Joann Taylor Funk, 76, of Hartford, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Professional Care Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hartford. She was born on July 12, 1938, in Dale, Ind., to the late Raymond and Evelyn Taylor.
She was a member of Hartford Second Baptist Church and was a retired sales clerk for Rice Drugs. Joann loved watching and feeding the birds, admiring her flower garden, collecting antiques and she loved her family and friends dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Evelyn Taylor; one brother, Jerry Taylor; and one sister, Peggy Sutton.
Survivors include her husband of 30 years, Jerry Funk, of Hartford; four children, Doug (Toni) Coburn, of Paonia, Colo., Kim Danks (Choya), of Owensboro, David Coburn (Jean), of Hartford, and Clay Coburn (Kelly), of Beaver Dam; two sisters, Diann McCallie, of Cloverdale, Ind., and Marsha Catron, of Indianapolis, Ind.; one brother, Terry Taylor, of South Carolina. She was blessed with 12 grandchildren, Kara Kennick, Jerrod Allen, Sheridan Booth, Jamie Maxon, Nathan Coburn, Lauren Danks Allen, Will Danks, Brody Knight, Adrienne Coburn, Madison Coburn, Brynn Coburn and Braden Coburn; nine great-grandchildren with one on the way and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 6, at Miller-Schapmire Funeral Home in Hartford, with Rev. Pete Leach officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Hartford. Friends may visit with the family from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday and from 9 a.m. until the time of service on Monday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of memorial donation to the National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., 1501 N.W. Ave/ Bob Hope Rd., Miami, FL, 33136-1494.