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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Constance “Connie” Joan Funke
Age: 81
City: Manchester
Funeral Home
Leonard-Muller Funeral Home & Crematory
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Constance “Connie” Joan Funke
Constance “Connie” Joan Funke
Manchester
Constance “Connie” Joan Funke, 81, of Manchester, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Lloyd Funke; her five children, Jim Funke of Cedar Rapids, Laura (Ron) Chramosta of Anamosa, Megan (Mike) McKenna of Peosta, Scott (Joan) Funke of Manchester, and Shaun (Ann) Funke of Shueyville; her nine grandchildren, Cameron Chramosta, Kieryn, Katie, and Kellen McKenna, Jenna, Jeryn, and Jayce Funke, and Addison and Hayden Funke; her siblings, Carole (Butch) Weber, Colleen (Richard) McGraw, Jan (Larry) Wickman, Jim (Kandice) McGraw, and Jeff (Becky) McGraw.
Connie was preceded in death by her parents, Ronald and Eileen McGraw; her parents-in-law, Tony and Margaret Funke; one brother, John McGraw; brother-in-law, Richard Warfield; niece, Michaela Havertape, and nephew, Richard Funke.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be livestreamed at http://blessedtrinitycluster.com
Online condolences may be sent to www.leonard-mullerfh.com.
Mass of Christian Burial: 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 26, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester, Iowa.
Scripture Service: 1:30 p.m., Sunday, February 25, 2024, at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Manchester.
Public Visitation: 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, February 25, 2024, at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Manchester, Iowa. Friends may also call from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., on Monday, at the church. A rosary will also be recited by Catholic Daughters.
Inurnment: Calvary Cemetery, Ryan, Iowa.