Bob Farnsworth

Funeral services for Bob Farnsworth were held on Saturday, March, 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Carter Gospel Fellowship Church in Carter, SD.

Burial will follow in the Winner City Cemetery in Winner, SD. Mason Funeral Home in Winner, SD was in charge of arrangements.

Robert Eugene Farnsworth was born in Winner, SD, on January 31, 1948, to Lloyd and Ruth (Nelson) Farnsworth. He attended grade schools at Hansen and Carter and graduated in 1966 from Winner High School.

Bob met Ruth when they were eight years old at Carter Gospel Fellowship. Their friendship grew through their interest in showing cattle. In addition to church activities, they were also members of Jolly Mixers 4-H Club. Bob and Ruth were married in 1966 and welcomed daughter Brenda in 1968 and Glenda in 1970.

After working for his dad and a couple neighbors for a year and a half, they settled on the place where Ruth was raised near Carter, SD, and remained there to spend their life ranching. Bob worked for Bill and Eleanor Chauncey and then in partnership with his brother-in-law ,Jerry Chauncey. He enjoyed being active as long as his body allowed. Bob was a serious competitor in many sports, hunting and showing livestock. He enjoyed wildlife, his pets and most of all following his children and grandchildren’s activities. In his later years, he still played a good game of cards, attended his grandchildren’s activities in person and via technology and continued to cheer for the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.

Bob was a member of South Dakota Stockgrowers and South Dakota Farm Bureau.

Following a diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia, Bob remained at home until it was necessary for him to move to the Avera Rosebud Country Care Center, in Gregory in July 2020.

Bob Farnsworth, age 73, of Carter, SD, passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at the Avera Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, SD.

He is survived by his wife Ruth, Carter, SD, his daughters Brenda (Doug) Dreyer, Warner, SD, and Glenda (DD) Linse, Springview, NE; sister Carol (Harlen) Bochman, Fargo, ND, sister-in-law Betty Farnsworth, Carter, SD; sister-in-law Jean (Vernon) Van Epps, Springview, NE; brother-in-law Jerry (Barb) Chauncey, Carter, SD; grandchildren Austin and Carter Dreyer, Warner, SD, and Kyle, Sydney, Adyson and Hannah Linse, Springview, NE, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Ruth Farnworth, brothers Neil and Russell Farnsworth and parents’ in-law Bill and Eleanor Chauncey.

Memorial gifts are welcome and will be designated by the family.