BARRY, Ill. -- Mrs. Sylvia M. Furniss, 95, of Barry, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday (Aug. 13, 2014) in the Barry Community Care Center in Barry.
She was born Dec. 31, 1918, in Richfield, Adams County, to Clifford and Mary Bliven Brown. They preceded her in death. She married Loraine E. Furniss on March 14, 1938, in Palmyra, Mo. He died Dec. 20, 2002.
Sylvia attended Barry Baptist Church and she belonged to Hadley Home Extension.
She is survived by four sons, Carl Furniss (wife Helen) of Barry, Robert Furniss of Griggsville, Gary Furniss (wife Carla) of Barry and John Furniss (wife Bonnie) of Fowler; 10 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Miller of Fort Smith, Ark., and Pearl Coultas of Quincy; and a brother, Clifford Brown of Quincy.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Miller, Faye Huddleston and Leona Mellon, and three brothers, Elmer Brown, David Brown and Harold Brown.
SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Barry.
VISITATION: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry.
MEMORIALS: Barry Fire Department.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES: kirganfh.com.
ARRANGEMENTS: Kirgan Funeral Home, Barry.
She was born Dec. 31, 1918, in Richfield, Adams County, to Clifford and Mary Bliven Brown. They preceded her in death. She married Loraine E. Furniss on March 14, 1938, in Palmyra, Mo. He died Dec. 20, 2002.
Sylvia attended Barry Baptist Church and she belonged to Hadley Home Extension.
She is survived by four sons, Carl Furniss (wife Helen) of Barry, Robert Furniss of Griggsville, Gary Furniss (wife Carla) of Barry and John Furniss (wife Bonnie) of Fowler; 10 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Miller of Fort Smith, Ark., and Pearl Coultas of Quincy; and a brother, Clifford Brown of Quincy.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Miller, Faye Huddleston and Leona Mellon, and three brothers, Elmer Brown, David Brown and Harold Brown.
SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Barry.
VISITATION: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry.
MEMORIALS: Barry Fire Department.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES: kirganfh.com.
ARRANGEMENTS: Kirgan Funeral Home, Barry.
BARRY, Ill. -- Mrs. Sylvia M. Furniss, 95, of Barry, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday (Aug. 13, 2014) in the Barry Community Care Center in Barry.
She was born Dec. 31, 1918, in Richfield, Adams County, to Clifford and Mary Bliven Brown. They preceded her in death. She married Loraine E. Furniss on March 14, 1938, in Palmyra, Mo. He died Dec. 20, 2002.
Sylvia attended Barry Baptist Church and she belonged to Hadley Home Extension.
She is survived by four sons, Carl Furniss (wife Helen) of Barry, Robert Furniss of Griggsville, Gary Furniss (wife Carla) of Barry and John Furniss (wife Bonnie) of Fowler; 10 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Miller of Fort Smith, Ark., and Pearl Coultas of Quincy; and a brother, Clifford Brown of Quincy.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Miller, Faye Huddleston and Leona Mellon, and three brothers, Elmer Brown, David Brown and Harold Brown.
SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Barry.
VISITATION: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry.
MEMORIALS: Barry Fire Department.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES: kirganfh.com.
ARRANGEMENTS: Kirgan Funeral Home, Barry.
She was born Dec. 31, 1918, in Richfield, Adams County, to Clifford and Mary Bliven Brown. They preceded her in death. She married Loraine E. Furniss on March 14, 1938, in Palmyra, Mo. He died Dec. 20, 2002.
Sylvia attended Barry Baptist Church and she belonged to Hadley Home Extension.
She is survived by four sons, Carl Furniss (wife Helen) of Barry, Robert Furniss of Griggsville, Gary Furniss (wife Carla) of Barry and John Furniss (wife Bonnie) of Fowler; 10 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Miller of Fort Smith, Ark., and Pearl Coultas of Quincy; and a brother, Clifford Brown of Quincy.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Miller, Faye Huddleston and Leona Mellon, and three brothers, Elmer Brown, David Brown and Harold Brown.
SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Barry.
VISITATION: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kirgan Funeral Home in Barry.
MEMORIALS: Barry Fire Department.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES: kirganfh.com.
ARRANGEMENTS: Kirgan Funeral Home, Barry.
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