Ingrid Mae MacFarland

Ingrid Mae MacFarland died in Scranton on September 3, 2026. She was 80. Born on February 28, 1946, with Scotch-Irish roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She tested pulp until numbers told the truth. A sample bottle rack by the sink was her garden; quality was a habit, not a slogan. Colleagues still mention a sample bottle rack by the sink. She married Franz in 1971. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised a daughter through public schools and ordinary weather. After Franz died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember a rake leaned against a shared fence after a storm. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Scranton, among streets she never needed to explain. The chair by the window still holds the shape of a habit.