Horst Roland Funk

Horst Roland Funk

Dacula, GA - Horst Roland Funk, 89, of Dacula, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, December 10th, 2017 with his loving wife, Elfi, by his side.

Horst was born in Altendambach, Germany to Robert and Hedwig Funk. He received his apprenticeship as a toolmaker in Suhl, Germany. He married his childhood sweetheart, Hildegard Hofmann, also of Altendambach. They were married in their hometown and departed after the war moving from East Germany into West Berlin. Horst worked in West Berlin for several years where their first two children, Michael and Christel were born. Eventually, they emigrated to the U.S. and lived in Middlesex, New Jersey, where they had two more children, Peter and Heide. While in New Jersey Horst, Hilde, Michael and Christel became U.S. citizens, an event Horst was very proud of. Horst was a dedicated, successful, hard working business owner, living the American Dream! He and his business partner, Bill Wilson Sr., operated Continental Precision Corporation in New Jersey. They designed and built many of the modern techniques still used in the plastic injection molding industry today. In 1978, Horst and his family moved to Ripton, Vermont. He established CPC of Vermont in Middlebury, where he, his wife, Hilde, and their two sons, Michael and Peter, worked together for many years. In his spare time Horst enjoyed the beauty of the Vermont mountains, skiing, boating, tending to the home and gardens, building model trains, and spending time with his family.

After Hilde's passing in 1998, Horst married his caring, second wife, Elfi. In 2000 Horst retired from CPC and moved South with Elfi to enjoy warmer weather. They resided in Florida for four years, and then relocated to Georgia. Enjoying their new found life together, they spent many weekends hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Horst was predeceased by his parents, his first wife Hilde and his brother Egon. He is survived by his wife, Elfi Funk and stepdaughter, Carolin Griebel; son Michael Funk, his wife Diane, of New Haven, Vermont, and their three children, Abigail, her husband Less and Horst's great grand child Matilda, Matthew and Alexandra; daughter Christel Rathbun, her husband, Rollin, of Hillsborough, New Jersey, and their son Christian and step sons Rollin and Andrew; son Peter Funk, his wife, Clara of Cornwall, Vermont, and their three children, Jonathan, his wife Maren, Timothy and Samantha, and her husband Andrew; daughter Heide Figel, her husband Anthony, of Middlesex, New Jersey and their daughters Trystin and Kirstin, also his in-laws, Harald and Johanna Hofmann, Elfi's sister Sigrid, her husband Dietmar, and their children Dana and Michael. Horst is also survived by his brother, Eberhard Funk, his wife, Christel, and their daughters Simone, husband Juergen and their daughter, Sabrina; and Silke, husband Detlef and their daughter, Melanie, of Altendambach, Germany; his sister-in-law Elli Funk and her children; and Horst's best beloved rescue dog and daily companion, Klemens.

There will be a celebration of Horst's life on Saturday, May 19th at 11:00 am, at the Congregational Church in Middlebury, Vermont. A burial of his ashes will follow at the Cook Cemetery in Ripton, afterward there will be a reception at the Ripton Community house.