Thank you, Richard!
Margie Roop Pearce
Louisiana
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Subject: [INADAMS] Obituary Notes for October 7, 2008
Newspaper Tidbits Project
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
"Decatur Daily Democrat", Tuesday, October 7, 2008
C. John Funk, 85 years old, of Decatur, passed away at 8:35 a.m. on
Monday, October 6, 2008, in Swiss Village Retirement Community at Berne.
John was born on Saturday, December 30, 1922, in Adams County, the son
of the late Luther Funk and the late May (Troutner) Funk.
He married Lois I. Strickler on October 4, 1941 and she passed away on
July 8, 1996.
John attended Pleasant Mills Baptist Church and was a member of the Van
Wert Horseman's Assocation in Van Wert, Ohio. He bred, raised, and raced
horses most of his life.
John retired in 1986 from Zollner Corp. in Fort Wayne, with 25 1/2 years
of service and also worked 12 years at Kocher Lumber Co. in Decatur.
Surviving are his daughter, Kay Snyder of Decatur; his son, Rex (Marcia)
Funk of Monroe; five grandchildren, Brad (Brenda) Snyder, Kim (Len) Eller,
Gregg (Audra) Snyder, Shaun (Brenda) Funk, and Cary (Kristi) Funk; eight
great-grandchildren, Abby and Evan Snyder, Olivia Snyder, Bella Eller,
Mackenzie and Brett Funk, and Caden and Ethan Funk; and three
stepgreat-grandchildren: Jeremy, Josh, and Jason Kennedy.
Preceding John in death were two brothers, Art and Ralph Funk, and one
sister, Helen Royer.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, October 9, 2008, in
Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur, with Rev. Richard Sprunger and Rev.
James Compton officiating. Interment will follow in Willshire Cemetery,
Willshire, Ohio.
Friends will be received from 1-4 and 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, October 8,
2008, in Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home.
Preferred memorials are to Family Hospice and Palliative Care of
Northeast Indiana, in Berne, or to Swiss Village.
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