Funk Mortuary Book 1913-1916
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Title
Funk Mortuary Book 1913-1916
Subject
Douglas County (Kan.)--Genealogy--Sources.
Funeral homes--United States--Directories.
Douglas County (Kan.) — Registers.
Description
Text: The records of Funk Mortuary, covering the period between August 25, 1913 and September 6, 1916. Funk Mortuary was founded in 1909 by T.D. Funk and George Shaffer. In 1911, Funk assumed full ownership; he operated the mortuary until its sale in 1953. Following a series of changes in ownership, the mortuary is today known as Warren-McElwain Mortuary and continues operations in Lawrence (Kan.). This record book contains a photograph of Funk's horse-drawn hearse; a hand-written copy of a Lawrence Daily Journal article on the mortuary's 1911 sale; information about deceased persons prepared for burial at this mortuary; and an alphabetized index.
A majority of these persons died and were interred in Douglas County (Kan.), but other records indicate interments in cities or townships in Kansas counties Shawnee, Wyandotte, Johnson, Franklin, Jefferson, Osborne, Leavenworth, Geary, Brown, Nemaha, Ottawa, Miami, and Coffey. Out-of-state records include persons interred in St. Louis (Mo.); San Antonio (Tex.; note misspelling of "Santonio"); Kalamazoo (Mich.); Dalton (Mo.); Red Rock (Okla.); Butler (Mo.); Des Moines (Iowa); Allison (Iowa); and Dallas (Tex.). Note misspellings of Kansas towns "Tongonxie" (Tonganoxie) and "Ponoma" (Pomona).
A majority of these persons died and were interred in Douglas County (Kan.), but other records indicate interments in cities or townships in Kansas counties Shawnee, Wyandotte, Johnson, Franklin, Jefferson, Osborne, Leavenworth, Geary, Brown, Nemaha, Ottawa, Miami, and Coffey. Out-of-state records include persons interred in St. Louis (Mo.); San Antonio (Tex.; note misspelling of "Santonio"); Kalamazoo (Mich.); Dalton (Mo.); Red Rock (Okla.); Butler (Mo.); Des Moines (Iowa); Allison (Iowa); and Dallas (Tex.). Note misspellings of Kansas towns "Tongonxie" (Tonganoxie) and "Ponoma" (Pomona).
Creator
T.D. Funk
Source
Helen Osma Local History Room
Date
1913-08-25/1916-09-06
Contributor
Douglas County Genealogical Society
Rights
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Relation
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Format
PDF
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
FunkMortuary-1913-1916.pdf
Coverage
Lawrence (Kan.)
Collection
Citation
T.D. Funk, “Funk Mortuary Book 1913-1916,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 24, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/1826.
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