John Furtney passed away at 6:40 Wednesday evening at St. Olaf Hospital after an illness that covered a period of about ten years. For the past six months he had been a patient at the hospital.
Mr. Furtney was born November 29, 1864, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1868 he moved to Austin with his parents and since made this his home. He was the youngest of a family of eleven children, only two brothers of whom survive Joe of Glenwood, Minnesota and Henry of St. Paul.
He was married June 14, 1888, to Dora Dovenberg. To them were born three children, Raymond L., Hazel (Mrs. Charles Orth) and Dorothy, who with her mother are left to mourn his departure. Mr. Furtney also leaves three grandchildren, Beatrice and Raymond Furtney, Jr. and Wallace Orth.
Funeral services will be held from the Mayer Funeral Home at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, Rev. Reginald Coleman of the Presbyterian Church officiating.
Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota
Thursday December 29, 1927
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Provided by Dorothy Kuntz
John Furtney passed away at 6:40 Wednesday evening at St. Olaf Hospital after an illness that covered a period of about ten years. For the past six months he had been a patient at the hospital.
Mr. Furtney was born November 29, 1864, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1868 he moved to Austin with his parents and since made this his home. He was the youngest of a family of eleven children, only two brothers of whom survive Joe of Glenwood, Minnesota and Henry of St. Paul.
He was married June 14, 1888, to Dora Dovenberg. To them were born three children, Raymond L., Hazel (Mrs. Charles Orth) and Dorothy, who with her mother are left to mourn his departure. Mr. Furtney also leaves three grandchildren, Beatrice and Raymond Furtney, Jr. and Wallace Orth.
Funeral services will be held from the Mayer Funeral Home at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, Rev. Reginald Coleman of the Presbyterian Church officiating.
Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota
Thursday December 29, 1927
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Provided by Dorothy Kuntz
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Aaron William Furtney
1842–1915
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Jacob B. Furtney
1843–1905
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Henrietta Furtney McAndrews
1845–1879
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Lydia A. Furtney Hale
1847–1888
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Josiah Seyer Furtney
1849–1903
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Hannah Furtney Barney
1851–1913
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Joseph Harrison Furtney
1854–1935
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Elizabeth Furtney Mattice
1856–1923
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Henry F. Furtney
1858–1943
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William M. Furtney
1860–1896
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