Louis H. Furen, Jr. — Personal Papers and Memorabilia, 1940-1980

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Louis Howe Furen Jr. was born in Orlando, Florida on September 25, 1922 to Alma Patton Furen and Louis "Red" Howe Furen. After completing his early schooling in Orlando and Estero, Louis and his family moved to Fort Myers where the next senior Furen was a deputy and jailer.

Louis attended the early, Edison College and Fort Myers Business School before enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1942, going through boot camp at Manhattan Beach, New York. Then he spent almost four years serving in the North Atlantic and Alaska throughout World War II .

Upon being discharged in Seattle, Washington, he enrolled at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. he was there an active member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and graduated with a B.S. degree with majors in Accounting and English. Back in Fort Myers, Louis was employed in several posistions retiring from Florida Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1982. He was a life long member of Central United Methodist Church holding many posistions there. A ten year member of Fort Myers Rotary Sourth, he was named a Paul Harris Fellow. He was a charter member and first president of the Edison Region of the Antique Car Club of America and a mbember of the Early Ford V8 Club.

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