Obits: Mr. John B. Funk, Westmoreland Co., PA

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The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, February 16, 1905

The citizens of this community were painfully shocked to 
learn of the sudden death of one of our oldest and most 
highly respected citizens, MR. JOHN B. FUNK, which occurred 
at his home in this city on Saturday morning, February 11, 
1905, and was probably due to heart failure and old age. 
Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church on Monday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Dr. D.C. 
Franklin, whose remarks were very appropriate and were a 
source of consolation to the bereaved wife and son. A large 
number of sympathetic friends and citizens attended the 
services to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of 
this loved and honored citizen. At the close of the services 
the remains were gently laid to rest in the Chariton 
Cemetery.

JOHN B. FUNK was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., on 
February 5, 1817. He was married there to MISS BIDDLE when 
twenty-one years old. They were the parents of six children, 
only one of whom survives, I.N. FUNK of this city. In 1831 
MR. FUNK moved from Pennsylvania to Wayne County, Ohio, 
where he lived until 1853, when he moved to Indiana. In 1859 
he moved to Marion County, Iowa, and in 1866 came to 
Chariton where he has since resided. His wife died here on 
September 10, 1869. He was again married on September 1, 
1870 at Decatur, Ill., to MRS. SABINA KARR, who survives 
him.

At the age of twenty-three he was converted and united with 
the Church of God of which he remained a member until his 
death. He was always found true to the convictions of his 
heart, and was a man inbued with high ideals of life. During 
his long residence in Chariton he had won the high regard of 
all with whom he became acquainted and his death is mourned 
by a host of friends who extend heartfelt sympathy to the 
sorrowing wife and son.