Richard "Rich" Furman (1921-2006)

FURMAN, ZEIHAN, GERHINGER, AGUILAR, FITZ, ANDRADE

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/29/2006 at 08:46:14

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Sunday, January 29, 2006.

Richard "Rich" Furman, age 84, of Mission, Texas, and formerly of Boone, died January 26 at the Boone County Hospital in Boone. His body has been cremated, and graveside services will be Wednesday, February 1, at 11 a.m. at Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone. Burial will follow the services.

Rich was born in Kamrar on Dec. 12, 1921, the son of Orville and Susan (Zeihan) Furman. He graduated from Webster City High School in 1938. In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army and served with the Army Air Corps during World War II.

Richard married Rosalea Gerhinger in 1946. He then attended Drake University for three years. He farmed for 17 years near Iowa Falls, Alden and Williams, and then moved to Boone in 1969.

He was a Farm Bureau insurance salesman for nine years in Iowa Falls and Boone. Rich married Arlene Johansen on Oct. 1, 1971 in Omaha, Neb. The couple owned Boone Ceramic Center, a retail and wholesale ceramic business in Boone, from 1974 to 1984, retiring in 1984.

The couple moved to Mission, Texas, in 1991 and returned to Boone two weeks ago and moved to the Eastern Star Masonic Home.

He was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and B.P.O. Elks, all of Boone. He was also a member of the Farm Bureau and the Sixth Bomb Group.

He enjoyed playing cards, cooking, dancing and playing golf.

Rich was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Kenneth and Sterling. He is survived by his wife, Arlene of Boone; three sons, Michael Furman and wife, Sherri, of Iowa City, Murray Furman of Solon and Mark Furman of Iowa City; two daughters, Linda Aguilar of Portland, Oregon, and Karen Furman of Nevada; five grandchildren, Aaron Fitz, Emily Fitz Andrade, Matthew Furman, Timothy Furman, and Sarah Furman; and a great granddaughter, Zanya Andrade.

There is no visitation. Memorials may be given to Parkinson's Disease Society. Schroeder Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall Streets in Boone is in charge of arrangements.

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