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Howard Remington Furman Jr., 87

Howard Remington Furman Jr., 87, of Plummer, Idaho, was born Aug. 27, 1929, in Flanders, N.Y., to Howard Remington and Theresa (Conkel) Furman and went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Dec. 13, 2016.

He was a nine-year veteran of the Air Force who received a medal for his service as an air traffic controller stationed in Germany during the Berlin Airlift. Later he was stationed in Washington where he met and married Jacqueline Elizabeth Michel, March 20, 1953. He worked as a contractor; a Building Department inspector for King County and Washington state, and Building Department Field Service Coordinator of Spokane, Wash. In 1983, he became Administrator of the Building Department in Juneau, Alaska, retiring in 1988 to Plummer.

He loved the Lord and served as an Elder at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Mt. Lake Terrace, Wash., and later at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Spokane. He was an avid genealogist and a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution, as well as a number of other patriotic organizations.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Jacqueline (Michel) Furman; four children, Stephen D. Furman (Karyn), Michel Ann Smith (John), Carol S. Lewis (Rick Frangione) and Carl H. Furman (Rebecca Kirk); three sisters, Eleanor Degenring, Lavinia Elek (Joe) and Grace Mitchell; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Thank you to caregiver Shelly Miller and her son who were like a daughter and grandson to Howard over the years.

Interment services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 12, 2017, at Washington State Veterans Cemetery, 21702 W. Espanola Road, Medical Lake, Wash. A celebration of life will be held at noon at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 3606 S. Schafer Road., Spokane Valley, Wash.