OBITUARY FROM THE DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE (ROCHESTER, NY):
Furnish, William: April 21, 2014, age 70. After a long, brave, victorious battle, William passed surrounded by his loving family.
He is survived by his beloved wife of over 45 years, Marie Furnish; children, Mark (Kimberly) Furnish & Melissa Furnish; precious grandchildren, Isaac & Chase; siblings, Steve (Dennise) Furnish, Elizabeth Smith & Mike Furnish; sister-in-law, Joan Guldenschuh; nephews, Howard (Jill) Guldenschuh, Camryn & Colin Guldenschuh; dear friends, Pete & Rita Hunt and Barb & Doug Lill.
The family wishes to thank his doctors, nurses, paramedics and staff. William was a proud Cold War Veteran of the United States Army.
Services and interment held privately. For more information, or to sign William's online guestbook, please visit: www.MeesonFamily.com.
This information was obtained from: http://obits.democratandchronicle.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=170794015. The picture is from the 1962 HHS Memories yearbook, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/stream/HOHS1962Images/.
FROM CLASSMATE GENE BONTA:
I was a close friend of Bill and I know he served three years in the Army and was in Germany. Please add that to his profile.
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BROTHER STEVE FURNISH:
William (Bill) Furnish, class of '62 passed away Apr. 21 in Rochester New York. He had received a lung transplant nearly 2 yrs. ago and began a long 18 mos. ordeal with rejection. He was the younger brother of Steve (Cannonball) and Libby Furnish both '58 grads.