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Death

Services will be June 5 for Tracy resident Paul Furr, a former U.S. Marine and active golfer, who died Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto after a brief illness. He was 80. Born Dec. 4, 1929, in Muskogee, Okla., Mr. Furr had lived in Tracy 18 years. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War from 1952 to ’54 as a repairman of gun scopes and binocular lenses. In 1964, he opened Richmond Optical in Hayward, which he ran for the next 41 years. In 2005, his sons Ron and Ken Furr took over the company, and he retired. A member of Tracy Golf & Country Club, Mr. Furr played golf three or four times a week. He loved cars and bought and sold many over the years. He also liked hunting, fishing and camping, spending time with his family and vacationing on Lake Tulloch. Mr. Furr is survived by his children, Bill Furr Jr., and his wife, Debbie, of Lodi, Jan Crawford, and her husband, Chuck, and Ken Furr, and his wife, Chris, all of Oakley, and Ron Furr, and his wife, Shana, of Tracy; his former wife of 28 years, Gatha Furr, with whom he remained good friends; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Adam Furr and Hattie Louder; four brothers; and five sisters. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. June 5 at Hotchkiss Mortuary, 5 W. Highland Ave. Internment will be private.
Tracy Press, Tracy, California, June 10, 2010