Detwiler told the Ohio Country Journal in 2019, “It takes me a little longer to do a few things but no, I don’t let it slow me down. There, I take you along with me to show how I conquer day to day tasks doing what I love with who I love, farming and family.” Detwiler said on his website, “When you want to do something, you’re going to figure it out, and that’s what I’ve done all my life is figure stuff out.”ĭetwiler’s family farms corn, soybeans and livestock. He said on his website, “In November of 2018, we decided to start a YouTube channel where I became known as the Harmless Farmer. He started his YouTube channel to share his message with the world. I lost both of my arms, however, that hasn’t stopped me.” While helping my grandpa on the farm, as I loved to do, I happened to fall into a grain auger. He wrote on his website, “On July 18, 1972, as a young boy, my life was changed forever. ĭetwiler had to overcome many challenges in his life. The Day It Happened The story, told by my family, of losing my arms and how I learned to use my feet. I don’t plan on missing any work or anything like that.”
It happened and we’re going to get through this just the way we did the last time. In May 2021, Detwiler posted a video letting his fans know his cancer had reoccured and he was undergoing chemotherapy treatments again. Started this process in January and was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.” Detwiler documented his surgery and cancer treatments alongside his work at the farm on his YouTube channel. He said in an April 2020 video, “I have been having trouble swallowing for the 9 months or so, went and got it checked out. Mail: Harmless Farmer… ĭetwiler had been battling cancer for more than two years. Thanks for your support and your prayers are welcomed. Just another hurdle life has thrown at me but I will prevail. Started this process in January and was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. I Was Diagnosed I have been having trouble swallowing for the 9 months or so, went and got it checked out. Detwiler was born Thomas Andrew Detwiler on November 24, 1969, in Urbana, Ohio.Īndy Detwiler Revealed He Had Been Diagnosed With Esophageal Cancer in April 2020 & He Chronicled His Battle With Cancer Up Until Detwiler’s funeral was held on Sunday, September 25, at his farm in West Liberty, Ohio. Andy enjoyed collecting lots of things, including Oliver Tractors but what he enjoyed most of all is spending time with family and friends.”Īlong with his wife, Corkey Wallace Detwiler, and daughter, Kylie Detwiler, and parents, Thomas and Patricia Detwiler, he is also survived by his sister, brother, several nieces and nephews, his mother-and-father-in-law, his brother-in-law and his mother-in-law, his family said in the obituary. “He was active in the community as a Champaign County Fair Board member, belonged to the Champaign County Farm Bureau and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana. He is supported worldwide on his YouTube channel, Harmless Farmer, and was able to travel and share his message to ‘Never Give Up’ through motivational speaking,” the obituary said.
“Andy was a lifelong farmer, farming alongside his father Tom and his uncle John. Detwiler, who died September 21, 2022, is survived by his wife and daughter, along with his parents and several other family members, his obituary says.
Detwiler died at 52 after a battle with cancer he documented on social media, his family said in his obituary. Andy Detwiler, the "Harmless Farmer," has died at 52, his family saysĪndy Detwiler was an Ohio man known as the “Harmless Farmer” on YouTube.
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