Mrs. Farnsworth Dies at 98 yrs young

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by polaraman

Philo's spouse passed away Thursday at 98 years young. There is a large article on the CNN web page. I have posted the link here.

polaraman

There's been a fair amount of "Philo-bashing" going on lately (Hi Scott!) But wherever you stand on the subject of Farnsworth's actual role in the invention of television, you've got to admire his vision and inventiveness. He was definitely "one of us."

I was, and continue to be, quite pleased to have received this note from Mrs. Farnsworth a while back:

[Phil Nelson]

About ten years ago, I was contacted by a descendant of Philo, who asked my help in finding a Farnsworth radio. I found a nice little ET-064 and shipped it to him, and he was grateful. This was in the infancy of online auctioning, when it wasn't so easy to locate specific things. He had started to acquire Farnsworth items to give as presents to other family members, which I thought was pretty cool.

The one that I sent him is seen at the left (the other is sitting in this room).

Not as cool as a note from Pem, although I do have a personal note from Joan Fontaine regarding the leather TransOceanic of hers which I have.