Funk & Ray Records

984 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 04/1997. Last revised 02/2021.

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EXTENT: 1.46

DATE: 1881 – 1929

ALTERNATIVE FORM AVAILABLE: The Genealogical Society of Utah digitized materials in this collection in 2007 [discs 007-005 to 007-010]. Not online.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:  This Funk & Ray Records consist of business records for Funk Furniture, Funk and Ray, and Funk and Son, all of Winchester, Virginia. The first three boxes contain account ledgers of the Funk Furniture store from 1881 through 1929. The fourth box contains the Funk and Ray Funeral records for the years 1901 to 1923. These provide information about the deceased such as cause of death, relatives, church, birth and death dates, internment information, etc. for the years 1901 to 1923.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: James N. W. Funk and his son H. C. A. Funk founded Funk and Son in Winchester, Virginia at 7 South Market Street. Helen Ray Funk Brewer, H.C.A. Funk’s daughter, became the first licensed embalmer in Winchester after passing the State Board Examination in 1927.

John Ray (1841-1905) served in the Stonewall Brigade during the Civil War as well as being a business owner in Winchester, mostly in partnership with James Funk. He served several terms on the City Council, was a member of the School Board, and a director of Union Bank. He first married Nellie Funk, the sister of James Funk. His second wife was Jennie Smith.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Obituary, John Ray, October 20, 1905, unidentified newspaper.

CITE AS:  Funk & Ray Records, 984 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

News articles

Accounts ledger, partial book, 1881-1882, manuscript

Accounts ledger, August 1, 1898-November 1905, manuscript

Accounts ledger, July 1914-September 1917, manuscript

BOX 2

Accounts ledger, May 1914-1927, manuscript

Accounts ledger, May 1915-1928, manuscript

Loose papers from accounts ledger, May 1915-1928, 6 leaves, manuscript

BOX 3

Accounts ledger, August 1918-March 1922, manuscript [fragile – cover separating from ledger]

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1924-1929, manuscript and typescript

BOX 4

Funk & Ray funeral service, miscellaneous notes, 14 items, manuscript

Funk & Sons funeral records abstracts, 1901-1907, prepared by Ben Ritter, 1982, 17 leaves, typescript

Funk & Sons funeral records abstracts, 1914-1916, including some entries for 1906, 1907, and 1923, prepared by Ben Ritter, 1989, 11 leaves, typescript

Funk & Sons funeral records abstracts, 1921-1927, including some entries for 1906-1919, prepared by Ben Ritter, 1989,  20 leaves, typescript

Funk, Helen - biographical material, news articles, 2 leaves

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1901, 3 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1903, 7 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1904, 38 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1905, 45 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1906, 86 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1907, 71 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1914, 54 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1915, 91 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1916, 64 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Funk & Ray funeral service records, 1920, 1922, 1923, 4 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Undertaking Ledger #1, 1921-1928, 1 volume, manuscript