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From: "Mike J. Horton" <>
Subject: [PAFULTON-L] Obituary of Mark M. FUNK
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 12:07:34 -0400


Hi Bob, I don't have the lineage back, but I have another obit in the family.

Here's what I have.

Enjoy the Memorial Holiday break.

Mike. 5/25/98. 12pm. ET.
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DESCENDANT CHART - Version 2.4b - 25 May 1998.

1 - John W. FUNK - 46248 [parents unknown in these records]
Died - Bef 28 Dec 1995
Note - Source: Obituary of son, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County News.
1/04/96.
sp- Irene SIPES - 46249 [parents unknown in these records]
Died - Bef 28 Dec 1995
Note - Source: Obituary of son, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County News.
1/04/96.
2 - Paul E. FUNK - 30465
Born - 1 Nov 1930 Little Cove, PA
Died - 28 Dec 1995 his home, Greencastle, Franklin Co., PA
Bur. - 2 Jan 1996 Parklawn Gardens, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA
Note - Source: Kathryn A. Mellott
"He worked as a carpenter and mason for the former E.D.
Plummer & Sons
Construction Co. of Chambersburg and later for D.L. Baer
Construction.
Preceding him in death were a son, three sisters and three
brothers."
Source: His obituary, The Fulton County News. 1/04/96.
sp- Edna KEEFER - 18014
Mar. - 9 Jun 1951
Dau of George W. KEEFER & Mary Goldie MELLOTT
Note - Source: Descendants of Jacob Wink, Senior, born 1725 and
Elizabeth, born 1733:
Settlers in Bedford, Now Fulton County,
Pennsylvania about 1770;
As Compiled by Their Great-Great Grandson, Delmar
Leon Thornbury.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Page 29.
Source: Obituary of husband, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
"...surviving sister, Edna FUNK, of PA."
Source: Obituary of brother, Henry KEEFER Sr., FCN. 3/12/98.
3 - Sherrie FUNK - 46256
Note - "...of Shippensburg, PA."
Source: Obituary of father, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
sp- Nathan STRITE - 46261
Note - Source: Obituary of father-in-law, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton
County News. 1/04/96.
3 - Larry E. FUNK - 46257
Note - "...son, Chief Master Sgt. Larry E. FUNK, of Edwards Air
Force Base, CA."
Source: Obituary of father, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
3 - Gerald L. FUNK - 46258
Note - "...Waynesboro, PA."
Source: Obituary of father, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
3 - Carl E. FUNK - 46259
Note - "...Niceville, FL."
Source: Obituary of father, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
3 - Terry W. FUNK - 46260
Note - "...Greencastle, PA."
Source: Obituary of father, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
2 - Doris FUNK - 46262
Note - "...of Mercersburg, PA."
Source: Obituary of brother, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
2 - Cora FUNK - 46263
Note - "...of Mercersburg, PA."
Source: Obituary of brother, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
2 - Bertha FUNK - 46264

Note - "...of Montrose, PA."
Source: Obituary of brother, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
2 - Wallace L. FUNK - 46265
Note - "...of Mercersburg, PA."
Source: Obituary of brother, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
2 - John W. FUNK Jr. - 46266
Note - "...of Waynesboro, PA."
Source: Obituary of brother, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.
2 - Mark M. FUNK - 46267
Note - "...of Fort Loudon, PA."
Source: Obituary of brother, Paul E. FUNK, Fulton County
News. 1/04/96.

>From the Personal Ancestral Files of:
Mike J. Horton (c)Copyright 1998
P. O. Box 505 All Rights Reserved
New Port Richey, FL 34656-0505
Fax.813-862-5398 Email:
813-868-0510

This chart was produced by the shareware computer program
DESCEND - Version 2.4b, 18 Oct 1996 Copyright (1988-96) by
John C. Barron; 510 E. Braker Lane; Austin, TX 78753.
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At 09:46 PM 5/24/98 +0000, you wrote:
>The following obituary was in last week's Fulton County News. Does anyone
>know the lineage of Mark Funk's parents?
>
>An ancestor is a person who plays HIDE and you go SEEK,
>
>Bob McKinley
>
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>MARK M. FUNK, Fort Loudon, 84
>
>Mark M. Funk, 84, Fort Loudon, died at 6:55 p.m. Monday, May 11, 1998 in
>ManorCare Health Services, Chambersburg, where he resided since Saturday.
>
>Born December 25, 1913 in Mercersburg, he was the son of the late John W.
>and Irene Sipes Funk.
>
>He was a member of Charlestown United Methodist Church, Mercersburg and
>Detrich-Brechbill Post 612 America Legion, St.Thomas.
>
>For 33 years he worked at the former E.D.Plummer & Sons of Chambersburg,
>retiring as construction foreman. During World War II, he worked at
>Edgewood Arsenal, near Bethesda, MD. Then for a year he worked on the
>atomic bomb at DuPont's Tennessee plant. He also worked at Fairfield Ship
>Yards and Glen I. Martin's Construction Co. of Baltimore.
>
>He was preceded in death by his first wife, Olive "Grace" Byers Funk; his
>second wife, Florence M. Snyder Funk of March 18, 1997; two brothers and a
>sister.
>
>Surviving are a daughter, Lucille (Mrs. Glen) Gossert of Romney, WV, five
>step sons: Clifford G. Hughes, Coraopolis; Frank A. Hughes and Kenneth D.
>Hughes, both of Glen Burnie, MD; Clair G. Hughes, St thomas and Ronald L.
>Hughes, Chambersburg; a step-daughter, Patricia A. (Mrs. Ronald) Eutzy of
>York; 18 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, three sisters; Bertha
>Barwick, Montrose and Doris Ward and Cora Straley, both of Mercersburg and
>two brothers; Wallace of Welsh Run and John Jr. of Waynsboro.
>
>Services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 13 at the Thomas L. Greisel
>Funeral Home, Inc., Chambersburg, Rev. Don Baker officiated. Burial was
>made in Stenger Hill Cemetery, Fort Loudon.
>
>Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Church of the
>Brethren, 260 S. Fourth St. or to the American Cancer Society, 452 E. King
>St. Chambersburg, PA 17201.

>
>Bob McKinley
>

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