Maurice Earl Farnham
7/7/1917-7/29/1971
He was born North Troy, Vermont.
Age 23 He was working for the Blair Veneer Company.
He enlisted in the US Army during the Korean War. He received a Purple Heart when he was serious wounded by a missile explosion in South Korea, he was a Master Sgt. Foreign Service in Italy: 5/20/1946-8/22/1947 .
He moved to Rutland and was a rural route mail carrier.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and Rutland VFW.
He was elected and served for two years Post #31 Commander 1961-63.
He died of a heart attack in 1971 and is buried back home at the Horton Cemetery,Chittenden.
