Funk, Roberta O. 1934-2013

FUNK, ROUSE, MORRIS, COOK, CHRISTIANSON, HARMSEN, RASMUSSEN, CLEAVER, WARNER

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Date: 7/30/2013 at 09:03:14

Roberta O. Funk died on July 23, 2013, after a brief illness a few months short of her 79th birthday.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from noon until the time of service. Roberta will be interred at Newton Union Cemetery where her parents, sisters, brother, and infant daughter are also buried. Memorials to Meals On Wheels may be left at the funeral home. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News.
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Roberta O. Funk
Newton, IA
Sep 8, 1934 - Jul 23, 2013

Visitation Service the funeral home
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Funeral Service the funeral home
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013
1:00pm
Burial Service Newton Union Cemetery
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013

Roberta O. Funk died on July 23, 2013, after a brief illness a few months short of her 79th birthday. A funeral service will be held at 1 P.M., Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from noon until the time of service. Roberta will be interred at Newton Union Cemetery where her parents, sisters, brother, and infant daughter are also buried.Memorials to Meals for Wheels may be left at the funeral home.

Born Roberta O. Rouse on September 8, 1934 in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of B.W. and Dorothy (Morris) Rouse. She spent most of her life in Newton, although she lived some of her early childhood in Derby, Iowa. Roberta graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1953. On July 10, 1953, she was married to Rolland Ralph Funk.

Roberta was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Newton and prior to that a member of the First Baptist Church of Newton for several years, where she taught Sunday School to preschoolers and volunteered at the Vacation Bible School and the church nursery. Besides being a loving mother and grandmother, she was an avid antiques collector and collected porcelain dolls and other object d’art. For many years, she was a day care provider in her home. Roberta is survived by her husband, Rolland Ralph Funk of Newton; daughters, Karla Rae Funk (Frederic) Cook and Karin Beth Funk (Paul) Christianson; her grandchildren, Aleah Christianson (Jeremy) Harmsen, Alexendra Christianson (John) Rasmussen, Sydney Marie Christianson, and William “Bill” Charles Cook; one great-grandson, Liam Christopher Harmsen; her twin-brother, Robert Eugene (Elaine) Rouse; her sister, Wanda Jean Rouse (Danny) Cleaver; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Lise Ellen Funk; brother, Keith (Violet) Rouse; and two sisters, Nadine Rouse and Leorine Rouse (Edward) Warner. ~ The Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa.