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Personal data Karen Jo Ehlers 


Household of Karen Jo Ehlers

She is married to Larry Gene Funk.

They got married on May 4, 1965 at Worthington, Nobles Co., MN, she was 21 years old.

Larry Gene Funk oo Karen Jo Ehlers

Marriage sources: Author: Hull, LaRie; Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Fergus Fls MN, Publisher: LH, Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI)

Mrs. Hull cites her source: MABEL SANDHORST DIRKS, AVOCA, MN.
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The couple were divorced from 1991 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.


Notes about Karen Jo Ehlers

Karen Jo Ehlers

Sources: Author: Hull, LaRie, Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: LH, Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI)

Mrs. Hull cites her source: SYLVIA L. YOCKELSON, 10424 CROCKET ST. SUN VALLEY, CA 91352

Mrs. Hull writes, "REMARRIED CHRISTMAS 1991 WAS DIVORCED AND BACK TO NAME OF FUNK BY OCTOBER WHEN AT LENA'S BIRTHDAY."

Author: NN (family name not given), Linda Rae; Title: "Karen Jo Ehlers Funk," (Publication site: Worthington MN, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxvi Oct MMXXI)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233429193/karen_jo_funk

"Photo [woman] added by Linda Rae
Picture of [Karen's grave marker] Added by Linda Rae

Karen Jo Ehlers Funk Birth 15 Jan 1944 Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota, USA Death 7 Sep 2021 (aged 77) Maplewood, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA Burial Worthington Memorial Gardens Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA Memorial ID 233429193

KAREN JO FUNK, age 77, of Worthington, died Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the Homestead in Maplewood. She was born January 15, 1944, in Fairmont, to Clifford and Josephine (Davis) Ehlers. She graduated from Worthington High School; and later from Nettleton Commercial College.

Karen married Larry Funk on May 8, 1965, in Worthington. The couple lived in Worthington where Karen worked many years as an Educational Assistant in Worthington School Dist. #518 and then in the mental health field until she retired. When Larry passed in January 1982, Karen focused her attention to raise her three young boys as well as to serve as a teacher, mentor and friend to so many students.

Karen had a heart of gold and has been described as a friend the second you met her. She was a one of a kind person that was known as Mama Funk to many. Her caring spirit and generous heart had a positive influence on all the lives she touched.

While she lived in Worthington she was a member of the United Methodist Church, in Worthington, where she served on the board of trustees and the hand bell choir.

Karen is survived by her three sons, Toby Funk, Prior Lake; Travis (Tammy) Funk, Hudson, WI; and Thomas Funk (Tina), Rockford; six grandchildren, Cole (Lisa) Funk, Mikala Funk, Logan Funk Allison Rohloff, Ryan Landgraff and Zach Landgraff; two great-grandchildren, Trinity and Jaxson; a brother, Fred (Grace) Ehlers, Worthington; and a sister-in-law, Mary Ehlers, Worthington.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents; a brother, Dennis Ehlers and other loved ones.

A memorial service will be 11:30 am Saturday, October 2, at the First United Methodist Church, in Worthington, officiated by Pastor Daren Flinck.

A time of fellowship will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Burial will be in the Worthington Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Arrangements are being made through the Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington.

Parents
[photo-stone shared with Josephine E. Ehlers] Clifford Burdette Ehlers 1912-1982
[photo-stone shared with Clifford B. Ehlers] Josephine Evelyn Davis Ehlers 1912-1997

Spouse
[photo-Larry's military-style grave marker] Larry Gene Funk 1944-1982 (m. 1965)

Siblings

[photo-man] Dennis Lynn Ehlers 1941-2017

Created by: Linda Rae Added: Oct 26, 2021 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 233429193"
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Historical events

Birthday January 15, 1944

  • The temperature on January 15, 1944 was between -0.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • March 24 » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
    • March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
    • June 7 » World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
    • June 20 » World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
    • August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
    • September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

Day of marriage May 4, 1965

  • The temperature on May 4, 1965 was between 10.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
    • March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
    • September 6 » India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
    • September 17 » The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
    • September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
    • November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.


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