This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: metaphor Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14610.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bakersfield Californian, The (CA) - January 21, 2004 Deceased Name: Myron Boyd McFarland Jr. Myron Boyd McFarland Jr., a prominent agriculture and wine grape businessman, died of colon cancer on Sunday. He was 80. McFarland was the grandson of J.B. McFarland, an enterprising landowner who had a Kern County city named after him. Remembered as a quiet man who generated respect, Myron McFarland grew up in the McFarland and Shafter areas. As an adult, he went into the agriculture business with his father and brother at M.B. McFarland & Sons, Inc. He served as the company's CEO for more than 40 years. In the 1970s, McFarland moved from McFarland to Monterey County where McFarland & Sons was growing wine grapes. He and his brother, Gerald McFarland, founded Monterey Vineyard Winery, which has changed owners several times since then. In the 1980s, McFarland focused on exporting Monterey County wines to Japan, where he visited several times. He enjoyed Japan and its culture, his son said, despite his history as a World War II veteran. McFarland fought in the Pacific Theater. He earned a Bronze Star medal and citations for meritorious service in ground combat operations against the enemy. After the war, Myron graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in forestry. It was at a college party in the Bay area that he met his wife, Dorie. They married in 1948. The couple had five children -- James, Donald, Douglas, Brian and Laurie Jackson. McFarland's family described him a gentleman who rarely raised his voice. "He was a real giant presence in the house," Douglas McFarland said. "He was the most quiet, humble man." Between his business travels, McFarland enjoyed spending his evenings at home in a chair with a novel and a pipe, he said. McFarland also loved fly fishing and traveled to Alaska, Canada and New Zealand to do so. In addition to his career, McFarland held a number of positions in Kern County civic life. He served on the North Kern Hospital District Board, McFarland Union School District and Lions Club of McFarland. Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m. today at Paul Mortuary in Pacific Grove. Viewing will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, 501 El Dorado in Monterey. The funeral will begin at 2 p.m. Burial will take place Friday at Hillcrest Memorial Park. ========================== Monterey County Herald - January 22, 2004 Deceased Name: Myron McFarland MONTEREY CA United States McFARLAND, JR., 80, DIED SUNDAY JANUARY 18, 2004 AT HIS HOME IN MONTEREY FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE WAS A LIFE LONG LEADER IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE AND THE MONTEREY COUNTY WINE INDUSTRY. HE SERVED AS CEO, M.B. McFARLAND & SONS, INC., 1952-1990; LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER, SINCE 1952; CHAIRMAN, MONTEREY VINEYARDS WINERY, 1973 ?" 1978. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT, MONTEREY WINEGROWERS ASSOCIATION; PRESIDENT, CALIFORNIAALMOND GROWERS ASSOCIATION; PRESIDENT, KERN COUNTY POTATO GROWERS ASSOCIATION; MEMBER, NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL; MEMBER, U.S. AGRICULTURE TRADE MISSION TO JAPAN; GUEST LECTURER ON AGRICULTURAL ISSUES AT THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; AT THE LABOR POLICY ASSOCIATION, WILLIAMSBURG, VA; AND AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO. HIS HOBBIES INCLUDED FLY-FISHING, TRAVEL, READING AND WRITING. MILITARY SERVICE: HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY, DECEMBER 7, 1942 THROUGH MAY 1946; GRADUATED FROM OCS, FORT SILL, OK! IN JUNE OF 1943; SERVED WITH THE 756 FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION AND CAMPAIGNED IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND LUZON, PHILIPPINES AS ASST. S-2, RECON AND SURVEY OFFICER. BRONZE STAR MEDAL AND CITATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN FORESTRY, 1948. COMMUNITY SERVICE: TRUSTEE AND PRESIDENT, FOUNDATION BOARD FOR MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE; MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHARIMAN OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; TRUSTEE AND PRESIDENT, WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF THE MONTEREY BAY AREA; EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE GENTRAIN SOCIETY (MPC); NORTH KERN DISTRICT CHARIMAN, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA; NORTH KERN HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD; PRESIDENT, LIONS CLUB OF McFARLAND, CA; MEMBER, PRESIDENT, McFARLAND UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT. SURVIVORS: HE IS SURVIVIED BY HIS WIFE OF 56 YEARS DORIS R. McFARLAND; THEIR FIVE CHILDREN JAMES McFARLAND, DONALD McFARLAND, DOUGLAS McFARLAND, LAURIE JACKSON AND BRIAN McFARLAND, ALONG WITH THEIR SPOUSES AND TEN GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER, GERALD McFARLAND. VISITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21 FROM 5 P.M. TO 9 P.M. AT THE PAUL MORTUARY IN PACIFIC GROVE, CA. FUNERAL SERVICES: VIEWING WILL BE FROM 1 P.M. TO 2 P.M. AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 501 EL DORADO, MONTEREY, CA ON THURSDAY, JAN. 22. SERVICES WILL START AT 2 P.M. BURIAL: HILLCREST MEMORIAL PARK, 9101 KERN CANYON ROAD, BAKERSFIELD, CA FRIDAY, JAN. 23, 2004 AT 2 P.M. MEMORIAL GIFTS: MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE FOUNDATION, P.O. BOX 203, MONTEREY, CA 93942. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.