Mary Ellen Farndale
19 December 1926 to 5 June 2010
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California
1926
Mary Ellen Farndale
was born in California on 19 December 1926, daughter of James
and Edna (nee Adams) Farndale (FAR00607).
Las Vegas, Nevada
1929
The
family moved to a ranch in the desert at Las
Vegas in 1929.
The US
Census, 1930 for
the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA, taken on 3 April 1930 listed
James Farndale, head 44, carpenter for ‘houses’; Edna Farndale, 35; Hazel J
Farndale, 7; James N Farndale, 6; and Mary E Farndale, 3
1940
The US Census of 1940 for
922, South Second Street, Las Vegas listed James Farndale, 52, head, carpenter;
Edna Farndale, 43; Hazel J Farndale, 17; James N Farndale, 16; Mary Ellen
Farndale, 13; Gordon E Farndale, 7; Doris I Farndale, 4.
Mary Ellen
Farndale
1937
Janie, Jim,
Gordon and Mary in 1937
1938
Jimmy, Janie,
Mary, Doris and Grace Farndale in California in August 1938
1945
Her
father, Jim, wrote: Mary is finished high school and in
Washington at present, but she expects to go to college but not until next
school year.
Los Angeles, California
1950
The US Census of 1950 for
Los Angeles, California listed Mary Farndale, 23, single, laboratory worker in a
chemical laboratory, lodger.
1951
In
1951, her father Jim wrote: Mary is in Los Angeles,
California. She is working for a wholesale drug company, and attending classes
at night.
1960
She
married Samuel
Clifford Mentzer (29 August 1913 to 28 January 1994) in about 1960.
1963
They
had a son, Charles J (“Charlie”) Metzer who was born on 23 December 1963.
1979
The Austin American Stateman 29 November 1979: FARNDALE,
Mrs Edna E, 85, 4619 Madrona, died Tuesday. Services pending at Wilke-Clay
Funeral Home. Survivors: daughters, Mrs Hazel Rydell of Austin, Mrs Mary
Mentzer of La Crescenta, California; sons, James N Farndale of Garland, Gordon
E Farndale of Garden Grove, California; seven grandchildren; two great
grandchildren.
1994
Samuel C Mentzer died
on 28 January 1994 and was buried at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside
County, California (Monumental Record).
Las Vegas
2010
Mary Ellen
Mentzer died on 5 June 2010 in Las Vegas (obituary).
MARY MENTZER Mary
Ellen Farndale Mentzer, born Dec. 19, 1926, in Los Angeles, lost her battle
with emphysema at Nathan Adelson Hospice June 5, 2010, at the age of 83. She
was the daughter of the devoted public servant, Nevada State Senator James
Farndale (1942 to 1946) and Edna Adams. Her father was born in the United
Kingdom. They moved to Las Vegas in 1929, where she graduated from Las Vegas
High School. She married Samuel Mentzer and they lived in La Crescenta, Calif.
He preceded her in death Jan. 28, 1994, and she moved back to Las Vegas in
2000. Mary was a sober member of Alcoholic Anonymous for 32 years. She loved
the Lord and was a friend to all. Mary was preceded in death by her parents;
husband, Samuel; all of her siblings, Hazel Jane "Janie" Rydell,
James, Gordon E. and Doris. She is survived by her son, Charlie of La
Crescenta, Calif.; her guardian angels, Janise Cooper and Nancy Graham; a
nephew, Mark Farndale; and niece, Linda Bruno of Los Angeles. Graveside
services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 13, at Bunkers Memory Gardens, 7251 W.
Lone Mountain Road, in the Farndale family lot.
