{"id":10097,"date":"2025-05-16T17:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=10097"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:33:48","slug":"shirley-a-funneman-91-of-teutopolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/10097-shirley-a-funneman-91-of-teutopolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley A. Funneman (91) of Teutopolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>Shirley A. Funneman, 91, passed away peacefully at her home in Teutopolis on Friday, May 16, 2025.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 am to 11:00 am Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be given to Fear Nothing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Shirley was born December 18, 1933 in Dieterich, the daughter of Joseph and Hilda (Koelling) Bushue. She married William \u201cBill\u201d Funneman on October 18, 1958. Shirley was a bus driver for over 30 years with the Teutopolis School District, and many of the students who rode with her still say she was one of the best.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Shirley is survived by her husband, Bill; daughters, Karen (Stan) Schutte of Stewardson and Kayla (Jeff) Hemmen of Teutopolis; sons, Dennis (Tress) of Elliotstown and Terry (Barb) of Teutopolis; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; son, Randy; brothers, Everett Bushue, Wilbur Pokey, Norman Pokey, Vernon Pokey, Wayne Bushue and sister, Eunice Lidy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Shirley\u2019s family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to her caregivers\u2014Sabrina, Tasha, and Anita\u2014as well as to Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospice for their compassionate care and support.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley died on Friday, May 16th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shirley A. 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