Stephen Correll Funk was named for his paternal grandmother (Frances Correll Funk) and his mother's family name (Stephens).
Steve was a graduate of Evanston Township High School. He attended classes at Northwestern University, Butler University and Illinois State Normal University.
Serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Steve became a fighter pilot flight instructor, during which time he met his future wife at Enid, Oklahoma. They settled into farming and sirup making at Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, raising a family, and creating memories along Route 66 in the same woodlands where Steve's pioneering ancestors put down roots in Illinois in 1824.
Mr. Funk served on the Funks Grove Cemetery board for 35 years and was a member of the McLean United Methodist Church; the Burger-Benedict American Legion Post, McLean; and the Illinois Route 66 Association.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), June 30, 2015.
Steve was a graduate of Evanston Township High School. He attended classes at Northwestern University, Butler University and Illinois State Normal University.
Serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Steve became a fighter pilot flight instructor, during which time he met his future wife at Enid, Oklahoma. They settled into farming and sirup making at Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, raising a family, and creating memories along Route 66 in the same woodlands where Steve's pioneering ancestors put down roots in Illinois in 1824.
Mr. Funk served on the Funks Grove Cemetery board for 35 years and was a member of the McLean United Methodist Church; the Burger-Benedict American Legion Post, McLean; and the Illinois Route 66 Association.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), June 30, 2015.
Stephen Correll Funk was named for his paternal grandmother (Frances Correll Funk) and his mother's family name (Stephens).
Steve was a graduate of Evanston Township High School. He attended classes at Northwestern University, Butler University and Illinois State Normal University.
Serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Steve became a fighter pilot flight instructor, during which time he met his future wife at Enid, Oklahoma. They settled into farming and sirup making at Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, raising a family, and creating memories along Route 66 in the same woodlands where Steve's pioneering ancestors put down roots in Illinois in 1824.
Mr. Funk served on the Funks Grove Cemetery board for 35 years and was a member of the McLean United Methodist Church; the Burger-Benedict American Legion Post, McLean; and the Illinois Route 66 Association.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), June 30, 2015.
Steve was a graduate of Evanston Township High School. He attended classes at Northwestern University, Butler University and Illinois State Normal University.
Serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Steve became a fighter pilot flight instructor, during which time he met his future wife at Enid, Oklahoma. They settled into farming and sirup making at Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, raising a family, and creating memories along Route 66 in the same woodlands where Steve's pioneering ancestors put down roots in Illinois in 1824.
Mr. Funk served on the Funks Grove Cemetery board for 35 years and was a member of the McLean United Methodist Church; the Burger-Benedict American Legion Post, McLean; and the Illinois Route 66 Association.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), June 30, 2015.
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