Funkhouser Memorial
Paul Taylor Funkhouser
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RESOLUTIONS
COLUMBIAN LITERARY CIRCLE
Evansville, Ind.,
November 20, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Funkhouser, Evansville, Ind.
Dear Friends:
We sympathize! The words are easily and sometimes formally said. But we
sympathize. Our hearts are heavy. Heavier, because we dwelt on the prospect
of the return of our boys. Our thoughts were of the coming peace, and the
possibilities of no further casualties.
The news of Paul's death comes as a shock, and we feel it. Accept our assurance
that we want to help you carry your burden of grief. We know he gave his life
in the great cause for humanity.
"For greater love hath no man than this,This thought relieves the strain a little, but the great wave of grief must
That a man lay down his life for his friend."
FIDELITY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
At a meeting of the executive committee of the Fidelity Savings & Loan
Association, it was Resolved:
That we have learned with great sorrow of the death upon the battlefields of
France of Lieut. Paul Funkhouser, son of our friend and co-laborer, Albert W.
Funkhouser; and that we express to the father and mother and brother and sisters
the wish that we could help them carry the burden of their grief.
Paul Funkhouser was in the eyes and hearts of all our people.
It was ordained that he should be called upon to bear an unusual part in the
battles of the world for Liberty and justice - from Chateau Thierry to the
banks of the Meuse - his life was daily laid upon the altars of democracy until
it pleased God that he should fall in the mighty cause in which he was enlisted.
May God give his stricken mother and father and brother and sisters the grace
and strength to sustain them in this, their hour of sorrow.
Andrew C. Richardt, Albert Schardt,
William E. Barnes, Charles E. Finke,
W.H. Biber, William H. Dress,
John J. Nolan, Aaron Wills.
Charles P. Beard
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
On behalf of the membership, board of directors and myself as secretary of the
Evansville Chamber of Commerce, I wish to hasten to assure you and Mrs. Funkhouser
of the heartfelt and sincere sympathy that goes out to you in this, your sadden
hour. It is our hope that this assurance will contribute toward assisting you
to bear the burden thrust upon you, occasioned by the sad news just received.
Evansville mourns with you.
Frank Albus, Secretary
MISSISSIPPI HUNTING CLUB
In a recent meeting of the Mississippi Hunting Club many events of the present
and past were talked over, and while of recent years you have not been an active
participant in our annual hunting trips the old story still holds good with
all members, "Once a member, always a member."
If not active in its hunts and meetings, in memory always present.
On behalf of the entire membership we wish to extend to yourself and family
our heartfelt sympathy in your recent bereavement in the death of your son,
Paul, in action in France.
Sincerely yours,
Mississippi Hunting Club,
Wm. H. Elmendorf, Captain;
Max H. Ritter, Sec'y-Treas,
Newton W. Thrall.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS WAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA
We wish to extend to you and your family our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy
in this trying hour of your sad bereavement. Words fail us in our attempt to
offer comfort and consolation. Paul, as he was familiarly known, stricken down
in his young and promising manhood, while fighting so valiantly for his Country,
has gained for himself honors which can only be surpassed by the glorious heritage
that is now his.
Yours in loving sympathy,
National War Mothers.
INDIANA ALPHA OF PHI DELTA THETA, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
We, the members of Indiana Alpha of Phi Delta Theta, do hereby resolve that, since
six of our gallant brothers have in the late struggle for world betterment made
the supreme sacrifice within the power of patriotic man, and since the chapter
feels very deeply the loss of these loyal brothers who took their vows on this
altar to uphold the right, we adopt the following resolutions:
First, That we dedicate this memorial service to the memory of Brothers Paul
Taylor Funkhouser, Orlander Leslie Doster, Clifton Earl McFadden, John Vernon
Burns, Lloys Suggs and Burton Henry Woolery.
Second, That we keep the memory of these brothers ever living and sacred in our minds.
Third, And finally that we extend our warmest and heartfelt sympathy to the
families and friends of the deceased.
L. France Conter,
Thos. V. Broadstreet.
WAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA - EVANSVILLE CHPATER
We, the War Mothers of Evansville, extend to you our heartfelt sympathy in your
sad bereavement. Your son gave his life for the noblest cause in the world, and
only the Heavenly Father can give you any measure of comfort. We, as mothers,
keenly feel your loss. Our prayers and our love are with you.
Source:
Funkhouser Memorial
c. 1920
pp. 193-197
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