Marion J. Funk

MASON CITY Marion J. Funk, 76, of Mason City, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, (June 17, 2009) at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. with Pastor Ed Bard, Chaplain-Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Interment will be held in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Wednesday. Memorials may be directed to the Marion Funk memorial fund in care of the family.
Marion J. Funk was born December 1, 1932 in Davenport, IA the daughter of Thomas and Melita (Schmidt) Taylor. She was married to Frederick Fritz Funk in 1949 in Princeton, MO, they were life long Mason City residents. Marion worked as a CNA at Mercy Hospital for seventeen years, Heritage Care Center and then Good Shepherd Health Center for twenty-two years. She enjoyed gardening and also crocheting in her younger years. Marion loved spending time with her family and friends and was especially fond of her grandchildren.
She is survived by her children, Cathy Arndt and husband Cyrus of Mason City, Vicki Bramsen and husband Dennis Butch of Mason City, Molly Beier of Mason City and Jayme and wife Keri Funk of Mason City; twelve grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Frank Funk and wife Marjorie of Mason City; sister-in-law, Mary Allen and husband Jesse of Mason City and Regina Ackerman of Cedar Rapids.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frederick Fritz Funk; son, Stephen Funk; grandson, Christopher Bramsen; great-grandson, Brandon Regan; and brothers, Donald, Lambert, and John Taylor.