 1913 as a statistician and, only three years later, headed 
Shell's first fuel oil sales department in San Francisco.

He was a member of Oriental Lodge No. 144 F. & A.M. of San Francisco, 
Transportation Club of San Francisco, the Petroleum Industries' Twenty-Five 
Year Club and the Commonwealth Club.

Mr. Farley is survived by his son, Raymond M., of Piedmont.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Grant Miller Mortuaries, 2950 
Telegraph Ave." END

Additional Comments:
Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California), June 26, 1964 (Friday), Page 48, Column 
3 (death notice) and Page 21, Column 1 (obituary).

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