Name: McLeod Mortuary
Address: Escondido, CA

Jeffrey L. Funk Obituary
Jeffrey Lynn Funk was born in Denton, Texas on February 28, 1940. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones on January 13, 2025 in Escondido, California. He was 84 years old.
A year before his graduation from Denton High School in 1958, Jeff joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 and began his 25-year career serving our country. During those years he served on the USS Pyro, Hanson, Constellation and Cape Cod. He was stationed in Dallas, The Philippines, San Francisco, Spokane and San Diego during his career. Jeff completed his bachelor’s degree during his time in the Navy and achieved the rank of Chief Warrant Officer-3 before his retirement in 1982. Dad never ceased being a “Navy man” always tearing up when he saw the ships in San Diego Harbor.
After the Navy, Jeff reinvented himself becoming a banker for several years joining his wife Alice working at the San Diego Trust & Savings Bank where he eventually became an officer. After the bank was sold, he tackled a new assignment as Executive Director for the Ramona Food & Clothes Closet where he served until retirement. With his Navy organizational skills, he soon turned the Food & Clothes Closet into a profitable venture which better served the Ramona community.  During that time, he started a full-ride college scholarship program for Ramona High School students which was renamed, “The Jeff Funk Community Spirit Scholarship.” After retiring from this role, he became the chairman of the board of directors for several years.
Jeff had a habit of serving wherever he found himself. As a youngster, he was a member of the Texas State Boys Choir and he was a Boy Scout. As a young sailor at the Dallas Naval Air Station, he volunteered for the color guard for the newly formed Dallas Cowboy football games, consequently becoming a lifelong Cowboy fan. As a young adult, he was kindergarten Sunday school teacher, a scout master and a tennis coach. He won several Navy tennis tournaments

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Jeffrey Lynn Funk

28 February, 1940 – 13 January, 2025

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