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Ellen Sadie <I>Funt</I> Plank

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Ellen Sadie Funt Plank

Birth
Cashtown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Apr 1948 (aged 51)
Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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NOTE: Baptism records indicate Sadie Ellen Funt was baptized on 26 October 1879 and record her birth date as 11 September 1897.

The Gettysburg Times April 8, 1948

Mrs. Ellen Plank, 52 wife of Paul L Plank, Sr., Gettysburg R1, died in the ambulance enroute to the Warner hospital this afternoon shortly after 1:00.
Mrs. Plank called at the office of Dr. David C Stoner this morning and complained of a pain in her back. Dr. Stoner wrote her a prescription after which Mrs. Plank returned home.
It was not determined what medicine, if any, Mrs. Plank took nor could it be learned whether she had the prescription filled.
A daughter found her mother lying on the floor in convulsions this afternoon and after failing to reach Dr. Stoner called the hospital and the ambulance was sent to the Plank home.
Dr. Walter S Mountain, deputy Adams county coroner was called in the absence of Coroner Dr. C G Crist. Doctor Mountain said he was conducting an investigation assisted by state police. A post mortem will be conducted this afternoon he said.
She was a daughter of the late Grant Funt and Mrs. Funt, North Stratton street.
Surviving are her husband; six children, Charles, Baltimore; Paul, Jr., Greenmount; Mrs. Ruth Kelly, Gettysburg R1; Mrs. Jesse Hoffman, Greenmount; Mrs. Kenneth Wetzel, McKnightstown; Mrs. Francis Shultz. At home; a number of grandchildren; her mother; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Yingling, Water St.; Mrs. Grace Huff, North Stratton street; Mrs. Lloyd Richardson, Carlisle Street, and Mrs. Pinkney Hess, Breckenridge Street.
NOTE: Baptism records indicate Sadie Ellen Funt was baptized on 26 October 1879 and record her birth date as 11 September 1897.

The Gettysburg Times April 8, 1948

Mrs. Ellen Plank, 52 wife of Paul L Plank, Sr., Gettysburg R1, died in the ambulance enroute to the Warner hospital this afternoon shortly after 1:00.
Mrs. Plank called at the office of Dr. David C Stoner this morning and complained of a pain in her back. Dr. Stoner wrote her a prescription after which Mrs. Plank returned home.
It was not determined what medicine, if any, Mrs. Plank took nor could it be learned whether she had the prescription filled.
A daughter found her mother lying on the floor in convulsions this afternoon and after failing to reach Dr. Stoner called the hospital and the ambulance was sent to the Plank home.
Dr. Walter S Mountain, deputy Adams county coroner was called in the absence of Coroner Dr. C G Crist. Doctor Mountain said he was conducting an investigation assisted by state police. A post mortem will be conducted this afternoon he said.
She was a daughter of the late Grant Funt and Mrs. Funt, North Stratton street.
Surviving are her husband; six children, Charles, Baltimore; Paul, Jr., Greenmount; Mrs. Ruth Kelly, Gettysburg R1; Mrs. Jesse Hoffman, Greenmount; Mrs. Kenneth Wetzel, McKnightstown; Mrs. Francis Shultz. At home; a number of grandchildren; her mother; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Yingling, Water St.; Mrs. Grace Huff, North Stratton street; Mrs. Lloyd Richardson, Carlisle Street, and Mrs. Pinkney Hess, Breckenridge Street.


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  • Maintained by: Rusty_Mills_61
  • Originally Created by: deb
  • Added: Oct 31, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6897419/ellen_sadie-plank: accessed ), memorial page for Ellen Sadie Funt Plank (11 Sep 1896–8 Apr 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6897419, citing Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Rusty_Mills_61 (contributor 48306572).