Margaret Salena Furness

Margaret Selena Furness, 88, died in Frederick, MD on June 16, 2007. She was born in Newark, NJ in 1918, and she led a life of service to God, her family, and Christian ministry.

As a child, she helped her father, superintendent of Newark's Goodwill Home and Rescue Mission, distribute bread during the depression. She taught Sunday school and played piano for services and radio broadcasts. A 1938 graduate of Barringer High School and later of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, she became a pastor's wife in 1945 when she married the late Rev. Dr. Charles Y. Furness. She retired from the staff of Philadelphia Biblical University in 1982.

Margaret Furness was a lifetime member of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions and the Women's Auxiliary of the Goodwill Home and Rescue Mission, Newark, NJ. A resident of Frederick when she died, Margaret volunteered at Care Net, Homewood, and Grace Community Church. In 2005, she was awarded the Alumni Appreciation Award by the Alumni Association at Philadelphia Biblical University, Langhorne, PA.

Margaret is survived by three children, Lawrence, Janet, and Margery who is married to Michael Brubaker, and by six grandchildren. She is also survived by her cousin Rev. Neal Clarke.

Visitation: Visitation will be at the Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, MD. on Tuesday, June 19 from 2:00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Services: A memorial service will be held at Grace Community Church, Old National Pike, Frederick, Md. on Wednesday, June 20 at 11 a.m. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Charles Y. Furness Social Work Endowment Fund at Philadelphia Biblical University, 200 Manor Avenue, Langhorne, PA 19047 or to the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, 1045 Swift Street, Kansas City, MO 64116-4127.