Mary Jane Cox Furnish

Mrs. Mary Jane Cox Furnish, age 94, of Madison entered this life on February 21, 1932 in Madison, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Arthur and Rosella Kasper Cox. She resided all of her life in Jefferson County and was a 1950 graduate of Madison High School. She met Thomas E. Furnish while they were both working at the Jefferson Proving Ground and they were married on May 1, 1955 at St. Mary's Rectory in Madison. This union of 25 years was blessed with daughters, Marie Ann and Carolyn Ann, and sons, David, Tom, Tim, Steve, and Chris. She was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was blessed to raise a large family. Mary Jane volunteered as a Physical Education Teacher at Pope John Elementary School and as a Cub Scout Leader. While working as a full-time parent, she also held several part-time jobs, including Service Master and Clifty State Park positions. She was devoted parishioner of the Prince of Peace Catholic Church. For the past forty years she was instrumental in organizing a daily Rosary prayer group at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Mary Jane died on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. at the Thornton Terrace Health Campus in Hanover, Indiana.

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A LOVING FAMILY Mary Jane will be missed by her loving sons, David Furnish of Madison, Indiana, Tim Furnish of Madison, Indiana, Steve Furnish and his wife, Kathy of Indianapolis, Indiana, Chris Furnish of Columbus, Indiana ; her daughter-in-law, Julie Furnish of Columbus, Indiana; her son-in-law, Terry King of Madison, Indiana; her grandchildren, Erin, Chelsea, Jacob, Matthew, Zachary, Hailee, Thomas, Michael, Mason, Cassidy, and Connelly; her great-grandson, Nolan; and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Cox, her mother, Rosella Kasper Cox, her husband, Thomas Eugene Furnish, her daughters, Marie Ann Furnish and Carolyn Ann Furnish King, her son, Thomas Eugene Furnish, II, her granddaughter, Courtney Marie King, her brother, Charles "Sonny" Cox.

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIALFuneral Mass will be conducted Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., by Fr. Rick Nagel at the St. Patrick Catholic Chapel, 305 West State Street in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery in downtown Madison, Indiana.

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VISITATION Friends may visit Wednesday, July 8, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.

THE ROSARYThe Rosary will be prayed on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.

MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover or at the church. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com

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