Ramsey-Farrell Family
Person Page 1779
Clarence William Flach1 (M)  b. 29 Jan 1926, d. 17 Dec 2000 Pop-up Pedigree | ||
| Father* | 3 Jul 1895 | Joseph Henry Flach1 |
| Mother* | 12 Jul 1903 | Helen Glotzbach1 |
| Birth* | 29 Jan 1926 | 1 |
| Death* | 17 Dec 2000 | Windsor, Sonoma Co., California, USA2 |
| HRR Detail* | 21 Dec 2000 | Obituary, Clarence Flach Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) December 21, 2000 CLARENCE FLACH Author: Tim Tesconi Edition: CITY Section: LOCAL Page: B2 Index Terms: OBITUARY Deceased Name: CLARENCE FLACH Clarence ''Bud'' Flach took to pigs like some folks take to ping pong. Over his nearly 40-year career as a swine herdsman in Sonoma County, Flach raised thousands of pigs and became the resident expert on all things swine. The longtime rancher and farm leader died Sunday at his Windsor home of an apparent heart attack. Family members said he was working in his back yard when he sat down to rest and died. ''Everybody who raised pigs or went to the fair knew my father. If they had questions about pigs they would call him,'' said son LeRoy ''Lee'' Flach of Santa Rosa. Born in the farming community of Paxico, Kan., Flach was raised on a diversified family farm that produced pigs along with other livestock and crops. It was on the Kansas farm that Flach developed his love for pigs and honed the swine-breeding skills that would provide him a living for four decades in Sonoma County. When Flach moved to Sonoma County in 1954 he found a job as the manager of the Muzio Ranch in Windsor. It was a diversified livestock operation that included 400 pigs. Flach worked at the Muzio Ranch until 1981, when he took the position as swine herdsman at Petaluma's St. Anthony Farm, a working ranch and rural rehabilitation center for drug addicts and alcoholics from the streets of San Francisco. As herdsman, Flach was in charge of the farm's swine breeding herd, one of the largest hog operations on the West Coast. It also was his job to work with the troubled men seeking to get clean and sober by working with hogs and cows in the fresh air at the Petaluma ranch. Flach was a fixture at the Sonoma County Fair, where he volunteered in the swine barns and at the market hog auction. He also was a 30-year member of the Sonoma County Farmers Day Committee, the volunteer group of ranchers that stage Farmers Day. In addition to the volunteer work at the fair's livestock show, Flach was one of the founding members of the Sonoma County Pork Producers Association. He also was active in the 4-H program and routinely opened his barns for 4-H, FFA and SRJC Aggie livestock judging teams to practice swine evaluation. Through his wife, Dena Flach of Windsor, he became an active member of the Filipino Community Center of Sonoma County, twice serving as the group's president. In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by his step-children, Frank Mejos of Rohnert Park and Brenda Mejos of Fremont; his brothers, Robert, Walter and Paul Flach, all of Kansas; his sister, Edna Zeller of Kansas; and by two granddaughters. Services are Friday at 1:30 p.m., Daniels Chapel of the Roses. Private burial is at Shiloh District Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County, P.O. Box 4772, Santa Rosa, 95402 or the Filipino American Community Center, P.O. Box 585, Fulton, 95439. --Tim Tesconi Copyright (c) 2000 The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA)1 |
| Last Edited | 23 Nov 2003 | |
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