Thomas B. Furnish

Middletown...Thomas Benjamin Furnish, 89, resident of Middletown, passed away in Indianapolis, at St. Vincent's Heart Hospital,February 28, 2012.He was born in Muncie, June 16, 1922, the son of Joseph Fredrick and Hope Adaline Hale Furnish.He was a 1941 graduate of Middletown High School and worked as a farmer and Salesman for Gene Sylvester Heating and Cooling and Scotts Plumbing.He was a veteran of WW 2 serving in the US Marine Corps.He was a member of the Middletown Lodge, F & AM, #271, Palamino Horse Breeders of America, American Quarter Horse Association and the Middletown United Methodist Church.He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife: Nellie in 1991.Survivors are two sons: T.J. Furnish (Kathy) and Terry Furnish (Melanie) of Middletown, 5 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.Memorial services will be held on Saturday at 2:00 PM at Ballard and Sons Funeral Home, 118 South 5th, Middletown.Friends may call at the funeral home from noon until the time of the services on Saturday.Burial of ashes will be at a later date at Mechanicsburg Cemetery, near Middletown.Memorials may be made to the Palamino Horse Breeders Youth Scholarship,15253 East Skelly, Tulsa, OK 74116.Online Guestbook at: www.ballardandsons.com