Faithe Furnas

Faithe Furnas COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa #45;- Faithe Furnas, 94, Columbus Junction, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, at Colonial Manor Care Center, Columbus Junction. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home, Columbus Junction. The Rev. Cathy Whitlatch will officiate. Burial will be at Letts Cemetery. Visitation is 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the funeral home. A memorial has been established at the funeral home for Camp Courageous. Mrs. Furnas was born on July 29, 1910, in Muscatine County, the daughter of William and Nettie Hidlebaugh Walter. She married Marvin Lambert Furnas on April 11, 1931, in Rock Island, Ill. He preceded her in death in 1970. She graduated from Letts High School in 1928. Later she taught at the Strawberry Hill School and in 1940 graduated from the American Institute of Commerce, Davenport. She was employed in Mail and Records at the Rock Island Arsenal for several years, and in 1943 she and her husband moved to their farm near Letts. She worked as secretary for the Hoover Co., R. J. Dick Co. in Muscatine, Ceylon Seals and Thatcher Plastic Packaging and for several years as secretary at the Louisa-...[more]

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catine School office. She was a long time member of Letts Methodist Church, a charter member of the Letts Federated Club and of the Letts Garden Club. After her husband's death in October 1970, she retired and moved from the farm into Columbus Junction and in 1988 moved to Bettendorf. There she was a member of the Davenport Woman's Club, member-at-large of T.T.T., Genesis Auxiliary, Louisa County Historical Society, and of the Bettendorf Senior Citizens. She enjoyed traveling with her sister, Lois, visiting many countries. She also enjoyed being a volunteer at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City for several years. Survivors include a nephew, Dan P. Furnas or Orlando, Fla.; a niece, Norma 'Dee' Millett of East Wenatchee, Wash.; and special friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1970; two brothers, Floyd in infancy and Harold in 1970; and a sister, Lois Walter in 2002.