Former Fletcher Road Resident Bob Furlong Passes Away

Bob Furlong built a new house across from Morris Lumber back in the woods a bit a number of years ago - He had two sons that also lived in town that lived at one time in the downstairs apartment at the Dalton Machia Home on the corner of Hunt & Main Streets. After Bob Furlong moved from Fairfax, his two sons moved up to their father's house and started a wooden toy making business in the basement of the house - The boys have since moved and I am not aware of who lives in the house now. Bob's first wife was handicapped and wheelchair bound when they lived here in Fairfax.

ROBERT J. FURLONG
Above Photo Taken At IBM In 1977

SOUTH BURLINGTON — Robert J. Furlong, 84, of South Burlington died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007. He was born in Lakewood, Ohio, on Nov. 8, 1923, the son of the late Marcellus and Olga (Wensinger) Furlong. On Dec. 31, 1949, he married Ruth Masse in Jewett City, Conn. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Navy Submarine Corps I as a radio operator and navigator. His wife predeceased him on June 4, 1999. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at Case Western Reserve where he graduated in May 1950. He was a champion diver and electrical engineer. He retired from IBM in 1983 after 33 years of service. On Feb. 14, 2000, Bob married June Deloy, who predeceased him Oct. 16, 2007. Bob was a member of St. John Vianney where he was a Eucharistic minister. He was also a member of the Quarter Century Club at IBM. He loved to vacation with his family in Rangeley, Maine. Bob is survived by his five children, Bernadette Salada and her husband Maurice, Robert Furlong Jr. and his wife Janet, David Furlong and his wife Saloma, Daniel Furlong and his wife Cherry, and Claire Lewis and her husband John; his grandchildren Charles Salada, Paul Furlong, Timothy Furlong, Justin Lewis, Kristin Lewis, and Sophy Furlong. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. in St. John Vianney Church. Interment will follow in Resurrection Park Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ready Funeral & Cremation Service South Chapel, 261 Shelburne Road, Burlington. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Bob's memory may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, P.O. Box 4527, New York, NY 10163, or local chapter, 75 Talcott Road, Williston, VT 05495. To send online condolences to the family please visit www.readyfuneral.com.