{"id":8829,"date":"2025-05-04T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=8829"},"modified":"2025-05-04T18:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:32:02","slug":"wendell-eugene-mcfarland-84-of-rose-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/8829-wendell-eugene-mcfarland-84-of-rose-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendell Eugene McFarland (84) of Rose Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Wendell Eugene McFarland, age 84, of Rose Hill, Illinois, passed away at 10:10 PM &#8211; Thursday, May 1, 2025, at his home.<\/p>\n<p>Private services will be held with internment in the Kibler Cemetery northeast of Lis, Illinois. Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois. The obituary can be viewed, and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Wendell was born on December 21, 1940, in rural Wheeler, Illinois, the son of John and Goldie (Chapman) McFarland. He married Shirley Haack on July 31, 1971, in Springfield, Illinois, and she survives. Wendell graduated from Newton Community High School with the Class of 1959. He worked at Fedder\u2019s in Effingham and retired after 48 years of service. Wendell served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, serving from October 16, 1963, until his honorable discharge on October 15, 1965. Wendell enjoyed tinkering and doing mechanical work.<\/p>\n<p>Wendell is survived by: Wife \u2013 Shirley McFarland of Rose Hill, Illinois; Children \u2013 Denise (Keith) Meinhart of Island Grove, Illinois; Stacy (Jason) Lee of Neoga, Illinois; and Tony (Joetta) McFarland of Chester, Illinois; Grandchildren \u2013 Ashley (Jordan) Thompson, Tyler (Graci) Meinhart, Taylor Lee, Nicole Lee and Aden McFarland; Great Grandchildren \u2013 Isabella Thompson and Henric Thompson; Brother \u2013 George McFarland of Wheeler, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Wendell was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Ronald McFarland and Leroy McFarland, and sisters-in-law Carol McFarland and Marietta McFarland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendell died the night of Thursday, May 1st<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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