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 |
Burial |
Bremen Municipal Cemetery, Bremen, Marshall County, IN |
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
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Person ID |
I1986 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
28 Nov 2023 |
Family |
Robert L. CAROTHERS, b. 22 Nov 1919, Bremen, Marshall County, IN d. 26 Jun 1975, St. Joseph Hospital, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN (Age 55 years) |
Children |
| 1. Bruce Lee CAROTHERS, b. 29 Nov 1947, Bremen, Marshall County, IN d. 15 Jan 1975, Valparaiso, Porter County, IN (Age 27 years) |
| 2. David Kent CAROTHERS, b. 30 Sep 1961, Bremen, Marshall County, IN d. 8 Oct 1961, Bremen Community Hospital, Bremen, Marshall County, IN (Age 0 years) |
| 3. Sue Ellen CAROTHERS |
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Family ID |
F1576 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
28 Nov 2023 |
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