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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 portrait of Anna Janzen taken about the time of her marriage to Jacob Funk.

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 Anna Funk's sister, Ageneta Block (nee Ageneta Janzen) taken in Moscow near the end of her life in the 1990s. Katie Funk Wiebe wrote a book describing Ageneta's life called A STRONG FRAILTY (Center for MB Studies, Hillsboro, 2014). Ageneta was Katie's aunt, the sister of her mother Anna Funk (nee Anna Janzen).

This is a photo of two of Anna Funk’s sisters, Gertrude (Truda) Janzen Koop (left) and Marichen Janzen Froese. These are then Katie Funk Wiebe's aunts. Truda visited Anna Funk (nee Anna Janzen) in Canada in 1978. Photograph taken in Germany (1990), where they and many other German-speaking Mennonites from the Soviet Union managed to immigrate as repatriated citizens of Germany (Umsiedler) during the 1970s and 1980s.

This is a photo of the Bethania Hospital for the mentally ill, located near the Dnieper River in the Chortitza Colony between the settlements of Einlage and Kronsweide.

This is a photo of the Blaine Lake Russian Baptist Church in the country, seven miles out of town.

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 photo is of the legendary 700-year-old Chortitza oak tree on Chortitza island near Rosenthal where the Funks lived. The Mennonite settlers gathered for more than a hundred years under its flourishing branches to rejoice, remember, and restore spirits. The tree in the photo is thriving. It has since died.

This photo is of the legendary 700-year-old Chortitza oak tree on Chortitza island near Rosenthal where the Funks lived. The Mennonite settlers gathered for more than a hundred years under its flourishing branches to rejoice, remember, and restore spirits. The tree has since died.

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 photo is of 11 conscientious objectors posing for a photo with baseball glove and bats. These men were doing alternative service in Blubber Bay, BC in the Second World War. Back row, left to right is ?, ?, Hermann Ratzlaff, Henry Wiens, Henry Stobbe, Frank C. Peters. Front row: left to right, Henry Siebert, Bill Funston, Jake Balzer, ?, David Balzer.

This photo is of 4 men standing outside one of the camp buildings. left to right is Frank C. Peters, David Balzer, Jake Balzer, ?.