Alice Madeline (Dashee) Funk was born on May 3, 1944, in Polacca, and passed on Oct. 9, 2026, at the age of 82. Alice lived a life of creativity, faith, love and deep affection. Alice was a devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She was a woman of faith, and her Christian (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) and her native beliefs were an important part of the way she lived.
Alice graduated from Haskell Junior Indian College. She was a homemaker and Hopi potter. Her home was a warm, welcoming place. Alice loved cooking, baking, reading, camping, fishing and found simple pleasures of the outdoors. Above all, she cherished spending time with her family and those gatherings were the most treasured. Alice will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by her family, friends and all who were blessed to know her.
Alice is survived by her husband, Martin J. Funk Jr.; children, Michelle and Michael; grandchildren: Bre’, Autumn, Katelyn, Leah and Desmond; great-grandchildren, Oakley and Isabella; three sisters, and many nieces and nephews.
Alice is preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Mabel Dashee; daughter, Kimberly; grandson, Cedric; two brothers and two sisters.
