Background
Funk, Dorothea was born on October 26, 1916 in St. Louis. Daughter of John Arthur and Pearl M. (Dial) Johnson.
Funk, Dorothea was born on October 26, 1916 in St. Louis. Daughter of John Arthur and Pearl M. (Dial) Johnson.
Diploma, Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
Assistant director nursing service Helena (Arkansas) Hospital. Nurse-investigator Little Rock Health Department. Public health nurse Clark County Health Department, Arkedelphia, Arkansas.
Nurse coordinator for health manpower recruitment Arkansas State Nurses Association. Patient-coordinator and liaison nurse Medi-Center of America, Inc. Health manpower coordinator Arkansas Nursing Association, Little Rock, 1970-1973.
Trustee Arkansas Nurses Foundation, Little Rock, 1996.
Volunteer, field representative Women's Memorial-Memorial Foundation Indiana, Arlington, Virginia. Member Arkansas Governor's Commission on Status of Women. Member Special Task Force on Delivery of Health Care.
Active American Red Cross, Arkansas Red Cross. Lieutenant Nurse corpus, United States army, World World War World War II. Member American Nurses Association, Arkansas State Nurses Association (charter member, president district 10 1971-1973, state president, state treasurer, chairman public health nursing, trustee 1996-1997), Arkansas Public Health Association (charter member 1948-1998, honorary life member), Business and Professional Women's Club (co-director Southwest Arkansas Federation, club president), Altrusa International (club treasurer 1969-1971), American Business Women's Association, North Little Rock Women's City Club.
Married Frank E. Funk, January 3, 1941 (deceased January 1996).