Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 2/10/1991

Telford Ezra Funnell

October 9, 1908 – February 9, 1991

Telford Funnell, 82, of 507 S. 36^th St., died Saturday at 5:10pm in Meridian Nursing Center-Cardinal.  He retired in 1972 from Grand Trunk Railroad, following 45 years of service.

He was born October 9, 1908, in Mishawaka and he lived in the area all of his life.  On October 29, 1927, in Mishawaka, he married Ruth Elizabeth Brittain.  She died in 1985.  Surviving are three daughters, Jacqueline Myers of Osceola, Betty Ditsch of Los Angeles and Beverly Jean Fager of Elkhart; two sons, Donald and Larry, both of South Bend; 17 grandchildren; 36 great grandchildren; a great great granddaughter; and two brothers, Ellsworth of Niles and Levi Rufus of Port Richey FL

Services will be Wednesday at 1pm in Hollis-Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Ave. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm in the funeral home.