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Alvin Fuhrman of Muenster is shown in his youth, left, and on his 91st birthday. He recently published a book.
Muenster icon publishes book
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I have always been interested in how things work and what Texans to know about how our phones work,” he explained Fuhrman’s book is thick with details about the Muenster phone company as much as it is about how his own family is intertwined with it. The death of his son, Gene, in 1986 by a drunk driver still impacts his and Gracie’s life. They share the raw moments of his death, their attempts to honor him and Gracie’s tribute to him following Gene’s death. The book’s cover shows Muenster’s main street in the 1950s. Fuhrman is proud of the work that he has been a part of for the Muenster and its German heritage. He has been faithful to his roots by making multiple trips to Germany and hosting family and friends from Germany in Muenster. The Fuhrmans have traveled extensively over the years, and their journeys to many of the world’s sites are also a part of the book. Fuhrman’s life and his active relationship with the Muenster community through both Germanfest and the Nortex company are evident in the book. He is clear about his intent in the book’s description, too, calling it “a story about life – as it was, as it is, and as it should be.” Fuhrman’s book is available from lulu.com or other major booksellers.
93-year-old Fuhrman recalls growing up, business efforts By JIM LIEROW Correspondent
Muenster resident and businessman Alvin Fuhrman has played a significant role in the town’s lives for over 60 years. Now, at 93 years old, he’s sharing his challenges and successes in a book titled “The Way It Was,” describing Fuhrman’s life in Muenster and the company that he and his wife Gracie built. “I wanted to share our life story with a grandchild to know more about our family and others to know more about our company,” Fuhrman said of sitting down to write the book. His editor was Yale Youngblood, a longtime reporter and editor at the Fort Worth StarTelegram and recently of Arlington Today magazine. “The Way It Was” begins with Fuhrman’s fond memories of life on the family farm. Those m e m o r i e s changed when the government took his family’s and their n e i g h b o r s' farms to build what is now the Gainesville Municipal Airport during World War II. “They gave us two weeks to get off the place. They didn’t pay us for any improvements or our crops in the field,” he recalled. Fuhrman explained his family was able to move some of the buildings and had to “steal” the crops they had left behind rather than let them die in the field. This the second book that Fuhrman has participated in writing. He also contributed to “Hello Texas: A History of Telephony in the Lone Star State.”
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