Inventory of the Ruth Wiens Funk Papers, 1950-1991
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Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies. All rights reserved.
Inventory of the Ruth Wiens Funk Papers, 1950-1991
Record Group No.: M252
Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies
Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California
Contact Information:
- Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies
- Fresno Pacific University
- 1717 S. Chestnut Avenue
- Fresno, California, 93702
- Phone: (559) 453-2225
- Fax: (559) 453-2124
- Email: kennsrem@fresno.edu
- URL: http://sunthree.fresno.edu/affiliation/cmbs
- Processed by:
- Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies staff
- Encoded by:
- Gabriela A. Montoya
© 1999 Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.).
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Wiens Funk Papers, M252, Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Fresno, Calif.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Letters to parents, 1950-1979
Letters from parents, 1972-1978
Letters from Japanese friends, early 1950s
Family round robin letters, 1959-1991
Other correspondence, 1950-1991
Prayer letters, 1950-1990
Christmas letters, 1978-1989
Articles and reports, 1950-1979
