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Submitted: 11/14/14 • Approved: 11/14/14 • Last Updated: 11/17/14 • R1052067-G1052065-S3
Henry
February 20, 1850 - February 8, 1928
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Benton County Herald
Thursday, February 16, 1928
FUNK, H.U. - {from Rogers} The funeral of H.U. Funk, who died suddenly Thursday night, was held Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church, of which he had been a member many years, with Dr. Robert L. King in charge. The members of the Benton County Bar attended in a body, six of them acting as pallbearers. Burial was in the city cemetery. Mr. Funk was a native of Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in Iowa where he practiced law for 20 years before coming to Arkansas 22 years ago. He continued the profession chiefly as counsellor. He was elected mayor four times and served several years as justice of the peace. During his life he was active in educational circles and with Mrs. Funk was a crusader in the prohibition movement, both in Iowa and as mayor of Rogers. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John Black of Belleville, Kansas, and a son, Roy Funk of Omaha, Neb., both of whom came to attend the funeral.
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Gentry Journal-Advance
Thursday, February 16, 1928
H.U. Funk, well known Rogers attorney and brother of the late E.M. Funk, died quite suddenly last Wednesday night of heart disease. He is also an uncle of Erwin Funk, publisher of the Rogers Democrat. He was nearly 78 years of age and had long resided in that city of which he was mayor for several years. Funeral services, which were held Sunday afternoon, were largely attended, including many members of the bar of this county and many surrounding counties. Two children survive him: Roy F. Funk, Omaha, Nebr. and Miss Gladys Funk of Bellville, Kan.
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Rogers Democrat
Thursday, February 9, 1928
H.U. Funk died very suddenly last night at 9:30 at his home on South Second street, just south of the Victory Theatre. Death was the result of heart trouble and he had not complained of feeling badly until just a few
minutes before he laid down on the sofa and quietly passed away. Squire W.A.O. Jones, who officed with him, suffered a severe attack of heart trouble during the afternoon and it is thought perhaps the excitement brought a strain not noticed at the time. Had he lived Mr. Funk would have been 78 years old on the 20th of this month. He had lived in Rogers nearly twenty
years and was mayor 1918-21. He was also justice of peace several years. All of his life was spent in the practice of law. He was an uncle of the Democrat editor and the oldest brother of the late E.M. Funk. He is survived by two children, Roy Funk of Omaha and Miss Gladys Funk of Belleville, Kansas. The funeral will be held Saturday but arrangements will not be made definitely until the arrival of the children. Burial will be by the side of his wife who died September 18, 1919.
Ada
March 11, 1856 - September 18, 1919
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, September 25, 1919
FUNK, Ada M. WILKASON - Mrs. Ada M. Funk, wife of Mayor H.U. Funk, died quite suddenly Thursday night at her home at No. 718 West Poplar street. Death was the result of heart trouble and Bright's disease. Mrs. Funk had been poorly for weeks but her condition had not been considered serious until a day or two previous to her death, which came very unexpectedly and was a great shock to the family and friends. Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday afternoon at three o'clock and were conducted by Rev. T.E. McSpadden of the Presbyterian church of which Mrs. Funk had been a member for many years. The funeral arrangements were disarranged by the heavy rain and the services at the cemetery were necessarily very brief. The death of Mrs. Funk brings to a close a long and wonderfully useful life, despite the fact that for many years her health was poor and that she was often in the school room or working on public committees when she should have been in bed. There is little doubt but that death last week is the result of overwork last spring and winter when she was substituting for local teachers in the Rogers public school, assisting neighbors in their work during the flu epidemic, directing the community singing, serving as president of the Woman's Study Club, directing the Better Baby Campaign, teaching in the Sunday school and helping every one and every cause that came to her for assistance. Miss Ada M. Wilkason was born March 11, 1856 in Jackson county, Ia. but grew to womanhood in Montezuma, Powesheik county, Ia., where she was living when she married H.U. Funk March 25, 1875. To them were born two children, Roy Funk of Omaha, Neb. and Miss Gladys Funk, who is teaching at Rockwell, Ia. and who were both here for the funeral. Mrs. Funk is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Abbott of Pilger, Neb. and Mrs. Amy Mackey of Stanton, Neb. In 1879 the family moved from Deep River, Ia. to Audubon, Ia. where they resided until 1904. In the fall of that year they moved to West Plains, Mo., coming to Rogers from that place two years later in the fall of 1906 and have since made their home here. Mrs. Funk was a school teacher practically all her life. She taught several years before her marriage and was a teacher in the schools of Audubon for sixteen years, always in the primary department. Most of her summers were spent in the county normals where she was always in great demand as an instructor. She also taught in a number of Nebraska summer normals. She was one of the first women in Iowa to run for county superintendent of schools and was defeated by a very narrow margin. For a number of years after coming to Rogers she had charge of the primary work in the preparatory department of Rogers Academy. To but few women has been given the privilege of coming in contact with more lives of the young people and especially at the impressionable age of youth just when they were starting their life work. The Democrat editor was a pupil of Mrs. Funk away back in those days of the early 80's when she was teaching in a little one room primary ward school on the hill above the old Northwestern depot at Audubon. The one great trait of her life was that she was always busy working for someone else. To her own personal comfort or desires she never gave a single thought. She was modest in the extreme and never sought publicity for herself in any form. Her life was one of sacrifice and hard work but she enjoyed every minute of it and was happiest when she was busiest.
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