Florence S. Furr August 31, 1915--April 17, 2004
A memorial service will be Saturday in Walnut Creek for Florence S. Furr, 88, a retired Tracy elementary school teacher who died April 17, at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek.
A native of Colorado Mrs. Furr earned a bachelor's degree in 1938 from the University of Colorado. She moved to Tracy in the 1940's with her husband, the late Archie Furr, who was an oil distributor, farmer and teacher in Tracy.
Mrs. Furr taught 23 years in Tracy, at Central and McKinley schools.
After retiring from teaching, Mrs. Furr moved 12 years ago to the Rossmoor retirement community in Walnut Creek.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Tracy and a founding member of Tracy Inner Wheel and the Tracy branch of American Association of University Women.
Survivors include a daughter Mary Falkey, and her husband Mark of Falls Church, VA three grandchildren of Falls Church, VA. two sisters Blanche Shepherd of Salinas and Dorothy Bybee of Henderson NV; and a sister-in-law, Thelma Shimpfky of Broomfield, CO
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Florence Beckett Shimpfky was born in Denver, CO and grew up in Boulder, CO. She graduated from Boulder High School and from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Florence married Archie Furr and they moved to Tracy, CA where Florence taught school for many years.
A memorial service will be Saturday in Walnut Creek for Florence S. Furr, 88, a retired Tracy elementary school teacher who died April 17, at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek.
A native of Colorado Mrs. Furr earned a bachelor's degree in 1938 from the University of Colorado. She moved to Tracy in the 1940's with her husband, the late Archie Furr, who was an oil distributor, farmer and teacher in Tracy.
Mrs. Furr taught 23 years in Tracy, at Central and McKinley schools.
After retiring from teaching, Mrs. Furr moved 12 years ago to the Rossmoor retirement community in Walnut Creek.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Tracy and a founding member of Tracy Inner Wheel and the Tracy branch of American Association of University Women.
Survivors include a daughter Mary Falkey, and her husband Mark of Falls Church, VA three grandchildren of Falls Church, VA. two sisters Blanche Shepherd of Salinas and Dorothy Bybee of Henderson NV; and a sister-in-law, Thelma Shimpfky of Broomfield, CO
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Florence Beckett Shimpfky was born in Denver, CO and grew up in Boulder, CO. She graduated from Boulder High School and from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Florence married Archie Furr and they moved to Tracy, CA where Florence taught school for many years.
Florence S. Furr August 31, 1915--April 17, 2004
A memorial service will be Saturday in Walnut Creek for Florence S. Furr, 88, a retired Tracy elementary school teacher who died April 17, at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek.
A native of Colorado Mrs. Furr earned a bachelor's degree in 1938 from the University of Colorado. She moved to Tracy in the 1940's with her husband, the late Archie Furr, who was an oil distributor, farmer and teacher in Tracy.
Mrs. Furr taught 23 years in Tracy, at Central and McKinley schools.
After retiring from teaching, Mrs. Furr moved 12 years ago to the Rossmoor retirement community in Walnut Creek.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Tracy and a founding member of Tracy Inner Wheel and the Tracy branch of American Association of University Women.
Survivors include a daughter Mary Falkey, and her husband Mark of Falls Church, VA three grandchildren of Falls Church, VA. two sisters Blanche Shepherd of Salinas and Dorothy Bybee of Henderson NV; and a sister-in-law, Thelma Shimpfky of Broomfield, CO
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Florence Beckett Shimpfky was born in Denver, CO and grew up in Boulder, CO. She graduated from Boulder High School and from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Florence married Archie Furr and they moved to Tracy, CA where Florence taught school for many years.
A memorial service will be Saturday in Walnut Creek for Florence S. Furr, 88, a retired Tracy elementary school teacher who died April 17, at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek.
A native of Colorado Mrs. Furr earned a bachelor's degree in 1938 from the University of Colorado. She moved to Tracy in the 1940's with her husband, the late Archie Furr, who was an oil distributor, farmer and teacher in Tracy.
Mrs. Furr taught 23 years in Tracy, at Central and McKinley schools.
After retiring from teaching, Mrs. Furr moved 12 years ago to the Rossmoor retirement community in Walnut Creek.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Tracy and a founding member of Tracy Inner Wheel and the Tracy branch of American Association of University Women.
Survivors include a daughter Mary Falkey, and her husband Mark of Falls Church, VA three grandchildren of Falls Church, VA. two sisters Blanche Shepherd of Salinas and Dorothy Bybee of Henderson NV; and a sister-in-law, Thelma Shimpfky of Broomfield, CO
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Florence Beckett Shimpfky was born in Denver, CO and grew up in Boulder, CO. She graduated from Boulder High School and from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Florence married Archie Furr and they moved to Tracy, CA where Florence taught school for many years.
