Funk, Jacob F. (1892-1978)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1978 Oct 27 p. 3

Birth date: 1892 June 01

text of obituary:

JACOB F. FUNK

Jacob F . Funk of Vineland, Ont. died peacefully on September 19 at the age of 86. He was born on June I, 1892 to Franz and Helena (Neufeld) Funk in Osterwick, southern Russia. In 1900 his parents moved to the Orenburg settlement, where at the age of 19 he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. His first wife, Tine (nee Redekop), died in 1939. Later that year he married Maria Loewen. In 1962 the couple moved to the United Mennonite Home for the Aged in Vineland. His wife died in April, 1973. He leaves two daughters and their husbands, Fred and Helen Mason of Willowdale, Ont., and John and Frieda Dueck of Niagara on-the-Lake, Ont., seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two sisters in Russia.

Words which gave meaning to Mr. Funk's life and served as a testimony at the end are Col. 1: 13 and 14: "For he delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."