[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E72]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE PASSING OF GODFREY FUNK

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                           HON. DOUG COLLINS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 15, 2014

  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Northeast Georgia lost a valued 
community member when Godfrey Funk passed away on January 8, 2014.
   Godfrey spent 35 years teaching in the Hall County School System. 
During his tenure in the classroom, he touched thousands of young 
Georgians' lives--including mine.
   Born and raised in Georgia, Godfrey came into the world on May 10, 
1926. He graduated from Cornelia High School in 1944 and served in the 
United States Navy for two years immediately following graduation. He 
went on to study at the University of Georgia and received his Bachelor 
of Science in Agriculture in 1950. Godfrey moved to the community of 
Clermont upon graduation, where he met and married his wife, Patty. 
They raised four sons together and enjoyed 63 years of marriage. The 
Funks were active members of Concord Baptist Church, where Godfrey 
served as a deacon for more than 60 years.
   Godfrey will be remembered not only for his decades of investment in 
the community, but also for his well-known green thumb. Gardening was a 
lifelong love for Godfrey, whose beautiful yard and prolific vegetable 
garden were well-known and admired by family, friends and neighbors.
   My prayers and thoughts are with Patty and the rest of Godfrey's 
family as they mourn their loss.

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