Mr. Kenneth Lee Farmer, 86 years Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Thursday morning, June 12, 2008 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. Kenneth entered this life on June 21, 1921 in rural Purdy, Missouri, one of eight children born to the late William G. and Maggie (Widener) Farmer. He was raised in Purdy where he also attended school. On March 28, 1942 he was united in marriage to Selah A. Hadley and to this union five daughters were born. He served his country faithfully in the United States Army during WWII as a radio operator. After being honorably discharged, he enrolled in Tulsa Barber School, graduating on June 14, 1948. He barbered first in Butterfield and Purdy and in 1955 moved his family to Sarcoxie, Missouri where he owned and operated Ken's Barber Shop until retiring in 1966. He later drove a bus for the Sarcoxie School District for several years. He was an active part of the Sarcoxie community. He was past Master of the Sarcoxie Masonic Lodge #293, past Patron of the Sarcoxie chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star #341, past president of the Sarcoxie Lions Club, former scout master, member of the Stotts City Saddle Club, Disabled American Veterans, member of the American Legion, the Chamber of Commerce and was a Sarcoxie City Councilman. He was a member of the First Christian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of sixty-one years, Selah A. Farmer on May 4, 2003; four brothers; three sisters; and a great grandson, Michael Baldwin. Kenneth is survived by his five daughters, Kay Rauscher and husband, Norman, of Carthage, Missouri, Mary Lee Reynolds and husband, Ink, Sally Clapper and husband, Harpo and Judy Rhymer and husband, Brian, all of Sarcoxie, Missouri and Betty Moss and husband, George, of Baxter Springs, Kansas; eleven grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Mr. Kenneth Lee Farmer are 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 15, 2008 at the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home Chapel in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Pastor Jack Daniels officiating. Burial will follow in the Sarcoxie Cemetery. Those honoring his life by serving as pallbearers are Chris Kutz, Marc Kutz, Jeff Houck, Scott Brooks, Kevin Baldwin, George Keplar, Jeff Talley, Michael Penrow and Nathan Holman. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 4-6:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to either the Sarcoxie Masonic Lodge or the Missouri Veterans Home in c/o the funeral home. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.