| Mary Elizabeth Brown Furr |
Mary B. Furr, store manager
Friday, November 19, 2010; 9:20 PM
Mary B. Furr, 83, who for 15 years was manager of the Papery, a
Middleburg stationery store, died Nov. 10 at her home in Middleburg of
congestive heart failure.
Mrs. Furr managed the store from from 1978 to 1993. In the 1950s, she
had been a secretary at the Bureau of Engraving and a medical librarian at
the old D.C. General Hospital.
Mary Elizabeth Brown, a native Washingtonian, was a 1945 graduate of
Eastern High School. She received an associate's degree in 1947 from
what is now Strayer University.
She helped found a Cub Scout den in Arlington County in 1966 and was a
member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Middleburg, where she helped
organize rummage sale and other activities.
Her husband of 32 years, Gordon Furr, died in 1986.
Survivors include two children, Gary Furr of Warrenton and Linda Furr
of Middleburg; and two granddaughters.
-- Lauren Wiseman
Friday, November 19, 2010; 9:20 PM
Mary B. Furr, 83, who for 15 years was manager of the Papery, a
Middleburg stationery store, died Nov. 10 at her home in Middleburg of
congestive heart failure.
Mrs. Furr managed the store from from 1978 to 1993. In the 1950s, she
had been a secretary at the Bureau of Engraving and a medical librarian at
the old D.C. General Hospital.
Mary Elizabeth Brown, a native Washingtonian, was a 1945 graduate of
Eastern High School. She received an associate's degree in 1947 from
what is now Strayer University.
She helped found a Cub Scout den in Arlington County in 1966 and was a
member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Middleburg, where she helped
organize rummage sale and other activities.
Her husband of 32 years, Gordon Furr, died in 1986.
Survivors include two children, Gary Furr of Warrenton and Linda Furr
of Middleburg; and two granddaughters.
-- Lauren Wiseman