Buford S. Funk, 80,
of Lincoln died Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. at St.
John's Hospital in Springfield.
Visitation will be
from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln.
His funeral will be
at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Dan Wissmann
officiating.
Burial, with military
rites, will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Arrangements are
being handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Mr. Funk retired in
1979 from CILCO in Lincoln, where he worked in the gas department
for 24 years. He also worked as a mechanic at Langellier's in
Lincoln.
He served in the U.S.
Army, 83rd Infantry, during World War II and received the Purple
Heart.
He was born Nov. 16,
1922, in Lincoln to Daniel and Lula Huff Funk. He married Elvera M.
Moldenhauer on Aug. 16, 1942, in Lincoln. She died May 14, 1999.
Surviving are one
son, Gary S. (and Sharon) Funk of Sherman; two daughters, Linda (and
Dwain) Franz of Lincoln and Rebecca (Don) Cecil of Lincoln; six
grandchildren, Delyn Franz Duggins of Lincoln, Brian Duggins of
Lincoln, Tyler Franz of Lincoln, Cale Cecil of Lincoln, Katelyn
Cecil of Lincoln and Taylor Funk of Sherman; two brothers, Richard
Funk of Lincoln and Larry (and Patty) Funk of Jacksonville; and one
sister, Alice (and Don) Taylor of Bartonville; and a special friend,
Nancy Kleinman of Lincoln.
He was also preceded
in death by four brothers, one sister and one son, Dick.
He was a member of
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, where he served as elder, usher
and Eucharistic minister and was a member of the church council,
Crisis Ministry, 60 Plus and Lutheran Brotherhood. He was also a
member of American Legion Post 506 of Emden.
Memorials may be made to his church,
American Heart Association or American Diabetes Association.
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