Muriel Frances Furman

Muriel Frances Furman was a retired registered nurse from Vancouver, Washington, who spent decades caring for patients in Portland, Oregon, and Anchorage, Alaska. She died on November 2, 2026, at Providence Medical Center in Anchorage, at the age of 83, surrounded by her three children.

She was born on January 24, 1943, in San Antonio, Texas, to Alfred Bledsoe and Alta Andrews. Her father was a serviceman stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, and as a military child Muriel spent her early years moving between postings in the United States and overseas before her family eventually settled in Vancouver, Washington.

Muriel built her working life around nursing, a career that reportedly took her from Portland, Oregon, to Anchorage, Alaska, including stints at Providence Medical Center and the Veterans Administration. She retired from nursing in the late 1990s after a career her family has described as grounded in service and compassion. She was not a public figure in the conventional sense: there is no Wikipedia page or wider news coverage of her life, and the record of her story rests mainly on the obituary released by her family through Janssen's Alaska Cremation Center.

According to her family, her greatest passion outside of her profession was her family itself. She was predeceased by her parents, Alfred Bledsoe and Alta Andrews. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Furman, her sister Sherrill Keller, her daughters Melanie Clark and Dawn Lindsay, her son Martin Wohlgemuth, her grandsons Cameron and Griffin Lindsay, and her granddaughter Chloe Wohlgemuth.

Her death was announced through an obituary published by Janssen's Alaska Cremation Center of Anchorage on November 8, 2026. No cause of death has been made public. Her family has said that a private family ceremony will be held to honor her memory, and that she will be remembered for her devotion to those she loved, her years of service to others, and the friendships and interests that made her life her own.