Hoyt- Representative Rocky Fund was born August 5, 1950 in Sabetha, Kansas, the 5th of 7 children. His parents, Marty and Aleck Fund lived on a farm near Goff, Kansas. He attended school in Goff and graduated from Wetmore High School. After graduation, he joined the air force, married Linda McKee, was stationed at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, KS and served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He returned home to Kansas, worked at Learjet and earned his bachelor's degree at Wichita State University. He also earned a Farrier's license from Oklahoma Farrier's College.
Rocky was a horseshoer (farrier), in Wichita and northeast Kansas, a teacher and coach at Royal Valley and Jackson Heights for 21 years, served on the Rural Water District #3 Jackson County Water Board for16 years before becoming its District Manager for 10 years. He was elected State Representative from the 50th district in 2006 and was serving his third term. Rocky was an Optimist, a member of the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He leaves a wife, Linda, a daughter, Jesse Davis and her husband Chris, a son, Matt and Angalee Van Meter and a granddaughter, Layla Fund.
He also leaves brothers Larry (Betty), Alan (Brenda) and Dennis (Mary Beth) and sisters Sharon Heiman (Lambert), Karen McClaskey (Mike), Nancy Rilinger (Larry) and many wonderful friends.
Funeral services will be10:00 a.m. Monday, May 2, 2011 at the Evangel United Methodist Church in Holton. Burial with military honors will be in the Havensville Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Celebration of Life will be 4:00 p.m. Monday afternoon at the Holton Country Club. Memorials may be given to the Topeka Rescue Mission or Sunrise Optimist Foundation or to Midland Hospice House c/o Mercer Funeral Home P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.