TITLE:   Louise Thompson Funkhouser, Obituary, January 29, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  Exeter Newsletter, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             Exeter, NH (issue Feb 23, 2001 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Mar 2001

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Louise T. Funkhouser 

SEWICKLEY, Pa. - Louise Thompson Funkhouser, 94, died January
29, 2001, at Valley Care Masonic Center, Sewickley. 

She was born in 1904 in Woodstock, Va., the daughter of J. Harris and
Nettie Thompson. She had resided in Exeter from 1933 until 1986 when
she moved to Williamsville, N.Y., and then to Sewickley to be near her
daughter. 

She was a graduate of Lexington (Va.) High School and studied organ
and piano at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the Peabody
Conservatory, Baltimore, Md. 

Mrs. Funkhouser was the organist and choir director at the Methodist
Church in Lexington and at Lee Chapel of Washington and Lee
University in Lexington before her marriage. 

She was known for her hospitality, her wit and sense of humor and as an
amateur actress in local theater productions. She enjoyed flowers and
gardening. 

The widow of Howard Gray Funkhouser, she is survived by one son and
his wife, Dr. John G. and Andrea Funkhouser of Okemos, Mich.; one
daughter and her husband, Ann and the Rev. David McFarlane of 
Sewickley; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one niece and
one nephew. 

Memorial services were held February 17 in the Presbyterian Church,
Sewickley. Interment will be in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington,
Va. 

Memorial donations may be made to the Valley Care Masonic Center,
Residents' Activities Fund, 1190 Merriman Road, Sewickley, PA 15143,
to the Presbyterian Church Music Fund, 414 Grant St., Sewickley PA
15143 or to North Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden Fund, 300
North Forest Road, Williamsville, NY 04221. 


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