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Family: George Weldon Funk / Elizabeth Nicholson (F024)

• Father | Male George Weldon Funk

  
  

  Born	30 Oct 1895	McLean, McLean County, Illinois
  Died	7 Feb 1982	McLean, McLean County, Illinois
  Buried	10 Feb 1982	McLean, McLean County, Illinois
  Married	2 Aug 1954  [1]	Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois  [1]
  Father	Isaac G. Funk | F1 Group Sheet
  Mother	Besse Florence Unknown | F1 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Elizabeth Nicholson

  
  

  Born	9 Jul 1900	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois
  Died	3 Dec 1987	Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
  Buried	5 Dec 1987	Funks Grove Cemetery, Funks Grove, McLean County, Illinois
  Father	William Thomas Nicholson | F009 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Motley | F009 Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Obituary for George Weldon Funk, (Bloomington Pantagraph), 10 May 2017. George Weldon Funk MCLEAN (PNS) - George Weldon Funk, 86, rural McLean, died at 2:05 p.m. Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center, Bloomington, after a short illness. A graveside funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Funks Grove Cemetery, the Rev. Marvin N. Orewiler officiating. There will be no visitation. McReynolds Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born Oct. 30, 1895, at McLean, a son of Isaac G. and Besse Florence Funk. He married Elizabeth Nicholson Aug. 2, 1954, at Oak Park. She survives. Also surviving are a sister, Florence Funk, Westminster Village, Bloomington; a niece; and a nephew. A brother preceded him in death. He was a retired farmer and was a World War I Army veteran. He was a member of Watertown, N.Y., Masonic Lodge. He was a graduate of Lawrenceville, N.J., Preparatory School, and a 1919 graduate of Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. He worked in a paper mill in Watertown, returning to McLean in 1930, where he raised fruits and vegetables for sale. He managed the family farm until his death. From 1941 until 1947 he was a radio engineer for WJBC, Bloomington. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Foundation.