Gretchen Funderburk
Gretchen Woodruff Funderburk, 83, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.
Services were 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was at Moore Cemetery in Chalk Bluff. Visitation was at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the funeral home.
Gretchen was born Nov. 23, 1938, to Robert ‘’Bob’’ and Rita (Szanto) in Waco. She married Richard Woodruff Sr. in June 1953. They had eight children; Richard Jr., Jimmy, John, Jerry, Jeff, Danny, William and Rachel.
Gretchen worked at Connally School cafeteria as cook/server and as a bus driver for many years. After the loss of her husband, F underburk Richard Sr., in 2001 she met and married Dwain Funderburk in 2007 and they were happily married for seven years when he passed away in 2015. Gretchen loved fishing, music, playing bingo with her church friends and being outside in her yard.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Richard Woodruff Sr. and Dwain Funderburk; her brothers, Bobby, David and Willy Szanto; her sister, Sam Whitlock; and her sons, William, Jimmy and Jerry Woodruff.
Survivors include her children, Richard Jr. John, Jeff, Danny and Rachel; her brothers, Tim, Randy and Bruce Szanto; 15 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Tim Woodruff, Colton Woodruff, Adam Caulk, Luke Caulk, Brandon Kreder and Cory Kreder. Please sign the online guest book at www.bellmeadfuneralhome. com.
