Chuck Furbee Rest In Peace Semper Fi

  

Marines,

Once again a sad communique must be generated informing you that Col. Chuck Furbee, age 81, passed away on 29 July 2023. He served as the C.O. of MWCS-48 from about 1986 to 1988 at NAS Glenview, retiring in 1991. He served in Vietnam 1965 - 1966.

In civilian life Chuck was the Senior VP of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

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Semper Fi,

Bob Dart

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Sorry to hear it. Another fine Marine. I was his XO. He did a fine job, and we held pre drill meetings in his office in downtown Chicago in the Federal Reserve Bank.

Craig Hullinger

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Marines and Friends,

It is my very sad duty to advise you all of the passing of Colonel Charles W. Furbee, USMC (Ret). on July 29th.Chuck was 81years old.

Chuck served as the C.O. of MWCS-48, NAS Glenview from about 1986 - 1988.  He retired from the Reserves in 1991.

Chuck served in Vietnam 1965 - 1966.

In civilian life he was a Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Chuck was involved with the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Gala in Chicago for many years. 

Semper Fidelis,  May Chuck Rest In Peace 

Loren R. Miller, III

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Chuck was a great guy and great Marine. He would host meetings of the Scholarship Foundation in his Federal Reserve office in downtown Chicago. He lost his wife many years ago and I believe he was remarried, but I never met the lady.

Semper Fi and RIP Marine

Byron Hill

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Chuck Furbee was a very dedicated Marine Officer. I worked with him for several years as the NCOIC of the Marine Escorts at the Scholarship Ball in Chicago. Awesome experience!

Clarence Harper

MSGYSGT Retired

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Very sorry to hear. Good guy. Remember when he was running Chicago Fed. RIP

Robert L Hudon

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May this outstanding Marine Rest in Peace.

Lynn Wardlow

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Charles Wesley “Chuck” Furbee III, age 81, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2023, at home with family at his side. He was born on May 14, 1942, to Charles Wesley Furbee, Jr. and Lydia Louise (nee Shoup) Furbee in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

When Chuck was four years old, his family returned to their hometown in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he graduated from Washington Irving High School in 1960. He graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1964 with a degree in economics and was a member of the championship football team and two championship tennis teams. At his graduation ceremony, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.

After attending The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia from 1964 to 1965, Chuck shipped out to Vietnam in August of 1965, returning to the United States in August of 1966 where he completed his active-duty service at Camp Pendleton in Southern California. It was at this time that he met his wife, Linda, whom he married on August 10, 1968, in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado.

Chuck then began his civilian career in Chicago at Chicago Title & Trust Company in Human Resources from 1968 to 1974, subsequently moving to the Kissell Company, a mortgage banking firm, in Springfield, Ohio. In 1977, he returned to Chicago as Assistant Vice President in Human Resources at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He was promoted to Vice President in 1980 and Senior Vice President in 1981, responsible for Support Services. In 1985, he assumed responsibility for Bank Operations in Chicago, Des Moines, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee, adding the Peoria satellite facility in 1996. During this time, he continued his Marine Corps service as a member of the Reserves, he earned a master’s degree in Industrial Relations from Loyola University Chicago, and he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.

Chuck retired as a Colonel from the United States Marine Corps in 1991 and from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2004. After doing consulting work for a few years, he was asked by Federal regulators to assume the position of CEO of a Corporate Federal Credit Union that was financially distressed. Chuck and his management team implemented a plan that recapitalized the institution, creating the new entity, Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union. At the time of Chuck’s final retirement on June 30, 2013, Alloya was the largest financial institution of its kind in the country. As Chuck said, “It was a pretty good last dance.”

Chuck is survived by his wife, Diane Noble Furbee; his children Nicole (Zak) Jarrell; Charles Wesley “Chad” Furbee IV (Traci) Furbee; Carly (Christopher) Williams; and grandchildren Owen, Emerson, Eli, and Xavier Jarrell; Charles Wesley “Charlie” Furbee V and Cameron Furbee; and Tyson and Roman Williams, all of Naperville. He is also survived by his sister, Louanna (Bob Benfer) Furbee; mother-in-law, Donna Noble; sisters-in-law, Sharolyn Fullmer, Bonnie (Jim) Stowell, Mary Noble, Barbara (Mark) Hartmann, Julie (Michael May) Noble; and brother-in-law Dale (Lynn) Noble. He is survived by nieces Joan (Leaf) Zwerling, Allison Fullmer, and Ardith (Ryan) Brown. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Linda; his parents; his father- and mother-in-law, Thomas Hugh and Alice Clabaugh Cameron; his father-in-law, Willard Noble; and brothers-in-law Mel Fullmer and Dan Noble.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 11, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Dr. Scott Field officiating, preceded by visitation from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 South Mill Street, Naperville. Lunch will be served at Cress Creek Country Club after the service.

Future inurnment: Naperville Cemetery, Naperville.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to: 

Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8516, 877.TEAM.WWP (832.6997), https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate 

or 

Naperville Responds for Our Veterans, 210 S. Washington St., Naperville, IL 60540, (331) 684-7899, https://www.napervilleresponds.org/

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