Earl M. Fuhriman

Earl M. Fuhriman, 97, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the Moses Lake Senior Living Center. Services will be held on Friday, February 21, 2014 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Grape Drive Chapel, 925 N. Grape Dr. at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Guarding Angel's Cemetery, 2595 Road L N.E., Moses Lake, WA. Viewing will be from noon to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Kayser's Chapel and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. at the Grape Drive Chapel. Please sign the online guestbook or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory.

Earl was born on a farm near Kuna, Idaho, to the late Frank William and Maud Lovisa (Brown) Fuhriman. Earl was the 9th of 10 children born to Frank and Maud. Being raised on a farm, Earl knew the meaning of hard work. Earl graduated from Nampa High School. At the age of 21, Earl served a mission to Germany from January 1937 to June 1939. Earl married Amelia Denning in March 1942 and a son was born to them in December 1942. They divorced soon after their son was born. Earl was drafted into the Army Air Corp. in 1942. He graduated from the military Intelligence and later from airplane mechanic school. He served in Guam until after the war.

On May 26, 1948, Earl married Norma Squires in the Salt Lake Temple. They resided for a few years in Nampa and then moved to Jamison, Oregon, to farm. In October of 1954, Earl was offered a job in Moses Lake and they have lived here since. Earl worked for the US Post Office. He delivered mail in downtown Moses Lake and on the Peninsula until his retirement in 1977.

Earl and Norma spent Thursday evenings and weekends doing genealogical research. This they continued doing until late in the 1980's. Earl loved his family and spent many hours fishing, camping, going to sports activities with his children, along with other community and church activities.

He is survived by Lois Brannan, sister, Jerome Idaho; sons, Thomas Fuhriman, Otis, OR, Stan (Charlotte) Fuhriman, Moses Lake, Steve (Nancy) Fuhriman, Moses Lake, Mark Fuhriman of Las Vegas, NV and David Fuhriman of Monterey, CA.; 17 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, Earl was preceded in death by his wife, Norma, eight brothers and sisters and a great grandson, Kimball Ryan Fuhriman.