Mrs. R.E. Furman, sister of Mrs. Alvin Holmes and Mrs. Chandler H. Williams, of West Pittston, died at her home at Wyalusing Thursday morning, after a lingering illness. She was forty-two years old. Her remains were brought to Pittston Saturday, and were interred at Orange.
Source: Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record, May 13, 1887.