WARREN T. FURBECK
Death Takes Old and Distinguished Citizen in His Eighty-third Year--His Long and Active Career
Warren T. Furbeck, one of Oak Park's oldest and distinguished citizens, died on Wednesday afternoon in his eighty-third year at his home, 1032 Erie. Longer than sixty years ago he was a prominent young man in Oak Park and a promising young banker of Chicago. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Furbeck, moved from Chicago to Oak Park sixty-five years ago. The house they built is still standing and is a handsome place. It is that building adjoining the southwest corner of Lake and Kenilworth. He joined the First Congregational church when a boy and was an active and devoted member all his life. There he met Sophia Whaples, radiant daughter of the second white family in what is now Oak Park. They were married in the church on June 5, 1870, and they lived in Oak Park together till his last day. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary, June 5 of this year was observed by the family, but Mr. Fufbeck's infirmities kept him in bed. He was ill all during the last two years but he was able to sustain his sickness with courage and dignity and confidence. No word of complaint ever escaped him.
Mr. Furbeck was born in Schenectady, N. Y., on September 1, 1849, and had just passed his eighty-third birthday anniversary. When he was a child his parents came to Chicago. He went to school in the city and at the age of sixteen graduated from the Scanton school. He won a college scholarship but decided to go to business college. When this study was finished he became and employe of the First National bank and was there for twenty years, being associated with Lyman J. Gage and other prominent leaders of that time. He resigned to become private secretary to Charles T. Yearkes and later was vice president of the North Chicago Street Railway company. In later years he organized the firm of W. F. Furbeck & Co., and was a member of both the Chicago and New York Stock Exchange. Seventeen years ago, when he was sixty-five, he joined the staff of the Continental National bank and was there fifteen years, retiring when he was nearly eighty.
For years he had a summer home on Lake Geneva and his extensive grounds there later were subdivided and became Buena Vista Park, the present home of a number of Oak Park families. The winter home of his family was on Lemon Bay, Florida, and his name is preserved there in Furbeck Point, a promontory on the sea. For years they lived in the house at Pleasant and Home, opposite the John Farson house. It was wrecked in 1922 to make way for an apartment building.
Mr. Furbeck was a life member of the Union League club and popular in that historic group.
Funearl services will take place at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the First Congregational church where he was a familiar figure for sixty years. Dr. Albert Buckner Coe will officiate. The pall bearers will be six of his cousins, Messrs. Oliver Tope, Dr. Frederick Kettlestrings, Wilbur Kettlestrings, Dewitt Hull, W. A. Spickerman, and Theodore Whaples.
The surviving members of his family are Mrs. Furbeck and five sons, George W., Roland J., J. Phillip, Lyman A., and Stanley Furbeck, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchilfen. Three of his sons were in the World war.
--Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 11 Sep 1931, pg. 70
Son of John H. Furbeck and Adeline Fuller. Stepson of Elizabeth Porter Moore Furbeck. Brother of Robert, Phebe, Eve Eliza, Edward W., Mary (Baker). Nephew of Phebe E. Huntington.
Father of George Warren (b. 1872), Rollin Judson, John Philip, Lyman Albert (b. 16 Feb. 1890), Stanley Brooks, and Edwin R.
Mr. Furbeck was a stockbroker and early settler of Oak Park, IL. When his two oldest sons were married, he gave them each a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home as a wedding present.
Death Takes Old and Distinguished Citizen in His Eighty-third Year--His Long and Active Career
Warren T. Furbeck, one of Oak Park's oldest and distinguished citizens, died on Wednesday afternoon in his eighty-third year at his home, 1032 Erie. Longer than sixty years ago he was a prominent young man in Oak Park and a promising young banker of Chicago. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Furbeck, moved from Chicago to Oak Park sixty-five years ago. The house they built is still standing and is a handsome place. It is that building adjoining the southwest corner of Lake and Kenilworth. He joined the First Congregational church when a boy and was an active and devoted member all his life. There he met Sophia Whaples, radiant daughter of the second white family in what is now Oak Park. They were married in the church on June 5, 1870, and they lived in Oak Park together till his last day. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary, June 5 of this year was observed by the family, but Mr. Fufbeck's infirmities kept him in bed. He was ill all during the last two years but he was able to sustain his sickness with courage and dignity and confidence. No word of complaint ever escaped him.
Mr. Furbeck was born in Schenectady, N. Y., on September 1, 1849, and had just passed his eighty-third birthday anniversary. When he was a child his parents came to Chicago. He went to school in the city and at the age of sixteen graduated from the Scanton school. He won a college scholarship but decided to go to business college. When this study was finished he became and employe of the First National bank and was there for twenty years, being associated with Lyman J. Gage and other prominent leaders of that time. He resigned to become private secretary to Charles T. Yearkes and later was vice president of the North Chicago Street Railway company. In later years he organized the firm of W. F. Furbeck & Co., and was a member of both the Chicago and New York Stock Exchange. Seventeen years ago, when he was sixty-five, he joined the staff of the Continental National bank and was there fifteen years, retiring when he was nearly eighty.
For years he had a summer home on Lake Geneva and his extensive grounds there later were subdivided and became Buena Vista Park, the present home of a number of Oak Park families. The winter home of his family was on Lemon Bay, Florida, and his name is preserved there in Furbeck Point, a promontory on the sea. For years they lived in the house at Pleasant and Home, opposite the John Farson house. It was wrecked in 1922 to make way for an apartment building.
Mr. Furbeck was a life member of the Union League club and popular in that historic group.
Funearl services will take place at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the First Congregational church where he was a familiar figure for sixty years. Dr. Albert Buckner Coe will officiate. The pall bearers will be six of his cousins, Messrs. Oliver Tope, Dr. Frederick Kettlestrings, Wilbur Kettlestrings, Dewitt Hull, W. A. Spickerman, and Theodore Whaples.
The surviving members of his family are Mrs. Furbeck and five sons, George W., Roland J., J. Phillip, Lyman A., and Stanley Furbeck, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchilfen. Three of his sons were in the World war.
--Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 11 Sep 1931, pg. 70
Son of John H. Furbeck and Adeline Fuller. Stepson of Elizabeth Porter Moore Furbeck. Brother of Robert, Phebe, Eve Eliza, Edward W., Mary (Baker). Nephew of Phebe E. Huntington.
Father of George Warren (b. 1872), Rollin Judson, John Philip, Lyman Albert (b. 16 Feb. 1890), Stanley Brooks, and Edwin R.
Mr. Furbeck was a stockbroker and early settler of Oak Park, IL. When his two oldest sons were married, he gave them each a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home as a wedding present.
WARREN T. FURBECK
Death Takes Old and Distinguished Citizen in His Eighty-third Year--His Long and Active Career
Warren T. Furbeck, one of Oak Park's oldest and distinguished citizens, died on Wednesday afternoon in his eighty-third year at his home, 1032 Erie. Longer than sixty years ago he was a prominent young man in Oak Park and a promising young banker of Chicago. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Furbeck, moved from Chicago to Oak Park sixty-five years ago. The house they built is still standing and is a handsome place. It is that building adjoining the southwest corner of Lake and Kenilworth. He joined the First Congregational church when a boy and was an active and devoted member all his life. There he met Sophia Whaples, radiant daughter of the second white family in what is now Oak Park. They were married in the church on June 5, 1870, and they lived in Oak Park together till his last day. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary, June 5 of this year was observed by the family, but Mr. Fufbeck's infirmities kept him in bed. He was ill all during the last two years but he was able to sustain his sickness with courage and dignity and confidence. No word of complaint ever escaped him.
Mr. Furbeck was born in Schenectady, N. Y., on September 1, 1849, and had just passed his eighty-third birthday anniversary. When he was a child his parents came to Chicago. He went to school in the city and at the age of sixteen graduated from the Scanton school. He won a college scholarship but decided to go to business college. When this study was finished he became and employe of the First National bank and was there for twenty years, being associated with Lyman J. Gage and other prominent leaders of that time. He resigned to become private secretary to Charles T. Yearkes and later was vice president of the North Chicago Street Railway company. In later years he organized the firm of W. F. Furbeck & Co., and was a member of both the Chicago and New York Stock Exchange. Seventeen years ago, when he was sixty-five, he joined the staff of the Continental National bank and was there fifteen years, retiring when he was nearly eighty.
For years he had a summer home on Lake Geneva and his extensive grounds there later were subdivided and became Buena Vista Park, the present home of a number of Oak Park families. The winter home of his family was on Lemon Bay, Florida, and his name is preserved there in Furbeck Point, a promontory on the sea. For years they lived in the house at Pleasant and Home, opposite the John Farson house. It was wrecked in 1922 to make way for an apartment building.
Mr. Furbeck was a life member of the Union League club and popular in that historic group.
Funearl services will take place at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the First Congregational church where he was a familiar figure for sixty years. Dr. Albert Buckner Coe will officiate. The pall bearers will be six of his cousins, Messrs. Oliver Tope, Dr. Frederick Kettlestrings, Wilbur Kettlestrings, Dewitt Hull, W. A. Spickerman, and Theodore Whaples.
The surviving members of his family are Mrs. Furbeck and five sons, George W., Roland J., J. Phillip, Lyman A., and Stanley Furbeck, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchilfen. Three of his sons were in the World war.
--Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 11 Sep 1931, pg. 70
Son of John H. Furbeck and Adeline Fuller. Stepson of Elizabeth Porter Moore Furbeck. Brother of Robert, Phebe, Eve Eliza, Edward W., Mary (Baker). Nephew of Phebe E. Huntington.
Father of George Warren (b. 1872), Rollin Judson, John Philip, Lyman Albert (b. 16 Feb. 1890), Stanley Brooks, and Edwin R.
Mr. Furbeck was a stockbroker and early settler of Oak Park, IL. When his two oldest sons were married, he gave them each a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home as a wedding present.
Death Takes Old and Distinguished Citizen in His Eighty-third Year--His Long and Active Career
Warren T. Furbeck, one of Oak Park's oldest and distinguished citizens, died on Wednesday afternoon in his eighty-third year at his home, 1032 Erie. Longer than sixty years ago he was a prominent young man in Oak Park and a promising young banker of Chicago. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Furbeck, moved from Chicago to Oak Park sixty-five years ago. The house they built is still standing and is a handsome place. It is that building adjoining the southwest corner of Lake and Kenilworth. He joined the First Congregational church when a boy and was an active and devoted member all his life. There he met Sophia Whaples, radiant daughter of the second white family in what is now Oak Park. They were married in the church on June 5, 1870, and they lived in Oak Park together till his last day. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary, June 5 of this year was observed by the family, but Mr. Fufbeck's infirmities kept him in bed. He was ill all during the last two years but he was able to sustain his sickness with courage and dignity and confidence. No word of complaint ever escaped him.
Mr. Furbeck was born in Schenectady, N. Y., on September 1, 1849, and had just passed his eighty-third birthday anniversary. When he was a child his parents came to Chicago. He went to school in the city and at the age of sixteen graduated from the Scanton school. He won a college scholarship but decided to go to business college. When this study was finished he became and employe of the First National bank and was there for twenty years, being associated with Lyman J. Gage and other prominent leaders of that time. He resigned to become private secretary to Charles T. Yearkes and later was vice president of the North Chicago Street Railway company. In later years he organized the firm of W. F. Furbeck & Co., and was a member of both the Chicago and New York Stock Exchange. Seventeen years ago, when he was sixty-five, he joined the staff of the Continental National bank and was there fifteen years, retiring when he was nearly eighty.
For years he had a summer home on Lake Geneva and his extensive grounds there later were subdivided and became Buena Vista Park, the present home of a number of Oak Park families. The winter home of his family was on Lemon Bay, Florida, and his name is preserved there in Furbeck Point, a promontory on the sea. For years they lived in the house at Pleasant and Home, opposite the John Farson house. It was wrecked in 1922 to make way for an apartment building.
Mr. Furbeck was a life member of the Union League club and popular in that historic group.
Funearl services will take place at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the First Congregational church where he was a familiar figure for sixty years. Dr. Albert Buckner Coe will officiate. The pall bearers will be six of his cousins, Messrs. Oliver Tope, Dr. Frederick Kettlestrings, Wilbur Kettlestrings, Dewitt Hull, W. A. Spickerman, and Theodore Whaples.
The surviving members of his family are Mrs. Furbeck and five sons, George W., Roland J., J. Phillip, Lyman A., and Stanley Furbeck, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchilfen. Three of his sons were in the World war.
--Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 11 Sep 1931, pg. 70
Son of John H. Furbeck and Adeline Fuller. Stepson of Elizabeth Porter Moore Furbeck. Brother of Robert, Phebe, Eve Eliza, Edward W., Mary (Baker). Nephew of Phebe E. Huntington.
Father of George Warren (b. 1872), Rollin Judson, John Philip, Lyman Albert (b. 16 Feb. 1890), Stanley Brooks, and Edwin R.
Mr. Furbeck was a stockbroker and early settler of Oak Park, IL. When his two oldest sons were married, he gave them each a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home as a wedding present.
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