Jeane Funkhouser
November 25, 1929 ~ December 23, 2010
Jeane Mulholland Funkhouser, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on December 23, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Dansville, VA on November 25, 1928 to Ernest and Beulah Milhollen. Jeane worked as a reporter for the San Francisco newspaper, modeled, and wrote a regular column. She had many talents including being a master floral designer, co-owned a radio station, KWMC, and floral shop, Eden Etc., and worked in sales and advertising. Her artistic talents reached notoriety in the 1960's & 1970's. She was a phenomenal self-taught, mosaic artist completing amazing pieces of mosaic artwork on a number of different venues including, St David's Episcopal Church in San Antonio, which was displayed in the Witte Museum. She collaborated with Lincoln Borglum on another of her mosaics in Topeka, Kansas in the National Reserve Life Insurance Company. She married Charles Hunt Sr. in 1953 and had two children, Charlene and Charles. She was married again in 1973 to Donald Funkhouser who is survived by her. She enjoyed her faith, her precious family, her many wonderful friends, and life in general. To say that Jeane will be missed by all who knew her does not say enough the impact she had on us all. She was a beautiful person in every way.
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Jeane Mulholland Funkhouser, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on December 23, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with Cancer. She was born in Dansville, VA on November 25, 1928 to Ernest and Beulah Milhollen. Jeane worked as a reporter for the San Francisco newspaper, modeled, and wrote a regular column. She had many talents including being a master floral designer, co-owned a radio station, KWMC, and floral shop, Eden Etc., and worked in sales and advertising. Her artistic talents reached notoriety in the 1960s. She was a phenomenal self-taught, mosaic artist completing amazing pieces of mosaic artwork on a number of different venues including, St Davids Episcopal Church in San Antonio, which was displayed in the Witte Museum. She collaborated with Lincoln Borglum on another of her mosaics in Topeka, Kansas in the National Reserve Life Insurance Company. She married Charles Hunt Sr. in 1953 and had two children, Charlene and Charles. She was married again in 1973 to Donald Funkhouser who is survived by her. She enjoyed her faith, her precious family, her many wonderful friends, and life in general. To say that Jeane will be missed by all who knew her does not say enough the impact she had on us all. She was a beautiful person in every way.
Grandmother was an amazing woman. We her daughter, Charlene, her granddaughters, Heather Shepard, Kim Day, grandsons, Zeb Mitchell, and Jodie Kucera loved and appreciated an extremely talented, very loving, hilarious woman for all of our lives. Her absence will always be felt. Her memorial will be held at St. David’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio, TX, January 15, 2010 at 2:00. entry submitted on behalf of Charlene’s portion of her family.
I shared many great evenings at the home of Don and Jean. Jean was a wonderful person always ready with good humor and a positive attitude she was was a great cook and good friend to all those who knew her. She will be missed!