Individual Details

Marriage

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Furr celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday.William and the former Stella Hughes were married March 2 at Covington.

Death

Mr. William Harold "Bill" Furr, age 96, formerly of Waynetown passed away on Thursday, November 12th at the home of his son in Crawfordsville,IN. Bill was born on July 1, 1919 at Kingman, IN. He was the son of Luke and Georgia Fleming Furr. Bill lived in many locations while growing up including Kingman, Steam Corner and Centenial, IN, Texas and California. Bill last attended Attica High School.. Bill always considered Charlie and Mable Glascock as part of his family as he lived with them and worked for them while growing up. After school Bill served in the US Army during WW II as a Staff Sergeant and squad leader of a machine gun company with the 696th Airborne which was part of the Company B, 473rd Infantry, 5th Army. He served in the European Theater in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily and Po Valley earning a Bronze star. After the war ended Bill married Stella Hughes on March 2, 1946 and she preceded him in death on January 28, 2009. Bill loved to garden, woodworking, photography, talking about his time in the service and the friends he made there. Bill operated the Anafam plant in Waynetown and served on the Waynetown Volunteer Fire Dept. for many years. He was a long time member of the Waynetown Christian Church. He was the Past-Commander of the Waynetown Legion. He had the honor of attending a WWII Honor Flight to Washington DC in October 2012. After retirement Bill liked to keep busy doing janitorial work part time for the Waynetown Post Office, Sommer Elementary School and helped out at the Thomas Funeral Home in Waynetown, IN. Bill was a very strong Indianapolis Colts fan and armchair coach. Bill is survived by his children Dennis (Paula) Furr of Crawfordsville, In. and Dawn Welker and fiance Frank Wilson of collierville Tn. He was very proud of his 3 grandchildren: Andrew (Jessica) Welker; Garret (Nicole) Million and Andreea (Kyle) Posthauer and his 4 great grandchildren. Bill is also survived by his brother Eugene (Ann) Furr of Danville, Il and his sister Florence Epperson of Winterhaven, Fl. Bill was also preceded in death by 4 brothers: Everett, Fonald Paul, Kenneth and Leroy (buster) Furr and 5 sisters Kathleen Keller, Claudine Weber, Betty Furr, Juanita Craft and Margaret Keller. Funeral services for Bill Furr will be held at Shoemaker Funeral Home on Saturday November 14 at 2:00pm with the Rev. Dorman Winger and Steve Brown officiating. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until 2:00pm with Millitary honors at the Funeral Home at the start of the services. Burial will follow at the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation on Bill's behalf to the Lafayette Honor Flight sponsored by the Lafayette Gold Star Mothers or The Wounded Warrior Project Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Published in the Journal & Courier on Nov. 13, 2015

Military

Name: William H Furr
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State: Indiana
County or City: Fountain
Enlistment Date: 20 Jun 1941
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 143