Edythe (Fletcher) FURMAN

FURMAN, FLETCHER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/5/2010 at 23:57:11

State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois
January 3, 2007

April 30, 1917 --- January 1, 2007

WAYNESVILLE, Illinois - Edythe Furman, 89, of Waynesville died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal. She was born April 30, 1917, in Corwith, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence Alexander and Ethel Marvel Fletcher. She married Thomas Tilden Furman in 1933; he preceded her in death. Two sons, Bill and Don Furman, also preceded her in death. Mrs. Furman was a member of Waynesville United Methodist Church, Homestead Association in Clinton, Daughters of the American Revolution and Order of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Matron in 1951 and 1952.

Survivors: three sons, Richard (wife, Shirley) Furman of Waynesville, Allen (wife, Kay) Furman of Lincoln and Steve (wife, Jackie) Furman of Luray, Va.; 15 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and sister, Eloise Fletcher of Henderson, Nev. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Quiram Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta, the Rev. Nadine Preston officiating. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Waynesville.