1943-2021
By ohtadmin | on December 07, 2021
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Harry “Don” McFarland, 78, of Seguin, Texas, passed away on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Don was born Jan. 12, 1943, in San Antonio to Lena Margaret (Hoke) and Harry Holmes McFarland.
Don was a graduate of Stockdale High School. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and received an AA in law enforcement and fire science from San Antonio College.
He was a fire/arson investigator and will be remembered as the Emergency Management Coordinator for Guadalupe County. He later retired from working with Homeland Security. Don helped build the fire training field outside McQueeney and was a trainer at the Texas Fire School at Texas A&M. He was a member of the McQueeney Volunteer Fire Department and also served as the Guadalupe County fire marshal.
For 25 years Don owned and operated Horizon Communications and Electronics and CPA Systems. He also belonged to the Radio Club of America and was named a Fellow after 50 years of service at a ceremony in New York City. Other memberships included the McQueeney Lions Club and the Geronimo Lions Club. In 1992, he received the Melvin Jones Fellow from the Lions International.
Don was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his son, Scott McFarland and wife Jill; daughter Jean McFarland; brother Weldon McFarland and wife Betty; former wife, Grace McFarland; and cousins, contemporaries, and friends.
Visitation was held on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 5-7 p.m. in the Tres Hewell Mortuary in Seguin.
A funeral service was held on Friday at 10 a.m. in the mortuary chapel.
Interment followed in the Sutherland Springs Cemetery in Sutherland Springs.
Memorial contributions may be made to Guadalupe Regional Hospice Services, 1215 E. Court St., Seguin, TX 78155.
