When Clara Mabel Phillabaum was born on 12 October 1891, in Indiana, United States, her father, Benjamin Meyers Philabaum, was 56 and her mother, Martha Ellen Clark, was 41. She married Laban Henry Funk on 13 May 1915, in Peru Township, Miami, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Erie, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Washington Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 February 1977, at the age of 85, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.