Lillian R. Funk, 88, died April 25, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Sept. 29, 1923 in Russell County, she was the daughter of J. Peter and Margaret (Deines) Boxberger. On November 22, 1942 she married Raymond Funk in Milberger. He died on September 12, 2000. A lifetime Russell and Barton County resident, she was a cook at Homestead Villa and then for Clara Barton Hospital, both in Hoisington, until her retirement. She enjoyed cooking, baking and decorating cakes, and gardening-especially caring for her plants and flowers. Mrs. Funk was a member of United Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Milberger and St. Mark Lutheran Church in Great Bend. Survivors include a son, Clark Funk and wife Cynthia of Great Bend; two daughters, Victoria Sturgeon and husband Jim of Topeka; Connie Dirreen and husband Bill of Hoisington; sister, Stella Steinle of Ardmore, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Samuel, Sigmund, Ferdinand, Ted and Emil Boxberger; and three sisters, Martha Morgenstern, Minnie Boxberger and Molly Langloss. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at the United Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Milberger with Pastor Amy Austin and Pastor Adam Wutka officiating. Burial will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Galatia. Friends may visit from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday with family receiving friends form 6 to 8 p.m. all at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington. Memorials are suggested to the United Emmanuel Lutheran Church or St. Mark Lutheran Church in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.nicholsonrickefh.net.