Marvin J. Farr's obituary was a scathing rebuke of those who choose not to wear masks in public or take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. Source: KansasCity.com A Kansas man was born shortly before World War II when Americans willingly rationed supplies and sent their children to fight in wars, but, according to his obituary “he died in a world where many of his fellow Americans refuse to wear a piece of cloth on their face to protect one another.” Marvin James Farr, 81, of Scott City, Kansas, died of the coronavirus Tuesday at the Park Lane Nursing Home.