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Mary B. Furr, 83, who for 15 years was manager of the Papery, a Middleburg stationery store, died Nov. 10 at her home in Middleburg of congestive heart failure. Mrs. Furr managed the store from from 1978 to 1993. In the 1950s, she was a secretary at the Bureau of Engraving and a medical librarian at the old D.C. General Hospital. Mary Elizabeth Brown, a native Washingtonian, was a 1945 graduate of Eastern High School. She received an associate's degree in 1947 from what is now Strayer University. She helped found a Cub Scout den in Arlington County in 1966 and was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Middleburg, where she helped organize rummage sales and other activities. Her husband of 32 years, Gordon Furr, died in 1986. Survivors include two children, Gary Furr of Warrenton and Linda Furr of Middleburg; and two granddaughters.
Published in The Washington Post, November 19, 2010