Lawrence Gravs Hunkler

1894 - 1928  (33 years)

• Name	Lawrence Gravs Hunkler  [1]
  Birth	16 Apr 1894	Malaga, Monroe, Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jan 1928	Longview, Cowlitz, Washington
  Burial	Barnesville, Belmont, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I5820	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John Hunkler,   b. 1 Oct 1842, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Dec 1929, Belmont County, Ohio, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine Wegemer,   b. 25 Dec 1851, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Jan 1941, Monroe County, Ohio, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Apr 1869
  Family ID	F939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hilda Perry,   b. Big Valley, Stettler, Alberta, Canada
  Children	> 1. Rita Marcella Hunkler,   b. 11 Oct 1923, Malaga, Monroe, Ohio d. 7 Dec 2005 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: 1894 - 1928? Lawrence Hunkler - Here from Longview, Wash., Where He Died Saturday ------ Funeral services will be held in the Church of the Assumption Wednesday morning at 9:30 for Lawrence Hunkler, whose death occured Saturday morning in Longview, Wash., following serious injuries substained in an automobile accident here, Christmas Day. His head was badly crushed and he was taken to a Longview hospital, where he underwent an operation Friday, December 30, after which he never regained consciousness. The body arrived today accompanied by two brother and one sister, John Hunkler and Mrs. Lena Horner, of Bismark, N. D., and Albert Hunkler, of Alberta, Canada, taken to the home of Mr. amd Mrs. John Hunkler on Euclid avenue cousins of the deceased. Internment to be made in the Catholic cemetery here. Mr. Hunkler was born near Malaga in April 1894, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hunkler who ****** and are now living west of Barnesville. He grew to young manhood near Malaga and went to Canada, where he had five brothers living. There he metand mmarried Miss Hilda Perry of Big Valley, Canada, who with one little daughter, Rita Marcella, aged four survive. They moved with Mrs. Hunkler's parents to Longview, Wash., making their home there for a short time and then came to Barnesville. While here Mr. Hunkler was associated in business with his cousin, Charles Hunkler, in a meat market on Arch street. About one year ago they returned to Longview, where the deceased was in the meat market business. Besides his parents, wife and daughter, eight sisters and six brothers survive. They are Mrs. Bert Wiley, of Springfield, Illinois; Mrs. Charles Moore, of Wheeling; Mrs, Lena Horner, of Bismark, N. D., Mrs. John Weber, of Arkansas City, Kan.; MrMrs. Clara O'Niel, of Alberta, Canada; Mrs. Frank Norris of Trinidad, Colo.; Mrs. J. W. Berry, of El Paso, Tex.; Mrs. William Howlier, of Temperanceville; John, of Bismark, N. D.; Theodore , of Barnesville; Albert, of Alberta, Canada. Andrew Alberta; Charles, of Malaga; Oscar, of Barnesville. --- Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 Name: Lawerence Hunkler Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 33 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895 Death Date: 6 Jan 1928 Death Place: Longview, Cowlitz, Washington Father: John Hunkler Mother: Katherine Wagner Spouse: Mary H. Hunkler FHL Film Number: 2022474 Reference ID: cn 5 Source Information Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: National Archives; Location: St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States;), Hunkler, Lawrence Gravs & Hilda (Perry).