Obituary for Rodney L. Faro of Newark, NY

Rodney L. Faro, 71, of Newark, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Paul L. Murphy & Sons Funeral Home reported, with the same notice carried by Legacy.com.

The loss lands on a family that knew him as a man built around them. Faro spent his life in Newark, where he was born on April 6, 1955, the son of Howard and Betty Faro. He retired from car sales in 2013, and in the years since he filled his time with two quiet passions: a lifetime membership in Ducks Unlimited and a hunter’s eye for barn and garage sales, always on the lookout for antiques. But the obituary is plain about what mattered most. Time with his family, and traveling the world with his wife, Sue.

A 41-Year Marriage and a Full House of Grandchildren

Faro is survived by his wife of 41 years, Sue Faro; his children, Timothy (Jessica) Faro and Jarod (Allee Powers) Faro; his grandchildren, Riley, Austin, Emmett, and Audrey; and his mother, Betty Faro. He is predeceased by his father, Howard Faro.

Obituary for Rodney L. Faro of Newark, NY — Photo: legacy.com

Those numbers tell part of the story. Forty-one years of marriage, four grandchildren, a retirement that stretched more than a decade. It is the shape of a long, ordinary, well-lived American life, and it is exactly the kind of life the Newark community now gathers to honor.

Calling Hours Sunday, Funeral Monday at Park Presbyterian

The arrangements, as laid out by Paul L. Murphy & Sons Funeral Home, give the community two chances to pay respects. Calling hours will be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, at the funeral home, 127 E. Miller St., Newark. Funeral services follow at 11 a.m. on Monday, November 9, at Park Presbyterian Church, 110 Maple Court, Newark, with burial at the convenience of the family in Fairville Cemetery. Anyone wishing to remember Rodney can make contributions to Park Presbyterian Church in his name.

What remains open is the private part: the burial, left to the family’s timing, and the gatherings that will happen long after the services end. For now, Newark has its dates — Sunday afternoon at the funeral home, Monday morning at the church — and a town that knew a car salesman, an antiques hunter, a Ducks Unlimited member, and a devoted family man says goodbye.