Helen Margaret Bates Funcheon, 81, died at 9:19 AM Sunday, Dec. 27, 1998, in the home of her daughter. Born Aug. 5, 1917, at Fowler, IN, she was a 1935 graduate of Fowler High School in 1935, and from St. Mary's College at Notre Dame in 1939, with a lifetime teaching certificate. She married Bernard J. Funcheon on July 27, 1942, at Fowler, and he survives.
Mrs. Funcheon, who moved to Lafayette in 1948, had been a classroom assistant at Central Catholic High School for several years, and was a second-grade teacher at Highland until 1942. She also was a water color artist. She was a charter member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, she taught Confraternity of Catholic Doctrine for many years, and was a life member of St. Elizabeth Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and playing bridge.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Michael Bernard Funcheon of Cincinnati, OH; two daughters, Kathleen Funcheon-Whitaker of Lafayette and Sharon Funcheon Murphy of Indianapolis; a brother, the Rev. James R. Bates of Noblesville; a sister, Mary Agnes Salla of Fowler; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 12/29/1998, page 16
Mrs. Funcheon, who moved to Lafayette in 1948, had been a classroom assistant at Central Catholic High School for several years, and was a second-grade teacher at Highland until 1942. She also was a water color artist. She was a charter member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, she taught Confraternity of Catholic Doctrine for many years, and was a life member of St. Elizabeth Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and playing bridge.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Michael Bernard Funcheon of Cincinnati, OH; two daughters, Kathleen Funcheon-Whitaker of Lafayette and Sharon Funcheon Murphy of Indianapolis; a brother, the Rev. James R. Bates of Noblesville; a sister, Mary Agnes Salla of Fowler; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 12/29/1998, page 16
Helen Margaret Bates Funcheon, 81, died at 9:19 AM Sunday, Dec. 27, 1998, in the home of her daughter. Born Aug. 5, 1917, at Fowler, IN, she was a 1935 graduate of Fowler High School in 1935, and from St. Mary's College at Notre Dame in 1939, with a lifetime teaching certificate. She married Bernard J. Funcheon on July 27, 1942, at Fowler, and he survives.
Mrs. Funcheon, who moved to Lafayette in 1948, had been a classroom assistant at Central Catholic High School for several years, and was a second-grade teacher at Highland until 1942. She also was a water color artist. She was a charter member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, she taught Confraternity of Catholic Doctrine for many years, and was a life member of St. Elizabeth Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and playing bridge.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Michael Bernard Funcheon of Cincinnati, OH; two daughters, Kathleen Funcheon-Whitaker of Lafayette and Sharon Funcheon Murphy of Indianapolis; a brother, the Rev. James R. Bates of Noblesville; a sister, Mary Agnes Salla of Fowler; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 12/29/1998, page 16
Mrs. Funcheon, who moved to Lafayette in 1948, had been a classroom assistant at Central Catholic High School for several years, and was a second-grade teacher at Highland until 1942. She also was a water color artist. She was a charter member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, she taught Confraternity of Catholic Doctrine for many years, and was a life member of St. Elizabeth Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and playing bridge.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Michael Bernard Funcheon of Cincinnati, OH; two daughters, Kathleen Funcheon-Whitaker of Lafayette and Sharon Funcheon Murphy of Indianapolis; a brother, the Rev. James R. Bates of Noblesville; a sister, Mary Agnes Salla of Fowler; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 12/29/1998, page 16
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