Funk, Betty (Bentien) 1925-1996

BENTIEN, HENDERSON, FUNK, HALVERSON, CHRISTOFFERSON, BENESH, ALEXANDER

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 9/20/2011 at 20:49:08

SOURCE: Monona, Iowa MONONA OUTLOOK, December 25, 1996
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services for Betty Funk, age 71, of Osage, Iowa, were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 21, 1996 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, Iowa, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson, Rev. Roy Ott, and Rev. Jeff Dodge officiating. Burial was in the Osage Cemetery.

Betty, daughter of Linford and Thelma (Henderson) Bentien, was born October 26, 1925 near Monona, Iowa in Allamakee County. She was educated in rural schools. Betty married Frederick Funk on February 12, 1945 at the Methodist Church Parsonage in Monona, Iowa. They farmed near Luana, Iowa until moving to Osage in 1958. Frederick "Fritz" Funk died July 23, 1972. Betty was employed as a bookkeeper at Osage Motor Supply and Cooper's Osage Chrysler. She was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church and Church Circle. Betty belonged to numerous Card Clubs.

Betty Funk died Thursday, December 19, 1996 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Iowa. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Fritz.

She is survived by a daughter, Becky Halverson of Osage, Iowa, a son, Ted (Peggy) Funk, also of Osage, Iowa; 3 grandchildren, Lisa (Tim) Alexander of Amana, Iowa, Lora Funk of Albany, New York, and Lana Funk of Osage, Iowa; 2 sisters, Ramona (Leo) Christofferson of Harpers Ferry, Iowa and JoAnn (Charles) Benesh of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and a brother, Harlan (Imogene) Bentien of Monona, Iowa.