Cary Head Funk
1880 - 1953 (72 years)
Generation: 1
1. Cary Head Funk was born on 2 Jul 1880 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio; died on 23 Jun 1953 in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana; was buried in Mount Hope Athens Cemetery, Athens, Fulton County, Indiana. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
Notes:
Published in The News-Sentinel (Rochester, IN)
Wednesday, June 24, 1953
Carry H. Funk
Carry H. FUNK, 72, R.R. 6, Rochester, died at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday at his home. His death was attributed to a sunstroke which he suffered five days ago during the heat wave. Mr. Funk had been engaged in farming throughout his entire life.
He was born July 2, 1880 in Chillicothe, Ohio, to William and Matilda WARD FUNK and came to Fulton county when still quite young. He was married to Lucille C. KING on Sept. 1,
1926.
Survivors are his widow and the following children: Elma [FUNK], Rochester, James [FUNK] with the U.S. Air Force in Texas; Mrs. Isabelle KAMP, Rochester; Arthur, Martha,
Robert, Matilda, Helen, Hugh, Judith [FUNK] all at home. Two daughters and a son by a previous marriage also survive: Mrs. Betty WHITESELL, Hobart; Mrs. Harold SMITH,
Mishawaka; William [FUNK], Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Rose CAROTHERS, Akron and Mrs. Martha NORRIS, R.R. 6, Rochester. Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Foster funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery, Akron. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Source:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1953
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
LKH note:
The same obituary was also published in:
Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana. Wednesday, 24 June 1953.
LKH note:
From records it appears Cary Funk was married three times.
1. Bessie Daulton (1893- ?), m. 1902
2. Ethel Mae Coughenour (1892-1925), m. 1920
3. Lucille Christine King (1908-1993), m. 1926
Name:
son of William Funk and Matilda Ward
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68767589/cary-head-funkCary married Bessie Daulton on 3 Nov 1902 in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana. Bessie (daughter of Joseph B. Daulton and Ada M. Hitchcock) was born in Oct 1883 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Herman Funk was born on 8 Apr 1904 in Fulton County, Indiana; died on 27 Feb 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana; was buried on 1 Mar 1909 in Coleman Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana.