Elaine Farmer Explained

Elaine F. Farmer
State House:Pennsylvania
District:28th
Term Start:January 6, 1987
Term End:November 30, 1996
Predecessor:George Pott
Successor:Jane Orie
Birth Date:14 March 1937[1]
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Party:Republican

Elaine Frazier Farmer (March 14, 1937 – August 6, 2001) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[3] She died of multiple myeloma in 2001.

Background

Born on March 14, 1937, Elaine Farmer earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Case Western Reserve University in 1958 and her Master of Arts in education from that same institution in 1964. She then went on to become a teacher and businesswoman. A member of the council for McCandless from 1980 to 1986, she also served on the board of directors for the Northland Public Library from 1981 to 1985.[4]

A Republican, she was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1986, and served five consecutive terms.[5]

Illness, death and interment

Diagnosed with multiple myeloma, Farmer died on August 6, 2001, and was buried at the Allegheny County Memorial Park in Allison Park.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Pennsylvania Manual. Pennsylvania. 1995.
  2. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EDC4CF547874F71&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM News Library
  3. Web site: Cox . Harold . House Members F . Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  4. "Elaine F. Farmer" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, retrieved online July 1, 2019.
  5. "Elaine F. Farmer" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
  6. Web site: Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website . 2023-08-20 . archives.house.state.pa.us.