Funeral Mass for Msgr. David R. Funk, 76, who died Wednesday, Jan. 8, was celebrated Saturday, Jan. 18 at Reynoldsburg St. Pius X Church. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus.
He was born on Feb. 6, 1948 in Lancaster to the late Richard and Thelma Funk.
He was a 1966 graduate of Lancaster Fairfield Union High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Ohio Dominican College (now University) and Bachelor’s degrees in sacred theology and sacred theology history from the Catholic University of America. He also studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Columbus.
He was ordained to the priesthood on May 27, 1974 at Bremen St. Mary Church, his home parish, by Bishop Edward Herrmann,
He served as pastor of Portsmouth Holy Redeemer, Columbus St. Agatha and Reynoldsburg St. Pius X churches, retiring in 2018 from St. Pius X, where he lived after his retirement and where the parish center was named in his honor.
He also was an associate pastor at Chillicothe St. Peter, Columbus Corpus Christi and Columbus Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal churches and was a vicar forane, a member of the diocesan Priests Personnel Board, a judge for the diocesan Tribunal and a Chaplain for the Knights of Columbus.
He was honored by Pope St. John Paul II as a monsignor, with the title chaplain to His Holiness, on Oct. 11, 1995.
He is survived by brothers Thomas (Elizabeth “Betty”) and James (Leesa) and four nephews.