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Margaret R. FUNK

Female 1921 - 1977  (55 years)


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  • Name Margaret R. FUNK 
    Birth 16 May 1921 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Jan 1977  St. Joseph Hospital, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bremen Municipal Cemetery, Bremen, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Death notice, unknown newspaper, January 7, 1977:

      BREMEN - Mrs. Margaret Carothers, 55, of 134 E. Maple, died Thursday in St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka. Arrangements are being made by the Mishler Funeral Home.

      (2) Obituary, unknown newspaper, unknown date:

      Margaret Carothers

      Services for Mrs. Margaret R. Carothers, 55, 134 E. Maple St., Bremen, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m., Sunday at Mishler funeral home, Bremen, with Rev. Alfred Dwenger, pastor of the First Church of Christ of Bremen, officiating. Burial will be at Bremen cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 p.m.. today.

      Mrs. Carothers died at 4:10 p.m., Thursday at Mishawaka's St. Joseph hospital after an illness of six months. She was born May 16, 1921 at Warsaw, Mo. to Fred and Chloe (Pittman) Funk and had lived at Bremen since 1940, going there from LaPaz. She was a member of the First Church of Christ of Bremen.

      Mrs. Carothers was married Sept. 16, 1944 at Bremen to Robert L. Carothers, who preceded her in death June 26, 1975. She was a member of several Bremen card clubs.

      Survivors include one daughter, Sue Ellen (Mrs. John) Basset, West Lafayette; one grandson; four sisters: Mable (Mrs. Ralph) Tusing, Milford; Pat (Mrs. Alto) Holmes, South Bend; and Mrs. Vera Shields and Mrs. Helen Pratt, both of Portland, Ore.; and one brother, Walter Funk, Plymouth. She was preceded in death by two sons, Bruce in 1975 and David Kent in 1961.

      (3) Funeral card:

      In Memory

      Like the seasons
      life renews its buds
      in spring,
      grows and flourishes in the
      briight light of the summer sun,
      matures in the
      golden hue of the autumn days,
      rests in the soft whiteness of winter,
      to begin anew.

      In Memory Of

      Margaret R. Carothers

      BORN MAY 16, 1921
      DIED JANUARY 6, 1977

      FUNERAL SERVICES:
      SUNDAY JANUARY 9, 1977
      2:30 P.M.

      MISHLER FUNERAL HOME
      Bremen, Indiana

      OFFICIATING:
      REV. ALFRED DWENGER

      BURIAL:
      BREMEN CEMETERY
      Bremen. Indiana

      (4) http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm:

      Bremen Cemetery Record Details

      First and Middle Names: Margaret R.
      Last Names: Carothers
      Date of birth: Monday, May 16, 1921
      Date of death: Thursday, January 06, 1977
      Place of death: St. Joe Hosp Mish
      Date of burial: Sunday, January 09, 1977
      Notes: Age 55, Widowed
      Relatives: Robert Carothers - husband
      Fred Funk - father
      Chloe (Pittman) Funk - mother
      Burial type: B
      Cemetery section: Bal 1
      Lot or Row: 235 No 1/2
      Grave or Crypt: 4
      Plot Owner: Robert Carothers
      Funeral Home: Mishler Funeral Home
      Funeral Home Address: P.O. Box 202
      Bremen, IN 46506
    Person ID I1986  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2023 

    Father Fred FUNK 
    Mother Chloe PITTMAN 
    Family ID F5082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert L. CAROTHERS,   b. 22 Nov 1919, Bremen, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1975, St. Joseph Hospital, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Children 
     1. Bruce Lee CAROTHERS,   b. 29 Nov 1947, Bremen, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1975, Valparaiso, Porter County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     2. David Kent CAROTHERS,   b. 30 Sep 1961, Bremen, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1961, Bremen Community Hospital, Bremen, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Sue Ellen CAROTHERS
    Family ID F1576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2023 

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