George Weldon Funk

1895 - 1982  (86 years)

• Name	George Weldon Funk
  Born	30 Oct 1895	McLean, McLean County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Feb 1982	McLean, McLean County, Illinois
  Buried	10 Feb 1982	McLean, McLean County, Illinois
  Person ID	I065	Vigor Family Tree | Matthew Vigor's side of the family tree
  Last Modified	10 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Isaac G. Funk
  Mother	Besse Florence Unknown
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Nicholson,   b. 9 Jul 1900, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois ,   d. 3 Dec 1987, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois  (Age 87 years)
  Married	2 Aug 1954	Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois   [1]
  Last Modified	10 May 2017
  Family ID	F024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Group photo of William Nicholson, Harriett (Green) Nicholson, Elizabeth [Dadie] (Nicholson) Funk and George Weldon Funk. Taken on 28 Jun 1978 at Bill and Harriett's 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration at the Methodist Church in Kewanee, Illinois.
  		Head shot for George Weldon Funk Cropped from a photo taken on 28 Jun 1978 at Bill and Harriett's 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration at the Methodist Church in Kewanee, Illinois.

  
  

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  Weldon Funk Licenses Weldon Funk Licenses

  
  

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• 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.