Shirley Ann Funk Diggs, 80, of Christiansburg, Va., went to be with our Lord on Jan. 10, 2021. She was born in Rowlesburg on Sept. 17, 1940, to the late Dora Beatrice Funk and Eugene Richard Funk. Shirley was preceded in death by her devoted husband of 49 years, Donald Sherman Diggs, whom she married on Oct. 29, 1965, and passed on May 16, 2014.
Shirley is survived by her two daughters, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Her family includes daughter, Christine Porterfield; son-in-law, Curt Porterfield; grandchildren, Derek and wife Brittany; great-grandchildren, Trenton, Lyla, Judah and Elijah, of Fredericksburg, Va.; Alyssa Porterfield East and husband Jacob, of Lynchburg, Va., and Landon, of Newport, Va.; daughter, Susan Runfola; son-in-law, Chad Runfola; and grandchildren, Spencer and Silvana, of Ashburn, Va. She is also survived by nine brothers and sisters, including Flora Adeline Funk Pyles, of Kingwood, Margaret Elisa Funk Friend, of Crozet, Va., Harry Richard Funk, of Rush Springs, Okla., Dorothy Marie Funk Boyer, of Cumberland, Md., Edna Louise Funk Cramer, of Terra Alta, Mary Virginia Funk Thiel, of Rowlesburg, Michael Allen Funk, of Rowlesburg, David Junior Funk, of Rush Springs, Okla., and Charles William Funk, of Marlow, Okla.
Shirley graduated with the class of 1959 from Rowlesburg High School in Rowlesburg and Catherman’s Business College in Cumberland, Md. She retired after 33 years of service from Radford Army Ammunition Plant and continued working at Dr. Raymond Dyer Jr. family physician, Montgomery County Treasurer’s Office and J.C. Penney Company. Shirley also was a past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star.
The family will receive friends at Burke Funeral Home, 24 Chestnut Street, Rowlesburg, WV (www.burkefuneralhomewv.com) at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 16 with a funeral service to follow in the chapel at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Red Rock Cemetery in Macomber (Preston County) beside her mother and father.
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