Mrs. Frank A. Eckdall
Mrs. Frank A. Eckdall, 901 Congress St., member of one of the state's prominent early day families, died Wednesday evening in Newman Memorial County Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in McVey-Blair Colonial Chapel, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The casket will be open in the funeral home Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning.
Ella Funston Eckdall was the daughter of Edward Hogue Funston and Ann Eliza (Lida) Mitchell Funston. Her father served in the Kansas Legislature and in Congress for many years. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and served for 11 years as Congressman for the old second district. Ella Funston was born Dec. 13th, 1873, in Carlyle, five miles north of Iola. She attended the Maple Grove School and an Episcopalian girl's school, the College of the Sisters of Bethany, in Topeka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896 from the University of Kansas, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority.
After her graduation she studied drawing and painting at the Chicago Art Institute, then moved to Hutchinson, where she was the first art teacher in the school system. On May 28th, 1904, she was married to Frank Albert Eckdall, M.D., in the home of her parents. She had met him in Emporia and had seen him frequently while in Chicago, where he received his professional training. They moved after the wedding to the house at 901 Congress St., which Dr. Eckdall built and which has remained the family home.
Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall have left two lasting memorials. One is the Funston home near Iola, which Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall presented in 1955 to the Kansas State Historical Society. Maintained by the society and open to the public, it is known as the birthplace of Major Frederick Funston, Mrs. Eckdall's oldest brother, one of the highest ranking Army officers during his lifetime and a hero of the Philippine insurrection.
The other is the carilion in the First Presbyterian Church, presented by Mrs. Eckdall and her children in memory of Dr. Eckdall, who died July 31st, 1959, after having practiced medicine for 58 years in Emporia.
Mrs. Eckdall was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Emporia branch of the American Association of University Women and a member of Junto and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by her husband and her five brothers, Frederick, Edward H., J., Burton, Aldo and P.W. Funston. She is survived by two sons, Frank F. Eckdall, 1316 Washington St.; and Funston J. Eckdall, M. D., 1431 State St.: one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Lida) Lees. Kansas City; eight grandchildren, Mrs. John Andrew Stolle, Muncie, Ind.: Mrs. Raymond Berg, Peoria, Ill., and Deborah, Susan, Cathy, Jan, Karen and Frank Eckdall Jr., Emporia, and one great-grandchild, Laura Ellen Stolte, Muncie.
Mrs. Lees, who supplied the material for the above article, included the two paragraphs which follow:
When Ella Funston lived with her parents in Washington, D.C., she studied with a famous German piano teacher. Her retentive memory recalled many famous personages of the day. One of these was Gen. William Tecumsch Sherman, whose compliments about her blue net party dress were never forgotten. Another vivid figure was Frederick Douglass, the famous Negro orator and consul-general to the Republic of Haiti. William Tyler Page, author of "The American Creed," was a page in Congress during her father's time there, and William McKinley, who later became president, was one of the family friends. She attended the inauguration of another president, Benjamin Harrison.
In 1949, she wrote, "The Funston Homestead," and it was published by her son-in-law, Mr. Lees. In the book, she tells of seeing wagon loads of Sioux Indians being taken to the Oklahoma reservation by the government, and of other girl-hood experiences. She had contributed historical articles to several newspapers, among them the Kansas City Star and the Topeka Capital.
The Emporia Gazette
10 Sep 1964, Thu • Page 3
Mrs. Frank A. Eckdall, 901 Congress St., member of one of the state's prominent early day families, died Wednesday evening in Newman Memorial County Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in McVey-Blair Colonial Chapel, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The casket will be open in the funeral home Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning.
Ella Funston Eckdall was the daughter of Edward Hogue Funston and Ann Eliza (Lida) Mitchell Funston. Her father served in the Kansas Legislature and in Congress for many years. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and served for 11 years as Congressman for the old second district. Ella Funston was born Dec. 13th, 1873, in Carlyle, five miles north of Iola. She attended the Maple Grove School and an Episcopalian girl's school, the College of the Sisters of Bethany, in Topeka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896 from the University of Kansas, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority.
After her graduation she studied drawing and painting at the Chicago Art Institute, then moved to Hutchinson, where she was the first art teacher in the school system. On May 28th, 1904, she was married to Frank Albert Eckdall, M.D., in the home of her parents. She had met him in Emporia and had seen him frequently while in Chicago, where he received his professional training. They moved after the wedding to the house at 901 Congress St., which Dr. Eckdall built and which has remained the family home.
Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall have left two lasting memorials. One is the Funston home near Iola, which Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall presented in 1955 to the Kansas State Historical Society. Maintained by the society and open to the public, it is known as the birthplace of Major Frederick Funston, Mrs. Eckdall's oldest brother, one of the highest ranking Army officers during his lifetime and a hero of the Philippine insurrection.
The other is the carilion in the First Presbyterian Church, presented by Mrs. Eckdall and her children in memory of Dr. Eckdall, who died July 31st, 1959, after having practiced medicine for 58 years in Emporia.
Mrs. Eckdall was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Emporia branch of the American Association of University Women and a member of Junto and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by her husband and her five brothers, Frederick, Edward H., J., Burton, Aldo and P.W. Funston. She is survived by two sons, Frank F. Eckdall, 1316 Washington St.; and Funston J. Eckdall, M. D., 1431 State St.: one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Lida) Lees. Kansas City; eight grandchildren, Mrs. John Andrew Stolle, Muncie, Ind.: Mrs. Raymond Berg, Peoria, Ill., and Deborah, Susan, Cathy, Jan, Karen and Frank Eckdall Jr., Emporia, and one great-grandchild, Laura Ellen Stolte, Muncie.
Mrs. Lees, who supplied the material for the above article, included the two paragraphs which follow:
When Ella Funston lived with her parents in Washington, D.C., she studied with a famous German piano teacher. Her retentive memory recalled many famous personages of the day. One of these was Gen. William Tecumsch Sherman, whose compliments about her blue net party dress were never forgotten. Another vivid figure was Frederick Douglass, the famous Negro orator and consul-general to the Republic of Haiti. William Tyler Page, author of "The American Creed," was a page in Congress during her father's time there, and William McKinley, who later became president, was one of the family friends. She attended the inauguration of another president, Benjamin Harrison.
In 1949, she wrote, "The Funston Homestead," and it was published by her son-in-law, Mr. Lees. In the book, she tells of seeing wagon loads of Sioux Indians being taken to the Oklahoma reservation by the government, and of other girl-hood experiences. She had contributed historical articles to several newspapers, among them the Kansas City Star and the Topeka Capital.
The Emporia Gazette
10 Sep 1964, Thu • Page 3
Mrs. Frank A. Eckdall
Mrs. Frank A. Eckdall, 901 Congress St., member of one of the state's prominent early day families, died Wednesday evening in Newman Memorial County Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in McVey-Blair Colonial Chapel, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The casket will be open in the funeral home Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning.
Ella Funston Eckdall was the daughter of Edward Hogue Funston and Ann Eliza (Lida) Mitchell Funston. Her father served in the Kansas Legislature and in Congress for many years. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and served for 11 years as Congressman for the old second district. Ella Funston was born Dec. 13th, 1873, in Carlyle, five miles north of Iola. She attended the Maple Grove School and an Episcopalian girl's school, the College of the Sisters of Bethany, in Topeka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896 from the University of Kansas, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority.
After her graduation she studied drawing and painting at the Chicago Art Institute, then moved to Hutchinson, where she was the first art teacher in the school system. On May 28th, 1904, she was married to Frank Albert Eckdall, M.D., in the home of her parents. She had met him in Emporia and had seen him frequently while in Chicago, where he received his professional training. They moved after the wedding to the house at 901 Congress St., which Dr. Eckdall built and which has remained the family home.
Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall have left two lasting memorials. One is the Funston home near Iola, which Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall presented in 1955 to the Kansas State Historical Society. Maintained by the society and open to the public, it is known as the birthplace of Major Frederick Funston, Mrs. Eckdall's oldest brother, one of the highest ranking Army officers during his lifetime and a hero of the Philippine insurrection.
The other is the carilion in the First Presbyterian Church, presented by Mrs. Eckdall and her children in memory of Dr. Eckdall, who died July 31st, 1959, after having practiced medicine for 58 years in Emporia.
Mrs. Eckdall was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Emporia branch of the American Association of University Women and a member of Junto and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by her husband and her five brothers, Frederick, Edward H., J., Burton, Aldo and P.W. Funston. She is survived by two sons, Frank F. Eckdall, 1316 Washington St.; and Funston J. Eckdall, M. D., 1431 State St.: one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Lida) Lees. Kansas City; eight grandchildren, Mrs. John Andrew Stolle, Muncie, Ind.: Mrs. Raymond Berg, Peoria, Ill., and Deborah, Susan, Cathy, Jan, Karen and Frank Eckdall Jr., Emporia, and one great-grandchild, Laura Ellen Stolte, Muncie.
Mrs. Lees, who supplied the material for the above article, included the two paragraphs which follow:
When Ella Funston lived with her parents in Washington, D.C., she studied with a famous German piano teacher. Her retentive memory recalled many famous personages of the day. One of these was Gen. William Tecumsch Sherman, whose compliments about her blue net party dress were never forgotten. Another vivid figure was Frederick Douglass, the famous Negro orator and consul-general to the Republic of Haiti. William Tyler Page, author of "The American Creed," was a page in Congress during her father's time there, and William McKinley, who later became president, was one of the family friends. She attended the inauguration of another president, Benjamin Harrison.
In 1949, she wrote, "The Funston Homestead," and it was published by her son-in-law, Mr. Lees. In the book, she tells of seeing wagon loads of Sioux Indians being taken to the Oklahoma reservation by the government, and of other girl-hood experiences. She had contributed historical articles to several newspapers, among them the Kansas City Star and the Topeka Capital.
The Emporia Gazette
10 Sep 1964, Thu • Page 3
Mrs. Frank A. Eckdall, 901 Congress St., member of one of the state's prominent early day families, died Wednesday evening in Newman Memorial County Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in McVey-Blair Colonial Chapel, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The casket will be open in the funeral home Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning.
Ella Funston Eckdall was the daughter of Edward Hogue Funston and Ann Eliza (Lida) Mitchell Funston. Her father served in the Kansas Legislature and in Congress for many years. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and served for 11 years as Congressman for the old second district. Ella Funston was born Dec. 13th, 1873, in Carlyle, five miles north of Iola. She attended the Maple Grove School and an Episcopalian girl's school, the College of the Sisters of Bethany, in Topeka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896 from the University of Kansas, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority.
After her graduation she studied drawing and painting at the Chicago Art Institute, then moved to Hutchinson, where she was the first art teacher in the school system. On May 28th, 1904, she was married to Frank Albert Eckdall, M.D., in the home of her parents. She had met him in Emporia and had seen him frequently while in Chicago, where he received his professional training. They moved after the wedding to the house at 901 Congress St., which Dr. Eckdall built and which has remained the family home.
Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall have left two lasting memorials. One is the Funston home near Iola, which Dr. and Mrs. Eckdall presented in 1955 to the Kansas State Historical Society. Maintained by the society and open to the public, it is known as the birthplace of Major Frederick Funston, Mrs. Eckdall's oldest brother, one of the highest ranking Army officers during his lifetime and a hero of the Philippine insurrection.
The other is the carilion in the First Presbyterian Church, presented by Mrs. Eckdall and her children in memory of Dr. Eckdall, who died July 31st, 1959, after having practiced medicine for 58 years in Emporia.
Mrs. Eckdall was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Emporia branch of the American Association of University Women and a member of Junto and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by her husband and her five brothers, Frederick, Edward H., J., Burton, Aldo and P.W. Funston. She is survived by two sons, Frank F. Eckdall, 1316 Washington St.; and Funston J. Eckdall, M. D., 1431 State St.: one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Lida) Lees. Kansas City; eight grandchildren, Mrs. John Andrew Stolle, Muncie, Ind.: Mrs. Raymond Berg, Peoria, Ill., and Deborah, Susan, Cathy, Jan, Karen and Frank Eckdall Jr., Emporia, and one great-grandchild, Laura Ellen Stolte, Muncie.
Mrs. Lees, who supplied the material for the above article, included the two paragraphs which follow:
When Ella Funston lived with her parents in Washington, D.C., she studied with a famous German piano teacher. Her retentive memory recalled many famous personages of the day. One of these was Gen. William Tecumsch Sherman, whose compliments about her blue net party dress were never forgotten. Another vivid figure was Frederick Douglass, the famous Negro orator and consul-general to the Republic of Haiti. William Tyler Page, author of "The American Creed," was a page in Congress during her father's time there, and William McKinley, who later became president, was one of the family friends. She attended the inauguration of another president, Benjamin Harrison.
In 1949, she wrote, "The Funston Homestead," and it was published by her son-in-law, Mr. Lees. In the book, she tells of seeing wagon loads of Sioux Indians being taken to the Oklahoma reservation by the government, and of other girl-hood experiences. She had contributed historical articles to several newspapers, among them the Kansas City Star and the Topeka Capital.
The Emporia Gazette
10 Sep 1964, Thu • Page 3
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