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Walter John Furpahs

1921 - 2011

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1921

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2011

Walter Furpahs Obituary

Walter John Furpahs, 90, of Madison, formerly of Thompson, passed peacefully on May 29, 2011, at Hubbard Road Meadows in Madison.
He was born in Cleveland on Nov. 29, 1920.
Walter was a member of St. Patrick Church in Thompson. He was a proud World War II Veteran having served in the U.S. Navy.
He was a dedicated statistician with White Motors Trucking Company for 30 years.
Survivors are his beloved wife, Carol Rose Furpahs (Barber); daughters, Ruth Furpahs of Fairfax City, Va., and Carol Furpahs of Colorado; son, Walter M. (Renae) Furpahs of Madison; grandchildren, Victoria and Meritt Stephen Furpahs; and sister, Christina Tomlinson of Euclid.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. on Thursday at St. Patrick Church in Thompson.
Burial will be in St. Patrick Church in Thompson. Arrangements are by the Potti Funeral Home in Madison.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by News-Herald from May 29 to May 31, 2011.

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