Published in the Keystone Gazette, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Thursday, 9 Dec 1897, pg. 5.
Summary: Hanged herself in her Hagerstown home, committed suicide Friday. She was the wife of Phillip H. Funk, formerly a member of the town council. Mr. Funk left his wife in bed at 9 o'clock and when he returned two hours later, he discovered her hanging from the door and partly reclining on the floor. Mrs. Funk's daughter, Miss Loulo B. Funk, died five weeks ago of blood-poisoning, caused by picking a pimple on her face. Her death was a great shock to her mother, who told neighbors she would soon follow and threatened to commit suicide. She is survived by a husband and three children, one of whom is Harry C. Funk, of this place.
Contributor Dana Dancy
Summary: Hanged herself in her Hagerstown home, committed suicide Friday. She was the wife of Phillip H. Funk, formerly a member of the town council. Mr. Funk left his wife in bed at 9 o'clock and when he returned two hours later, he discovered her hanging from the door and partly reclining on the floor. Mrs. Funk's daughter, Miss Loulo B. Funk, died five weeks ago of blood-poisoning, caused by picking a pimple on her face. Her death was a great shock to her mother, who told neighbors she would soon follow and threatened to commit suicide. She is survived by a husband and three children, one of whom is Harry C. Funk, of this place.
Contributor Dana Dancy
Published in the Keystone Gazette, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Thursday, 9 Dec 1897, pg. 5.
Summary: Hanged herself in her Hagerstown home, committed suicide Friday. She was the wife of Phillip H. Funk, formerly a member of the town council. Mr. Funk left his wife in bed at 9 o'clock and when he returned two hours later, he discovered her hanging from the door and partly reclining on the floor. Mrs. Funk's daughter, Miss Loulo B. Funk, died five weeks ago of blood-poisoning, caused by picking a pimple on her face. Her death was a great shock to her mother, who told neighbors she would soon follow and threatened to commit suicide. She is survived by a husband and three children, one of whom is Harry C. Funk, of this place.
Contributor Dana Dancy
Summary: Hanged herself in her Hagerstown home, committed suicide Friday. She was the wife of Phillip H. Funk, formerly a member of the town council. Mr. Funk left his wife in bed at 9 o'clock and when he returned two hours later, he discovered her hanging from the door and partly reclining on the floor. Mrs. Funk's daughter, Miss Loulo B. Funk, died five weeks ago of blood-poisoning, caused by picking a pimple on her face. Her death was a great shock to her mother, who told neighbors she would soon follow and threatened to commit suicide. She is survived by a husband and three children, one of whom is Harry C. Funk, of this place.
Contributor Dana Dancy
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