FURGERSON, Lee Burton Sr., Dr. 1898-1948
FURGERSON, WILLIAMS, NASH, GILLYARD, MANOR
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 8/6/2012 at 22:49:17
[Waterloo Daily Courier, Tuesday, August 10, 1948, Waterloo, Iowa]
DR. FURGERSON
PHYSICIAN, DIES;
RITES THURSDAYHad Practiced Here Since 1927
Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church for Dr. L. B. Furgerson, 49, of 600 Cottage Street, who died in St. Francis Hospital at 6:35 p.m. Monday, following surgery for an intestinal obstruction.
A practicing physician and surgeon here for the past 21 years, he had offices at 513 Lafayette Street.
He had been a patient at St. Francis Hospital since July 22, following a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been taken to his home Thursday, but was forced to return to the hospital Sunday morning.
He was a member of American Medical Society. Black Hawk County Medical Society. Cedar Valley lodge B. P. O. Elks, Six-Four Republican club, Kappa Alpha Psi social fraternity at Iowa City, Becker-Chapman post, American Legion and an active member of the State University of Iowa Alumni Association. He was also a member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
He was currently president of Black Hawk Savings & Loan association. His church was St. Peter Claver Catholic.
Lee Burton Furgerson was born November 23, 1898, in Navasota, Texas, son of Stephenson and Martha Ann Furgerson. He grew to manhood in Texas, and came to the State University of Iowa, where he received a medical degree in June 1925.
He was employed by the Rock Island railroad until 1827, when he opened a practice in Waterloo above 220 East Fourth Street.
On February 14, 1925, he married Lillie N. Williams at Rock Island, Illinois.
Surviving are his wife, one son, Lee Burton, Jr.; four daughters: Mrs. Warren Nash, Betty Jean, Evelyn Lileah and Rebecca Sue, all at home; one brother, Atlas, St. Paul, Minnesota; and two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Gillyard, St. Paul, and Mrs. Sarah Manor, Austin, Texas. One brother, Steve, preceded him in death.
Rev. Fr. Wendelin Kleine, O.F.M. pastor of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, will say the funeral mass. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The body is at Kistner Funeral Home. Parishioners and friends of St. Mary's Catholic Church will meet at Kistner's at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to recite the rosary.
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