Tractor parade celebrates life of high-profile farmer
A line of tractors stretched along West Jefferson Road on Sunday afternoon, resembling a less visually stunning — but perhaps equally noisy — parade to celebrate the life of Harold W. Foertsch Sr., who died March 22.
Foertsch’s granddaughter, Brittany Speer, said about 80 people Foertsch met throughout his life made the 9.9-mile tractor trek around the family’s Har-Lo Farms. The 90-minute journey was hot and slow moving, but Speer said it fit her grandfather’s farming spirit.
“Pulling tractors was definitely a hobby of his, he loved to do it,” Speer said. “It was very meaningful and special on the community support my grandfather had.”
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