Biography

1865 - 12/06/1944

FUNSTON, William H., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1865 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; proprietor, William H. Funston & Brother, carpeting business; elected, school director; elected, common council, Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1903, 1905, 1907, and 1909 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1911 term; died, December 6, 1944 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.