This is a copy of Anna Funk's certificate of service with the American Mennonite Relief Administration in Rosenthal (Chortitza). She is designated as "Hochfrau" (i.e., woman in charge) of the relief kitchen. The text is written in German and in Russian, stamped, signed, and dated May 4, 1922.
This is a photo of Anna Funk (nee Anna Janzen) in her later years [1993?] at her apartment in Edmonton. In 1921, during the famine, her wedding ring was sold for food. She never again wore one, saying she didn’t need a ring to hold her marriage together. Notice the samovar behind her, carried from Russia to Canada in 1923 in a tin cradle.
Anna Janzen met Jacob Funk while working at Bethania Hospital located near the Dnieper River in the Chortitza Colony between the settlements of Einlage and Kronsweide. This photograph was taken shortly before she married Jacob J. Funk in 1920. Anna is standing for this portrait wearing a formal dress.
This is a photo of the Funk family on the way to the Laird Mennonite Brethren Church. Dad took the picture of us in front of the Eigenheim Mennonite Church (ca. 1940). Left to right: Jakie, Katie, Anna with her Sunday hat, Frieda, Annie, and Susie.
This is a photo of the Funk family home in Blaine Lake that was nearly destroyed in the Big Fire of 1929. Jacob is probably taking the photo. Anna and four of their children are are on the porch. The date could be early 1930s.
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 outside in front of a house flanked by her daughters and daughters-in-law. Left to right in the photo: Susanna Funk, Betty Funk, Grandma Susanna, Tina Funk, and Anna Funk.