Delores Funk
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Delores Funk
Delores Funk
RONAN - Delores Lee Funk, 84, peacefully entered into the arms of our creator, surrounded by family on Nov. 13, 2024. At her request, there will be no services. Delores was born to Maurice and Nethalee Martin in Hill Lake, Minnesota, on July 10, 1940. She was the fifth of their seventeen children. She moved to Montana with her family where they lived at several places in Flathead County.
On Aug. 3, 1957, she married Edward J. Funk of Kalispell, at the Hitching Post in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. After several years in Kalispell, they moved to Glasgow, Montana, where she learned to do upholstery work through Earl’s Body Shop, alongside her husband Ed, who was employed there as an auto body paint technician. Being a natural craftswoman, she quickly became gifted in her upholstery creations. In 1969, they moved to Ronan where she went to work for Glen McDorman in his upholstery shop. Later she was able to open her own business, Dee’s Upholstery. She created beautiful furniture. With the help of her husband in the evenings, they were also able to recreate car interiors, boat tops and even RV awnings. She operated Dee’s Upholstery for over 30 years in Ronan; where she retired and lived until her death.
Delores was very family orientated. She raised four children with Ed and also helped with some of her siblings at times. She enjoyed living within five generations consisting of numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and also had three great great-grandchildren. She was always there with love and support. She will always be greatly loved and missed.
Being an avid outdoorswoman, she greatly enjoyed hunting and the large hunting camps of family and friends. She also enjoyed fishing and many camping vacations, enjoying all those who attended.
Delores was preceded in death by her husband, Edward; their grandson, Kendall Shae Schiele; her parents; three sisters; and one brother.
She is survived by her four children and their families, Dixie Steptoe, Kathy Schiele, Cindi Hendricks and Jim Funk.
