Church Rites For Stanley Funkhouser

Stanley Funkhouser, 56, of 804 Oakland Ave , died suddenly at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, following an apparent heart attack.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Second Baptist church, of which he was a member, with the Rev. Carl Whittington officiating. Burial will be in Kirk cemetery.

The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. today. At noon Tuesday the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour.

Mr. Funkhouser was born June 19, 1907, in Dale, Ill., the son of Thomas J. and Annie ( LeMay ) Funkhouser.

On July 31, 1931, in Wickliffe, Ky., he was married to Anna Lee, who survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Robert B. Funkhouser of Peoria and John R. Funkhouser of Rochester, N.Y.; two daughters, Mrs. Roberta Gray of Herman, Mo., and Annette Funkhouser at home; one brother, Ed Funkhouser of Mt. Vernon and six randchildren.

Mr. Funkhouser was a member of the Boilermakers and Electrical Workers unions.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: December 16, 1963
Submitted by Brenda Hereford and Nancy E. Davis