There were few jobs that the late George Farnham didn't turn his hand to during a lifetime around Warragul.

Named George Fredrick Alfred Farnham after his birth in December 1935 he is most widely known for establishing the building company Farnham Developments in 1976 that still operates today.
He was the first project builder in Warragul and prided himself that he could complete a house from scratch in 16 weeks when most took about 18 months.
His first of many developments was in King St, Warragul, behind Warragul Regional College. But, one of the most notable was in the 1980s from the corner of Albert and Normanby Sts where hundreds of homes were built and sold at a locally unheard of rate of three per week.
Farnham Developments' reputation flourished due to the quality of workmanship and many of the homes built in the company's early days remain and are regarded as "good as the day they were built."
It had been a not uncommon hard road of the era in Mr Farnham's early days having been born at a private hospital in Warragul in the midst of the Depression of the 1930s, the first of eight children of Jack and Ivy Farnham who lived at Hallora.
World War 2 was underway when he started school, riding a horse or walking the six kilometres to Lardner Primary School where he enjoyed sports and was captain of the school's cricket team.
At aged 14 life changed dramatically when he contracted polio that saw him spend the following 12 months at Yooralla Hospital in Melbourne.
It put an end to his school days.
Mr Farnham's first job was at West Gippsland Hospital working six days per week, his small wage helping support his parents and buying shoes and school books for his younger siblings.
Numerous jobs followed; on the electrification of the railway line to Traralgon, on a milk run and as a nurse, policeman, farmer and shop owner.
Things took a huge change in 1954 when he met Joyce Misuraca at a dance in Warragul.
They married two years later and they created another Farnham family of eight children.
Mr Farnham went into business with his wife's family to open the area's first continental grocery and delicatessen, the Misuraca family's Italian heritage bringing a new type of food to Warragul - salamis, olives and cheeses - while he also helped out at their fruit and vegetables business.
A cropping and cattle breeding property at Christies Rd, Warragul, was next and for which Mr Farnham had a strong passion but, with a growing family, was sold in 1976 and he set up his building business.
As well as his devotion to family as a son, brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather Mr Farnham had a strong sense of community.
In his later years a major interest was the Warragul Rotary Club with the club's fundraising Christmas tree farm and annual sales a project in which he was keenly involved.
He regarded as a huge honour being made a Paul Harris Fellow, the highest award made by Rotary International.
Mr Farnham's funeral was held at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Warragul and Warragul cemetery in Victoria St on November 19.
Mr Farnham is survived by his eight children Pauline, Terrie, Michael, Linda, Kaye, Fiona, Phillip, Wayne and their families.