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Edna Marie Schmuck was born on 5 October 1911 in Posey County, Indiana to John Conrad Schmuck and Anna M. Roedel.1
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Edna married first to Ralph Emil Brown on 5 Dec 1931 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.2 The couple had four known children: Earl, Gene, Donald R., and Iona.3 Ralph Brown died in 1984.4
Edna married second to Otho Gaston Cunningham.5 Otho Cunningham died 17 August 1955 in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, and is buried in Grapevine Cemetery in Madisonville.6
Edna married third Richard Edward Faulkner.7 Richard died 20 Jun 1973 in Chandler, Warrick County, Indiana.8
Edna Marie Schmuck Brown Cunningham Faulkner died on 26 Aug 1990 in Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana.9 Edna is buried in Grapevine Cemetery in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky with her second husband, Otho Cunningham.10
Endnotes
1. Birth of Edna Marie Schmuck.
Date of birth and location: State of Indiana, State Board of Health, certificate of death, no. 90-032224, Edna Faulkner, 26 Aug 1990. Death: Warrick Hospital, Boonville, Warrick County. Widowed. Birth: 5 Oct 1911, Posey County, Illinois. Father: John Conrad [Schmuck]. Informant: Gene Brown, son. Burial: Grapevine Cemetery, 28 Aug 1990.
Also, Social Security Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, Edna M Faulkner, Aug 1990. Birth: 5 Oct 1911.
Also, Middle name in son’s birth record: State of Indiana, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth, no. 3035, Donald Ray Brown, 7 Jan 1935. Parents: Ralph E. Brown and Edna Marie Schmuck.
Also, Residing in parents’ household: 1920 U.S. census, Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 4B, dwelling 73, John C. Schmuck household.
John C. Schmuck, age 45, married, farmer, born in Indiana
Anna M. Schmuck, age 43, wife, married, born in Indiana
Freida L. Schmuck, age 20, daughter, born in Indiana
John G. Schmuck, age 18, son, born in Indiana
William H. Schmuck, age 14, son, born in Indiana
Edna M. Schmuck, age 8, daughter, born in Indiana
2. Edna M. Schmuck and Ralph E. Brown marriage.
State of Indiana, Marriages Index, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Ralph E. Brown–Edna Schmuck, 5 Dec 1931.
3. Ralph and Edna Brown were living with their four children in 1940.
1940 U.S. census, Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 65-15, sheet 9B, dwelling 173, Ralph Brown household.
4. “Ralph E. Brown,” obituary, The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), 19 Aug 1984, p. 30, col. 4.
5. Edna M. Brown and Otho Cunningham marriage.
Edna and Otho Cunningham were married sometime between 1940-1955. In 1940, Edna was married and living with Ralph Brown and their children.
1940 U.S. census, Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 65-15, sheet 9B, dwelling 173, Ralph Brown household.
Hopkins County, Kentucky, Marriage Index, “C,” Groom listings, 1941-1955; none found for Otho Cunningham.
6. Otho Cunningham’s death.
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Certificate of Death, Madisonville, Hopkins County, no. 55-15998, Otho G. Cunningham, 17 Aug 1955. Birth: 18 Aug 1906. Married. Informant: Mrs. Edna Cunningham.
Also, “Otho Gaston Cunningham,” obituary, Evansville Press (Evansville, Indiana), 19 Aug 1955, p. 20, col. 5.
Also, Find A Grave, memorial 115536026, Otho Gaston Cunningham (1906–1955), Grapevine Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky; no headstone.
7. Posey County Indiana, Record of Marriage, no. 63-032333, Richard E. Faulkner–Edna Maria Cunningham, 14 Feb 1963.
Groom: Richard E. Faulkner, age 55. Place of birth: Kentucky. Residence: Henderson, Kentucky. Occupation: Hospital attendant. Previous marriages: 1, divorce.
Bride: Edna Marie Cunningham, age 51. Place of birth: Indiana. Residence: Henderson, Kentucky. Previous marriages: 1, death.
8. Richard Faulkner” death certificate lists his spouse as Edna Faulkner.
Indiana State Board of Health, Medical Certificate of Death, state no. 73-024564, Richard Faulkner, 20 June 1973. Age: 65. Married. Birth: 13 Nov 1907. Residence: Chandler, Warrick, Indiana. Hospital: 220 E. Adams, Chandler, Indiana. Spouse: Edna Faulkner. Occupation: Laborer, Retired, State Hospital. Parents: John and Elizabeth Faulkner. Informant: Edna Faulkner. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, 23 June 1973. Note: Parents names are incorrect.
Also, “Edna Faulkner Thank You Notice,” newspaper notice, The Cadiz Record (Cadiz, Kentucky), 18 Oct 1973, p. 10, col. 8.
Also, Headstone reads: Faulkner / Richard / Nov. 13, 1907 / June 20, 1973 | Edna M. / Oct. 5, 1911.
Find A Grave, memorial 16451976, Richard Faulkner (1907–1973), Greenwood Cemetery, Chandler, Warrick County, Indiana with headstone photo.
Note: An inscription reads “Edna M. / Oct. 5, 1999” with no death date on her spouse’s headstone in Greenwood Cemetery. Both Edna’s obituary and death certificate that she was buried in Grapevine Cemetery in Madisonville, Kentucky.
9. Edna Marie Schmuck Brown Cunningham Faulkner’s death.
State of Indiana, State Board of Health, certificate of death, no. 90-032224, Edna Faulkner, 26 August 1990. Death: Warrick Hospital, Boonville, Warrick County. Widowed. Birth: 5 Oct 1911, Posey County, Illinois. Father: John Conrad. Informant: Gene Brown, son. Burial: Grapevine Cemetery, Madisonville, Kentucky, 28 Aug 1990.
Also, “Edna Faulkner,” obituary, Evansville Press (Evansville, Indiana), 27 Aug 1990, p. 17, col. 2.
Edna Faulkner
Edna Faulkner, 78, of Newburgh, died at 11:46 am yesterday at Warrick Hospital in Boonville.
Surviving are a daughter, Iona Hancock of Orlando, Fla; sons, Gene and Donald Brown, both of West Lafayette, Ind; 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Services were scheduled for 1:30 pm today at Perigo Funeral Home in Chandler, the Rev. Larry Allen officiating, with burial in Grapevine Cemetery in Madisonville, Ky.
10. Headstone reads: Cunningham / Edna M. / Oct. 5, 1911 / Aug. 26, 1990 | Otho G. / Aug. 18, 1906 / Aug. 17, 1955.
Find A Grave, memorial 11553569, Edna M.Cunnigham (1911–1990), Grapevine Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky; no headstone.
Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, author, “Edna Marie Schmuck Brown Cunningham Faulkner,” Cool Adventures ( https://cooladventures.com/genealogy/edna-marie-schmuck-brown-cunningham-faulkner-1911-1990/ : posted 2021).