Died: 12-Mar-2002

Activated:

Spring 1938

Class Year:

1941

Majors:

Economics & Sociology

Minor:

History

 

 

Military service:

US Army Air Corps, WWII, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Career:

President & Chair of the Board (retired): State Bank of Howard's Grove

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Statements in Memory of Robert

From the Summer 2002 Ripon College Magazine

Robert B. Furman '41 of Plymouth, WI, died March 12, 2002. He was the former president and chair of the board of the State Bank of Howard's Grove, a position he held for 23 years before retiring in 1988. His banking career spanned more than 40 years. While at Ripon he was in ROTC and he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, receiving a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was a member of the American Legion, the Sheboygan Elks BPOE Lodge, the Sheboygan Noon Rotary Club, and the State Bankers' Association where he had served on the executive council from 1981-84. He was also a member of St. Luke's Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Yvonne, a son and a daughter.

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Information about Robert's life has been collected from

• The Crimson, the Ripon College annual yearbook, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
• Ripon Insider Online Community

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