Larry Farley went into the U.S. Navy because if he kept on
running moon shine in West Virginia he would surly go to jail. That’s
where he was schooled in
refrigeration. His wife Susie had been working at
Morton’s Frozen Foods for five years when Larry got out of the Navy.
Larry made a friendly wager with his wife that he would start making more
money than she had been making, to say the least it happened. While
working full time at Morton’s Frozen Foods Larry did a few part time
jobs, like a meat packing plant and building an ice skating rink.
F.E.S. had a few service techs. working at Morton’s, and
they said that they were looking for some good help. So off to York, PA.
they went. While working for F.E.S. Larry traveled the world installing
and servicing refrigeration systems. His specialty was trouble shooting if
no one else could fix it, call Farley.
(Pop's original van)
In 1971 Larry came to Florida on a service call, he fell in love with the weather and has been here ever since. Larry got a job with the local Vilter representative and after seven years decided to try it on his own. Larry was told that he would never make it in this business driving that ugly truck and wearing those bib overalls!
So in 1978 they mortgaged the house, set up shop and
purchased their first load of equipment. Larry and Susie started the
business to give a personal touch service at a fair price. Larry and Susie
just wanted to pay the bills and support their two sons, Jake and Arlie.
Well as this story goes all ain't a bed of roses. In 1987 they had a massive fire in Eustis, FL, losing everything they owned except the clothes on their back and Larry’s ugly service truck. So we moved the business to Astatula and rebuilt. In 1993 Larry was loading some equipment and broke his back, It was then that his son’s stepped up and kept Farley’s running as usual. Larry is now the technical support agent. In 1999 Susie had triple heart by pass and multiple stints but she still works in the office (part time).
On April 4 2001 Larry Merton Farley passed away. (but we can say heaven is a cooler place cause we know they have one of the best refrigeration service techs!)
Farley’s S.R.P. is a family owned and operated business that was started to give personal touch service at a fair price and is still that way today.