Individual Details

Olin Laco FURR Jr.

(April 18, 1922 - November 1, 1996)

BROWNWOOD, Tex, May 30 (AP) — Four Comp Bowle soldiers were sentenced today in district court to prison terms for slugging Wilbur Watkins, Brownwood taxi driver, stripping him and taking his car near here March 2. George B. Mason, 17, of Beaver Dam, Ky., was given five years; George Thompson, Jr, of Wheatland, Ill., Ernesosa Patrick of Indiana and Olen L. Furr of West Virginia, all 20 years ald, were given six years on robbery and assault charges.
Clovis News-Journal, Clovis, New Mexico, May 31, 1942

Events

BirthApril 18, 1922West Virginia
DeathNovember 1, 1996Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, LA
MarriageLivina VERSPREET
Alt nameOlen Laco FURR Jr.
BurialAzalea Rest Cemetery, Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Soc Sec No723-09-0977
MilitaryWorld War II

Families

SpouseLivina VERSPREET (1924 - 1993)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildOlen Laco FURR III (1952 - 2007)
ChildPatricia FURR (1949 - 1979)
FatherOlin Laco FURR (1896 - 1927)
MotherMarie Katherine KINNEY (1901 - 1972)
SiblingFerrell Winfield "Fuzzy" FURR (1920 - 2014)
SiblingWinifred L. FURR (1924 - 1999)
SiblingMary Avanelle FURR (1926 - 2017)

Notes

Death

FURR JR ., OLEN LACO A retired brick mason and resident of Zachary , he died at 5:05 a .m . Friday , Nov. 1, 1996 , at Lane Memorial Hospital , Zachary . He was 74 and a native of Punxsutawney , Pa . He was a member of Brick Masons Local No . 5 and a U .S . Army veteran. Visiting at Charlet Funeral Home Inc ., Zachary , 8:30 a .m . Monday until religious services at 10 a .m ., conducted by the Rev . Kenneth Laird . Burial in Azalea Rest Cemetery. Survived by a daughter , Rosa Marie Triche , Walker ; two sons , William R . "Bill " Furr , Zachary ; and Olen L . Furr III , Slaughter ; two sisters , Mary Avanelle Carder ,Indianapolis , Ind ., and Wynifred Joswick , Salem , W .Va .; a brother , Ferrell Furr , Silver Springs , Md .; six grandchildren , and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife , Livinia Verspreet Furr ; a daughter , Patricia Furr Howze ; and parents , Olen Laco and Marie Kathern Kinney Furr . Pallbearers will be Leo Triche , Robert Burr , Airen Triche , Larry Jones , Bill Furr and Olen Furr III . He was a former member of a Masonic lodge .
The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate, November 3, 1996

Soc Sec No

Railroad Board (Issued Through) (Before 1951)

Military

Name: Olen L Furr
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State: West Virginia
County or City: Taylor
Enlistment Date: 19 Feb 1946
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private First Class
Grade Code: Private First Class
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Alaska
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard in Federal Service, within 3 months of Discharge
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Shipping Clerk
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 07
Weight: 270

Endnotes

1. The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 3, 1996.

2. findagrave.com.

3. United States Social Security Death Index.

4. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD..