This is a staff photo of 23 men dressed in business suits taken in front of office building of Central Wholesale in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the parent company of OK Economy grocery store chain. Jacob J. Funk is standing in the back row (tallest man). The owner of the business is Abram D. Schellenberg, standing third to the right of Jacob (with a mustache).
This is a copy of the church family register page from the Chortitza Mennonite Church in Rosenthal (Chortitza) dated March 11, 1922, showing the ten children born to Johann and Susanna Funk (nee Susanna Peters). It is signed by Minister Peter Penner.
This is composite image of the passport photos of some of the Susanna Funk family members (daughter and sons with spouses) that emigrated from Russia to Canada. They came in three separate groups, two in July 1923 and one in December 1926.
This is a photo of Grandma Susanna Funk (nee Susanna Peters) standing in front of a house wearing her Sunday best outfit. Her son Jacob J. Funk stands in the background looking on.
This is a photo showing Jacob and Anna Funk (nee Anna Janzen) standing in front of the store that Jake manages. Both he and his wife are wearing large, white storekeeper aprons.
This is a photo of the shack by the railway line in Laird, Saskatchewan, which Jacob and Anna Funk bought for their family. That’s me (Katie Funk Wiebe) in Anna’s arms. I was also born in this shack. My two older sisters, Elfrieda and Anne, are also pictured. It is spring 1925.
This is a photo of Jacob Funk in army medic attire with a group of people in front of a Russian field hospital kitchen of which he was manager. He is #6 in the photo and about 21 years old at the time.