Dean Funk

DEAN FUNK 98, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY THE MORNING OF FRIDAY 24, 2020 WITH THE LOVE
OF HIS FAMILY SURROUNDING HIM.
DEAN WAS BORN MAY 18, 1922 IN NEW LONDON, OHIO HURON COUNTY TO ALBERT AND
RUTH FUNK. HE WAS THE SECOND OF 6 BROTHERS. (EMMONS E FUNK, COL.DALE R FUNK
U.S.A.F, CARL E FUNK, SGT. NORMAN K FUNK U.S.A.F, VIRGIL J FUNK) AND HAD 6 STEPSISTERS.
HE GRADUATED NORTH FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940. HE SERVED IN THE US MARINE
CORPS DURING WORLD WAR 11. HE WAS IN THE BATTLE OF TARAWN AND THE BATTLE OF
OKINAWA. HE WAS PROMOTED TO PLATOON SERGEANT. 1942-1945.
HE CAME TO CALIFORNIA EARLY OF 1949. WHERE HE WOULD MARRY SHIRLEY BENNET IN 1953
AND HAVE TWO STEPDAUGHTERS CHYRL WILLIAMS AND VALERI WALKER. THEY LATER
DIVORCED IN 1972. HE WORKED FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN AIRCRAFT FOR 5 YEARS. LOCKHEED
MARTIN MISSILE DIVISION FOR 6 MONTHS. MARQUARDT CORP FOR 3 YEARS. LATER RETIRED
WITH LITTON DATA SYSTEMS DIVISION OF 30 YEARS. THIS IS WHERE HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS
LIFE ESTHER LEON DONHAUSER WHICH INTRODUCED HIM TO A NEW FAMILY AND FRIENDS
THAT CHERISHED HIM UP TO HIS PASSING. DEAN WAS A DEVOTED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
AS WELL AS AN ACTIVE CHARTER MEMEBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, MEMEBER OF MASONIC
ORDER, PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION, HIGH DESERT MEDICAL GROUP. DEAN WAS A MAN OF
MANY PASSIONS INCLUDING FLYING, TRAVELING , GOLFING, AND A BIG FAN OF OHIO STATE
FOOTBALL BUCKEYES “GO BUCKS”. HE WILL BE MISSED BY HIS TWO STEPDAUGHTERS CHERYL
AND VALERI. HIS GRANDCHILDREN LAURA, BONNIE, STEPHANIE, JOSEF, DAVID, OSCAR. THREE
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVEN GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. DEAN WAS LOVED BY
EVERYONE WHO MET HIM AND WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. SEMPER FI
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD JANUARY 8, 2021 VIEWING 11AM-1PM FOLLWED BY
MEMORIAL SERVICE 1PM-2PM AT HALLEY OLSEN CHAPEL OF THE VALLEY MORTUARY. 38141
6TH ST EAST PALMDALE, CA 93550.
MEMORIAL FLOWERS CAN BE SENT TO THE MORTUARY. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE
MADE TO THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA OR PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA.
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