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Doris Funk

March 29, 1923 — January 22, 2012

Services for Doris Funk, 88, will be Friday, January 27, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Melcher-Dallas. Interment will follow at the Goshen Cemetery near Lucas. Family will receive friends at 10:00 a.m. before the service on Friday. Doris was born March 29, 1923 in Weldon, Iowa to Alfred and Pearl (Fry) Bishop. She grew up and lived in the Clarke and Lucas County area. In December 0f 1938 Doris was married to Russell Griffin and they were blessed with daughters: Barbara and Elizabeth. Doris worked for the railroad cooking at the station in Osceola where they would load the dining car. She made especially good banana crème pie. Doris loved children and was a foster parent for 13 years. She retired from the Osceola Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. In 1984 she moved to Melcher-Dallas. Doris raised Poodles, Scotties, and Terriers; she loved to get dressed up and go dancing, and she loved having her grandchildren with her. Doris passed away January 22, 2012 at the age of 88 at the Westridge Nursing Center in Knoxville. Preceding her in death were her parents; companion of 44 years, Rick Coleman in November of 2011; a great granddaughter, great great granddaughter; and siblings: David, Zella, Raymond, Lawrence, Kenneth, Alvin, John, and Ressa. Doris is survived by her daughters: Barbara Wells of Melcher-Dallas and Elizabeth Roush of Chariton; a special grandson, who she raised since he was 6 months old, Lester Johnson; siblings: Paul Bishop and Rosalie Smith; grandchildren: Jim Wells, Ron Wells, Lisa Rohrich, Natasha Wells, Deanna Roush, Dixie Roush, and Joe Roush; 18 great grandchildren; and a great great granddaughter.
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