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RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021 Pictured below at Newark DE are John and Sue Funk, long time railroad and racing friends that are sadly no longer with us. John retired from Reading/Conrail in 1996 with 41 years of service and passed away suddenly on August 15th of 2020 at age 85. The couple never had children and no family in the Reading PA area so a few of us attempted to help Sue and the 3 cats out with what turned out to be a very difficult transition. Unfortunately Sue passed yesterday. I'm really going to miss those two. So sad :( John was big on organizing private car charters for many years. This is a group shot at Houston on a 6 day trip with Northern Sky that Karen & I rode on in 2013. John is in the red shirt & Sue is in blue:  |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 27 11:05:32 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. My condolences! |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 27 11:25:00 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. KP : I am sorry to hear about the passing of your friends. It sounds as though they have a good life. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sat Feb 27 11:41:01 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. Sorry to hear. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 14:45:32 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 27 11:25:00 2021. Thanks Larry...they did a lot of travelling, had many friends and lived full lives. I felt really honored when it was discovered that in his will John named me (along with 2 others) as custodians of his huge and well organized slide collection. We are in the process of cataloging the contents and I may be posting some of his images from time to time. As of now we are up to approximately 30,000 railroad related images. They had a movie screen suspended from the ceiling in the living room and the slide projector was never put away. He loved to tell people that they visited every continent! |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 14:47:51 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by BILLBKLYN on Sat Feb 27 11:41:01 2021. TY Bill....the Sue story was particularly tragic but not uncommon when dealing with losing a lifetime partner. At the end we think she just gave up. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 14:53:30 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 27 11:05:32 2021. Thanks Chuck...I get emotional just typing this out but I think that is a good thing. |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 27 15:43:36 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 14:45:32 2021. KP: You friend was foresighted as well . I have known of too many railfans that have taken their knowledge to the grave. Very often they died without family and their homes were pilfered. John seems to have anticipated that. He seems to have left behind a massive legacy of railfan material. I now that cataloging his collection is a sad job but its one worth doing. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 15:54:02 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 27 15:43:36 2021. We did our part as best we could. Much remains but with the passing of Sue the rest is out of our hands. There is a massive HO layout in the basement that we ran from time to time but we made no attempt to do anything with inventory of the rolling stock. That was going to be next on the agenda. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by Dave on Sat Feb 27 18:39:23 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. RIP |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 28 09:32:08 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 14:45:32 2021. That's an honor and a privilege you've been given. I also have no children and no siblings. I worry about what will happen to my possessions when my wife and I are both gone. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 28 09:32:34 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. I'm very sorry to hear of this loss. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Sun Feb 28 16:43:18 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. Thanks for trying to help out, it's not uncommon for married couples to pass in proximity. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 28 17:19:25 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 28 09:32:08 2021. That's an honor and a privilege you've been given.John has been gone 6 months and I still can't believe it. I am in a similar sutuation to yours and sometimes wonder what will happen but I must ask questions now that I'm (somewhat) responsible for this historical information. For instance John photographed a LOT of major construction projects of all types in the area back in the 50s & 60s. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 28 17:59:08 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 28 17:19:25 2021. Thank you, again, kp5308 |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 28 18:05:45 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by Jersey Mike on Sun Feb 28 16:43:18 2021. My father in-law passed on in Jan. ,2003 and his spouse passed on , April, 2003. Previous to this, my wife, (their daughter), passed on in Oct, 2002. Bad times for me. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 28 21:13:02 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 28 18:05:45 2021. WOW! Some never get past a blast like that :( |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Mar 1 01:00:15 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 28 09:32:08 2021. You need to start working on a plan now. I am facing the same likelihood and I am getting my plans in place. Recently I have bee recording the stories behind a lot of my older photo sets on Youtube live streams. Captures a lot of the context and fun anecdotes. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 1 07:12:25 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Mar 1 01:00:15 2021. That sounds like a good plan. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Mar 1 10:53:23 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. I'm a bit late, but condolences for the loss of your friends.Bill Newkirk |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by Q4 on Mon Mar 1 11:56:37 2021, in response to RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 10:57:37 2021. RIP. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon Mar 1 21:19:56 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Mar 1 01:00:15 2021. Reading Tech has recordings of countless former Reading employees and non railroad types like industry traffic managers, vendors and many others that had some contact with the carrier. I know John was a part of that project so he has to be in there. He was quite the story teller. |
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Re: RIP John & Sue |
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Posted by Express Rider on Wed Mar 3 08:30:59 2021, in response to Re: RIP John & Sue, posted by kp5308 on Sat Feb 27 14:53:30 2021. My condolences to you as well. From what you've written they were really good people, who enjoyed railfanning together with others and helping others out whenever someone needed it.Thank you for including photos of them. |
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