Background
Figuhr, Reuben Richard was born on October 20, 1896 in Superior, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jacob Edward and Julia (Ferrus) Figuhr.
Figuhr, Reuben Richard was born on October 20, 1896 in Superior, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jacob Edward and Julia (Ferrus) Figuhr.
Student, Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, 1919-1920; AB, Walla Walla College, 1922.
Figuhr died in Napa, California on October 28, 1983. Reuben Richard Figuhr was born of Prussian descent on October 20, 1896, in Wisconsin. He served in the Philippines and then as the president of the South American Division, and then at the age of 58, just a year before the evangelical conferences, Figuhr became president of the General Conference (1954–1966).
He became embroiled in a controversy over the publishing of Questions on Doctrine which became the centerpiece event of his administration.
At times he was frustrated by how far Le Roy Edwin Froom and M. L. Andreasen were going into the debate over the book But he stood behind lieutenant
Figuhr died in Napa, California on October 28, 1983.
Married May-Belle Holt, July 4, 1918. Children: Richard Allen, Wilma Jean Figuhr Appel.