Wendel Vernel Furniss

1925 - 2006  (80 years)

• Name	Wendel Vernel Furniss  [1]
  Birth	7 Jun 1925	Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Feb 2006	Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Olney Cemetery, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon   [4]
  Person ID	I76014	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Furniss
  Mother	Della Parsons
  Family ID	F35223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Jean Merkling,   b. 13 Oct 1926, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon d. 11 May 2011, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1945	Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho   [1, 5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Randall Duane Furniss,   b. 19 Oct 1948, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon d. 24 Jun 1983, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon (Age 34 years)   3. Living
  Family ID	F35219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  East Oregonian (Pendleton, OR) February 28, 2006 PENDLETON -- Wendel Vernel Furniss, 80, of Pendleton, died Feb. 20, 2006, at Walla Walla Veterans Hospital. A private family service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton. Mr. Furniss was born June 1, 1925, in Flatfoot, Idaho, to Thomas and Della Parsons Furniss. He graduated from Gem State Academy near Caldwell, Idaho. He joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Guam during World War II and was called to duty for a year during the Korean War. Mr. Furniss married Barbra Merkling on Aug. 26, 1946, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He was owner of a Chevron Standard Station, a bookkeeper for the Cummins Oregon Diesel Company for fifteen years and then worked as secretary for the Eagles Lodge for twenty years. He spent his leisure time hunting, fishing and reading. Mr. Furniss was preceded in death by his parents; son Randall D. Furniss; three brothers; and six sisters. He is survived by his wife; daughter Linda A. Furniss of Pendleton; son Julian V. Furniss of Pendleton; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S36497] Obituary, East Oregonian, Wendel Vernel Furnis, (February 28, 2006). [S10407] Cemetery index, Olney Cemetery, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, (Find-a-Grave). [S11817] Correspondence with John Fredrick Hascall.