From the June 16, 2003 issue of The Country Chronicle
Fortunes Rocks, ME–Rudy C. Farmer, 68, of Orford, and Fortunes Rocks, died Tuesday at his home in Fortunes Rocks.
Born in North Plainfield, NJ, he played football in high school and college, where he was a star of Syracuse’s 1957 Cotton Bowl team. He was known as a prankster and a coach of Pop Warner teams. While in New Jersey, he worked for Foley Machinery in Piscataway and was a deacon at Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church.
In 1979, he moved with his family to New Hampshire to open New England Equipment Co. in White River Jct. He later moved to Maine to work at Southworth-Milton Inc. He was a member of the Board of Associated General Contractors and had many friends in the heavy equipment industry.
Survivors include his wife, Isabelle; three children, Rudy, Christy and Dawn; a sister, Joyce; and his mother, Edith.
A memorial service will be held Sunday at 3 pm at Saint Philips by the Sea in Fortunes Rocks.
Mr. Farmer was an animal lover, especially devoted to his late rescue dog, Charmin. Memorial donations may be made to the Upper Valley Humane Society, 300 Old Route 10, Enfield, NH 03748.