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Funk, Marie (1894-1987)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 12 Feb 1987 p. 9
Birth date: 1894 May 20
text of obituary:
COMMUNITY NEWS
. . .
Marie Funk, 92, passed away at Bengham [sic Bingham] Memorial Hospital on Jan. 25 after a long illness. Lance Eisele officiated at the funeral service. Interment was in Homestead Cemetery. She is survived by two sisters, a brother and several nieces and nephews.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1987 Mar 26 p. 11
text of obituary:
MARIE FUNK
Marie Funk, 92, longtime resident of Aberdeen, Idaho, died Feb. 25, 1987, at Bingham Memorial Nursing Home in Blackfoot following an extended illness.
She was born on May 20, 1894, in Youngstown, Kan., to Peter and Anna Friesen Funk. Her father owned a flour mill and also farmed near Marion, Kan.
In 1902, she moved with her family to Hinton, Okla., where they homesteaded on the Cherokee Strip. In 1909 the family moved to Aberdeen, Idaho. She attended Idaho Technical Institute in Pocatello and business college in Los Angeles, Calif.
For 20 years she worked for the Aberdeen Post Office as clerk and acting postmistress. She retired in May 1964.
She was a lifelong member of the Mennonite church and was active in the Ladies Mission Society. She traveled widely.
Survivors include two sisters, Anna Wiebe and Elizabeth Wenger, both of Aberdeen, and one brother, Herman Funk of Aberdeen.
Funeral services were held Jan. 26, 1987, at First Mennonite Church, Aberdeen, with Lance Eisele officiating. Burial was in Homestead Cemetery.
Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon
