In translation: "Betzenrod, 24 August 1899. Today appeared before the civil registry office the linen weaver Karl Funk, resident in Betzenrod, and reported that linen weaver Heinrich Funk, 75 years old, Protestant, born in Selnrod, most recently married to the late Agnesa nee Konrad in Betzenrod, son of the late farmer Balzer [i.e., Balthasar] Funk and his late wife Maria Elisa nee Rehn of Selnrod, died in Betzenrod at the home of the reporting person on 23 August 1899 at 3 a.m. Signed Karl Funk."
Note that the two places mentioned (Betzenrod and Selnrod, now Sellnrod) are in the Vogelsbergkreis (Vogelsberg county) in central Hesse: on the map see Betzenrod and Sellnrod (which is about 4.5 miles north of Betzenrod).
