FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930.
John Fretz Funk was born in Bucks County, Pa., on Apr. 6, 1835. Shortly before the Civil War he moved to Chicago to engage in the lumber business but soon abandoned his original plans and established a publishing enterprise for the special benefit of the Mennonite people. In 1864 he founded the HERALD OF TRUTH and its German counterpart, the HEROLD DER WAHRHEIT. A: few years later he moved his printing establishment to Elkhart, Ind., where it eventually became known as the Mennonite Publishing Company, although still privately owned. He died in Elkhart in 1930.
Information from the Goshen College Library.
- Warfare. Its Evils, Our Duty.
Chicago, 1863.
- The Mennonite Church and Her Accusers.
Elkhart, Ind., 1878.
- A Biographical Sketch of Bishop Christian Herr. Also a
Collection of Hymns Written by Him in the German Language.
Elkhart, Ind., 1887.
- Confession of Faith and Ministers' Manual,
Containing the Confession of Faith Adopted at Dortrecht in
1632–the Shorter Catechism–Forms for Baptism, the
Lord's Supper, Marriage, Ordination of Bishops and
Ministers–Funeral Lessons, Texts, Etc. (withJohn S. Coffman). Elkhart, Ind., 1890.
- Biographical Sketch of Preacher John Geil, Pastor of the
Mennonite Church at Line Lexington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Elkhart, Ind., 1897.
- An Address by John F. Funk on the Occasion of the
Ninety-Second Anniversary of His Birth, at the Mennonite Church,
Elkhart, Indiana. n.p., n.d.
