Jackie MacFarlane, a retired bartender for the Old Western Saloon whose warmth earned her the nickname “Mom” among patrons and locals alike, died peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 18 at a nursing home in Petaluma. She was 95 years old.
Born on Jan. 13, 1921, Ms. MacFarlane was raised on her family’s trout farm, off Portola Avenue, in Inverness Park. She attended Tomales High School for a short time before graduating from Oakland Technical…