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Lincoln Morse Furber

Southport, Maine, Maine

1931 - 2019 (Age 87)

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DIED
July 16, 2019
AGE
87
LOCATION
Southport, Maine, Maine

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Lincoln Morse Furber 87 died July 16, 2019 at his home on Southport Island, Maine. He was born September 28, 1931, in Quincy, MA and grew up in neighboring Milton, attending Milton elementary and junior high schools. His high school years were spent at Thayer Academy in Braintree, MA. He...

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I had the pleasure of working with Lincoln in 1977 at ITNA in Washington DC. I remember him fondly as being a kind, generous man and a great reporter. RIP.

The Walsh family wish to offer condolences to Linc's family, especially his daughters Edith and Sarah. We have so many fond memories of your father and you as young girls here in Maryland. We have thought, so often, of your Dad's kindness, humor, his photographs and his friendship with my Father, John Walsh (another Middlebury Alum.) May Our Memory of Linc Be Eternal.

Mr. Furber,
Sir, I would just like to say thank you for your years of dedicated service and sacrifice for our Country-first when you served with the U.S. Army in Europe during the Cold War and later when you served as a Consultant with the USSS and other alas Enforcement Agencies. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

Linc was one of the finest colleagues I ever knew. He was a pinnacle of integrity, combined with high professionalism and wonderful good nature. A beautiful soul. I loved to make him laugh.

Linc was one of the finest human beings I ever met - a thoughtful gentleman, wonderful mentor and teacher. All of us in the small broadcast division were in the same mental space in believing that journalism was a high public service that demanded the highest ideals, like those of Murrow and Cronkite. Linc had a wonderful smile, sense of humor and an outdoorsman toughness. At his home in Southport, Maine he cooked up a wonderful meal of fresh Maine lobster, took you boating, then relaxed at...

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service to our country. Rest In Peace