Word was received here last week of the death of David K. Furlong, son of Mrs.Ina Furlong of this city. David attended local schools, receiving his high school diploma while serving with the U.S.Navy aboard the USS Bremerton. After his discharge, from the Navy, David graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy with high honors, and was currently employed by the Vernon, California police force. Death was due to an accidental gun shot wound.
David was born in Havre, Montana, December 10, 1937 and died November 2, 1969 in Bell, California. Funeral Services were held November 6 in Vernon, and the internment was in the Rose Hills cemetery in the Garden of Benediction, Whittier, California.
Survivors his widow; a son Larry K Furlong of Pico Rivera, CA, his mother, Ina M. Furlong of Chester, MT; six brothers, Russell and Miles of Chester; Philip of Denver, CO.; Edmond and Noel of Kalispell, MT; Warren of Spokane, WA.; three sisters, Lilly Eveland and Alice Morrison of Chester. and Ina-Belle Foreman of La Habra, Ca.
There is a military marker at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California
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This is an "In Memory of" (Cenotaph) marker located here in the family cemetery in Chester, Liberty, Montana. Not sure if any of his ashes are there or if it's just commemorative.
Word was received here last week of the death of David K. Furlong, son of Mrs.Ina Furlong of this city. David attended local schools, receiving his high school diploma while serving with the U.S.Navy aboard the USS Bremerton. After his discharge, from the Navy, David graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy with high honors, and was currently employed by the Vernon, California police force. Death was due to an accidental gun shot wound.
David was born in Havre, Montana, December 10, 1937 and died November 2, 1969 in Bell, California. Funeral Services were held November 6 in Vernon, and the internment was in the Rose Hills cemetery in the Garden of Benediction, Whittier, California.
Survivors his widow; a son Larry K Furlong of Pico Rivera, CA, his mother, Ina M. Furlong of Chester, MT; six brothers, Russell and Miles of Chester; Philip of Denver, CO.; Edmond and Noel of Kalispell, MT; Warren of Spokane, WA.; three sisters, Lilly Eveland and Alice Morrison of Chester. and Ina-Belle Foreman of La Habra, Ca.
There is a military marker at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California
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This is an "In Memory of" (Cenotaph) marker located here in the family cemetery in Chester, Liberty, Montana. Not sure if any of his ashes are there or if it's just commemorative.
Inscription
USS Bremerton
Gravesite Details
There is an "In Memory of" marker for him in Montana with the family AND ALSO a military marker for him in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California
Family Members
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Russell Edward "Bing" Furlong
1912–1996
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Edmond D. Furlong
1914–1979
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Philip William Furlong
1916–1996
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Miles Thomas Furlong
1918–1986
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Sgt Warren Martin "Irish" Furlong
1920–1993
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Lilly Kathryn Furlong Eveland
1922–1991
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InaBelle "Kitty" Furlong Foreman
1925–2008
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Noel Deane Furlong
1927–2011
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Alice Mae Furlong Morrison
1928–1997
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David Keith Furlong
1937–1969
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