S. Henry Funk Obituary (1915 - 2014)

S. Henry Funk, 98 Singers Glen Samuel Henry Funk, age 98, went to be with the Lord January 30, 2014. Mr. Funk was born on July 19, 1915, near Singers Glen. He was the son of the late J. Earle and Anna Belle Ritchie Funk. He attended the Singers Glen Schools (his first years was in the first brick school), Hargrave Military Academy, and the University of Virginia. He was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church in the Glen. On May 17, 1936, he married the former Norma Diehl who preceded him in death. On June 24, 1972 he married Aurilla Cordle Funk who survives. He served in the Signal Corps of the Army during World War II. As a young man he learned the refrigeration trade which he practiced well into his eighties. He especially enjoyed his work on fishing boats on the Northern Neck of Virginia and installing an ice plant in Haiti. He enjoyed farming the land that belonged to his maternal grandparents, he dearly loved to travel. He was preceded in death by a baby sister, Anna Virginia, brothers, Harold and Joseph, and sisters, Rachel Funk Watkins and Elizabeth Funk Gray and son-in-law, Russell Gerhard. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Carole Hope Gerhard, Landenberg, PA; Carmen Dawn Meeko and husband Joseph, Damascus, OR; three step children Sylvia Retallick Card, who came to the Glen to live when she was thirteen, and husband Ken, Mechanicsville, VA; Steve Retallick and wife Sandra, Crewe, VA; Sharon Retallick Buchanan and husband Ronald, Kenbridge, VA; one sister, Anna Leah Funk Kratzer and husband Wallace, Verona, VA; a sister-in-law, Frances Funk, Singers Glen three grandchildren, Jay Meeko, Heidi Meeko Fleenor, and Jacob Gerhard; step grandchildren Rachel Retallick, Stefan Retallick, Jason Buchanan, Tiffany Buchanan Thompson, Ryan Card and Hannah Card. Also surviving are nine great grandchildren and many nephews and nieces. The Reverends Paul Glovier, Ken Card, and David R. Miller will conduct a funeral service Monday morning, February 3, at 11 o'clock in the Singers Glen Baptist Church. Burial will follow at the Singers Glen Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 2:30 until 4:30 at the McMullen Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Singers Glen Baptist Church P.O. Box 37, Singers Glen, Virginia 22850. Online condolences may be made to the family at www. mcmullenfh.com