Barbara Funkhouser
American journalist, newspaper editor and writer
About Barbara Funkhouser
Lived 1930 – 2014 (aged 84). Barbara Funkhouser was an American newspaper editor, editor and journalist.
Barbara Funkhouser (March 1, 1930 – August 15, 2014) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and writer. Funkhouser was the first woman to serve as editor of the El Paso Times, a position she held from 1980 until 1986.
Early life She was born on March 1, 1930, at the Hotel Dieu hospital in El Paso, Texas. She then worked for 4-H, based in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, for five years before moving back to New Mexico.
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American journalist, newspaper editor and writer
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Barbara Funkhouser was born on 1 March 1930.
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Barbara Funkhouser died on 15 August 2014.
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