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Title: Ruth Wiens Funk Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1950-1991
Record Group No: M252
Creator:
Funk, Ruth Wiens, 1923-1992
Extent: 1.0 linear ft.
Repository:
Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Fresno, Calif.).
Fresno, California
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Ruth Wiens Funk Papers, M252, Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Fresno, Calif.
Ruth Wiens was born 2 February 2 1923 to John and Marie Wiens at Mountain Lake, Minnesota. She was baptized and became a member
of the Mountain Lake Mennonite Brethren Church at an early age. After attending public schools she enrolled at Wheaton (Ill.)
College, from which she received a B.A. in Liberal Arts in 1948. From 1948 to 1950 she taught school at the Post Oak Mennonite
Brethren Mission in Indiahoma, Oklahoma. In August of 1950 she sailed to Kobe, Japan as the first Mennonite Brethren missionary
to that country. In Japan Ruth Wiens was an instructor at the Osaka Biblical Seminary and coordinated the production of Christian
education curriculum materials for the Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference. She spent forty years as a missionary there, retiring
in 1990.
Wiens continued her education during furloughs from mission work. She took classes at Mennonite Brethren Bible College, Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary and the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary. She received an M.R.E. degree from the latter institution
in 1965.
In June 1990, shortly after her retirement from missionary work in Japan, Ruth Wiens married Peter J. Funk. They lived in
Fresno until her death from a stroke on 10 June 1992.
This record group includes correspondence, a diary, articles and reports, clippings, photographs and other material relating
to Ruth Wiens Funk's missionary work in Japan
Languages Appearing in the Collection
Some material is in Japanese.