Lyle Funston

Lyle Donald Funston September 22, 1933 - February 3, 2022 (age 88) "In loving memory of the most wonderful father and brother. You will forever be loved and missed." Lyle Donald Funston passed away peacefully on February 3, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona. He was preceded by his parents: Roy and Violet Funston; his son Lyle Donald Funston, Jr.; his daughters: Linda Wilcox, Lori Wilcox, Heidi Hodge; his grandson David May; his brother, Gary Funston, and his sister Joyce Funston. He is survived by his sons: Daniel Funston, Patrick Funston, Bobby Hodge (Shirley); his daughters: Doris Van Horn (Bobby), Amy Wheat (Dan); his sisters: Lois Roberts (Bruce), Kathleen Nauman; his grandchildren: Jennie, Trinity, Trisha, Mariah, Rom, Michael, Hannah, Robert, and Heidi; along with many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Lyle was born and raised on a farm in Bismarck, North Dakota. During his early adult life, he moved to the Los Angeles area and worked as a Carpenter before relocating to Trona, California, where he started working for Stauffer Chemical and continued to work at the Searles Valley Plants first at the Westend Facility, next to the Pan Rooms in the Trona Facility for Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, and then transferring to the Argus Facility to work as an Instrumentation Technician after completing his Correspondence School Certification. Lyle remained working in the Instrument Shop of the Argus Facility until he retired from North American Chemical Company in 1994.

Lyle loved spending time with his family, tending to his garden, fruit trees, and animals on his ranch in Homewood Canyon, spending most of his vacation time taking long, adventurous camping trips to remote locations in and along the Sierra Nevada Mountains with his children and friends. He was a member of: the Trona Rim Benders 4-wheel Drive Club in the 1970s, the Trona Elks Lodge Bpoe until entering assisted living in Arizona, and a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. Services will be held at the Searles Valley Cemetery in Trona, California, on Saturday, February 19th at 2:00 pm.