Nellie and George were the parents of 10 children, including a set of twin boys. One son, Henry, died at the age of 20, and their oldest son, Ted, was electrocuted in 1936 while working on the Winfield Dam. All 5 of their surviving sons served in the United States military during World War II.
At the time of her death, Nellie was 64 years, 6 months and 25 days old. She was buried on 08 May 1944 and was survived by her husband, George, who passed away in 1945.
During World War II, 2 of Nellie's sons, Murl and John, were wounded in battle. The Funks' fourth child, George "Hurley," was killed in action in December 1944, shortly after his mother died in May of the same year.
Nellie's husband was killed in a tractor accident less than a year after she died.
Children: 3 daughters, 7 sons.
Mother of:
Pauline Katherine Funk Weiner
Theodore Allen "Ted" Funk
Murl Adrian Funk
George "Hurley" Funk
Henry Ward Funk
Zola Eileen Funk Campbell Smith
Gerald Leland Funk (twin)
Harold Leo Funk (twin)
Elizabeth Louise "Lib" Funk Gillespie
John Cornelius Funk
Nellie and George were the parents of 10 children, including a set of twin boys. One son, Henry, died at the age of 20, and their oldest son, Ted, was electrocuted in 1936 while working on the Winfield Dam. All 5 of their surviving sons served in the United States military during World War II.
At the time of her death, Nellie was 64 years, 6 months and 25 days old. She was buried on 08 May 1944 and was survived by her husband, George, who passed away in 1945.
During World War II, 2 of Nellie's sons, Murl and John, were wounded in battle. The Funks' fourth child, George "Hurley," was killed in action in December 1944, shortly after his mother died in May of the same year.
Nellie's husband was killed in a tractor accident less than a year after she died.
Children: 3 daughters, 7 sons.
Mother of:
Pauline Katherine Funk Weiner
Theodore Allen "Ted" Funk
Murl Adrian Funk
George "Hurley" Funk
Henry Ward Funk
Zola Eileen Funk Campbell Smith
Gerald Leland Funk (twin)
Harold Leo Funk (twin)
Elizabeth Louise "Lib" Funk Gillespie
John Cornelius Funk
Family Members
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Pauline Katherine Funk Weiner
1904–1989
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Theodore Allen "Ted" Funk
1906–1936
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Murl Adrian Funk
1907–1990
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PVT George Hurley Funk
1909–1944
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Henry Ward Funk
1911–1931
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Zola Eileen Funk Smith
1913–1983
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Sgt Gerald Leland Funk
1915–1979
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PFC Harold Leo Funk
1915–1982
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Elizabeth I. "Lib" Funk Gillespie
1916–1990
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PFC John Cornelius Funk
1919–1994
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