Marcella

Funk

MARCELLA LENORE (GROSSE) FUNK, age 97, of Grand Rapids, MN died Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Kylar Glen. She was born in 1918 to Leo and Elsie Grosse (Blumke) in Lamartine Township, WI. Marcella graduated from Fond du Lac, WI high school where she met her future husband, Don. She married Donald A. Funk in 1939 and they spent 74 years together, raising six children. Her whole focus was on her family. A stay-at-home mother, she was a great homemaker, cook, seamstress, bowler, and just "mom" – always there for her family. Early in her marriage she embarked on a journey to accompany her husband in his J.C. Penney career, living in Fond du Lac, Rhinelander, Sheboygan, and Marshfield, WI, Ainsworth, NE, Roseau and Grand Rapids, MN.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Don; sisters, Geraldine and Marilyn; son, Robert; son-in-law, Richard LaPlant.

Marcella is survived by her children, Mary (Don) Ross of Roseau, MN, Debra (LaPlant) (Larry) Johnson of Grand Rapids, MN, Donna (Tom) Kriskovich of Ashland, WI, Jim Funk, and Tom Funk of Grand Rapids, MN; sisters, Jean and Betty; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 8th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm at the Rowe Funeral Home in Grand Rapids, MN. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the 11:00 am Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, September 9th at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Grand Rapids, MN. Fr. Jerry Weiss will officiate.

Burial will be held at the Itasca-Calvary Cemetery in Grand Rapids, MN.