- Date Of Birth: August 13, 1927
- Date Of Death: April 14, 2019
- State: Iowa
D. Arlene (Baker) Funk, 91, of Newton died on Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019, at the Comfort House in Pella.
D. Arlene Baker, was born on a farm southeast of Ira on August 13, 1927, daughter of Clifford and Grace (Frey) Baker. She attended country schools in Jasper County and was a 1945 graduate of Mingo High School. Arlene taught in a rural school in Mound Prairie Township for two years (1945-1947). She married Richard Crozier in November of 1946 and they farmed near Mingo.
Arlene provided day care in her home for several years before accepting secretarial employment at Washington Elementary School for five years. After the closure of Washington School, she became secretary at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School for ten years, retiring in 1985.
Those left to honor Arlene’s memory are her children, Vicki (Keith) Rudd of Johnston, David (Suzanne) Funk of Newton, and Nancy (Steve) Tommeraasen of Spencer; her grandchildren, Heather (Nate) Erickson of Firestone, Colorado, Tiffany (Andy) Schmeisser of Waukee, Ryan Funk (Rosie Lancaster) of Altoona, Brandon (Nana) Funk of Houston, Texas, and Chelsea (Brandon) Dunkerson of Newton; step-grandchildren, Lena (Aaron Alcott) Tommeraasen of Ames and Sara Moore of Eugene, Oregon; her great-grandchildren, Ethan, Connor, Anna, Hayden, MaKenna, and Julian; and her step-great-grandchildren, Mackenzie and Madison.
