Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Furey, Raymond August 18, 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com August 25, 2005, 1:23 am The Tehachapi News Raymond Furey Nov. 4. 1921 – Aug. 18, 2005 A funeral will be held Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 10 a.m. at the Wood Family Funeral Service Chapel for Raymond Furey, 83, who passed away on Aug. 18 at his home in Tehachapi. Raymond was born Nov. 4, 1921 in Colgate, Okla. He served in the United States Army from 1942-1945 during WW II in the Aleutian islands and southern Philippines. After his military duty, Raymond was employed at the U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot in McAlester, Okla., before moving to California where he worked for the railroad in Tipton. He moved to Tehachapi in 1955 where he began a long career at Monolith Cement Company. He was employed as a kiln burner until his retirement in 1987. Raymond loved hunting, fishing and camping. He will be remembered by his willingness to help anyone in need. Raymond is survived by his daughters, Evelyn Bates and her husband Michael, Wanda Dugan and her husband Chip, all of Tehachapi; son, Raymond Dale Furey of Bakersfield; grandchildren, Christopher Hill, Johnathan Bates, Raymond Bates, Samantha Bates, Michael Journagan and Philip Journagan; and great- grandchildren Austin Burgeis and Caleb Herring. Visitation will be Monday, Aug. 22 from 2 to 7 p.m. at Wood Family Funeral Service. Dr. Marvin Slifer will officiate at the service. Interment will follow at Tehachapi Public Cemetery, Eastside. Wood Family Funeral Service handled the arrangements. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to the deceased. http://www.tehachapinews.com/obits.html Volume 106 - No. 19 Aug. 24-30, 2005 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/furey8824gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb