Edward Funkhouser Obituary (1924 – 2022) – Lebanon, NJ – Legacy.com

Edward Kramer Funkhouser of Lebanon, New Jersey, died at home on May 16, 2022, of natural causes, 12 days shy of his 98th birthday. Born on May 29, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the eldest of two sons of the late Edward Kramer Funkhouser and Lesley (Waterman) Funkhouser. He was predeceased by his brother, John Tower Funkhouser. Ed attended Montclair High School in Essex County, NJ before being drafted into the Army Air Force Corps during World War II. He was ultimately stationed in the Pacific on Guam, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in a photo-reconnaissance unit where he participated in 22 missions involving pre and post aerial assessments of Japanese cities during 1945.

Ed graduated in 1950 from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, where he met his future wife, Nancy Farnsworth. He volunteered many years for the West Essex First Aid Squad and in 1970, he co-founded Pumping Services Inc, a Middlesex, NJ industrial pump contracting company. He retired in 2010.

His family moved to Lebanon, NJ, in 1976 and Ed enjoyed his 68 summers in Meredith, NH, where he built a seasonal home on Lake Winnipesaukee. All who knew Ed would speak of his hard work, tenacity, organization, and dedicated spirit in everything that he did.

Ed is survived by his wife, Nancy, of Lebanon, his five children, Jane Funkhouser Smith, Pittstown, NJ, and her children, Jim, Jon, and Will, Ann Funkhouser, Upper Black Eddy, PA, (Wegard Holby) and their children, Sara, Kate and Jack, Jim Funkhouser, Meredith, NH, Bette Funkhouser Higley, Lebanon, NJ, (Bob) and their children, Caroline, Jane, Liza and Pete, and Nancy Funkhouser, Wayland, MA, (Jim Paugh) and their children, Tom, John and Jimmy as well as his four great-grandchildren, Anna, Jimmy, Ames, and Penelope.

Visitation will be private.