Robert Morse Funk 1864-1952 & Catherine M
Donegan 1864-1961
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Robert Morse Funk
Birth:
May 10, 1864 to Willis and Mahala Funk in Knox
County Missouri near small town of Rutledge
Marriage: Catherine Donegan in the
parsonage of the Catholic Church in Laurin,
Montana on July 29, 1894.
Death:
March 24, 1952 at Sheridan, Madison, Montana
Burial:
Sheridan Cemetery @ Sheridan, Madison County, Montana
1870
United States Census - Benton, Knox County, Missouri : age 4
1880
United States Census - Distict 72, Colony, Knox County, Missouri
: age 17
1900
United States Census - Union, Madison, MT : Robert 36,
Katherine 27, Willis 4, Mary 2, Baby 3/12
1903 Robert and Katie Funk's forth child, Robert Kennett
Funk, was born on April 19 at the Kennett Mine where Robert worked.
1905 lived at Adobetown
1909 Robert Funk, on Lewis ranch NW of Sheridan, 40 acres oats, 30 acres potatoes, 80 acres hay.
1910
United States Census - Twin Bridges, Madison, MT:
Robert 45, Katherine 52,
Willie 14, Mary 12, Eileen 11, Robert 7, Josephine 4, Lucelle 2
1913 lived at Wisconsin Creek
1920 United States Census - Brandon, Madison, (Wisconson Creek Road) MT
Robert 56, Catherine 46, John 23, Mary 21, Robert 16, Josephine 13,
Catherine 11, Harold 7
1930 United States Census - Union, Madison, MT : Robert 64,
Catherine 56, Harold 17
1940 United States Census - Brandon, Madison, Montana :
Robert 75, Catherine 67, Harold 27 + Gene Herndon
Robert and Katie Funk ranched most of their lives in the Ruby Valley.
Eileen (Funk) Yeager, Lucille (Funk) Henneberry,
Josephine (Funk) and Doc Romers, Bob Romers, Dorothy and Harold Donegan
Funk +baby Michael Funk
Myron C. Yeager,
Pearl
E (Battle) and Willis Funk
Janet (Henneberry) Deutsch,
Lowell Chapman Yeager, Theresa Funk, Gertrude (Old)
Funk, Kenneth Funk,
Gerald “Jerry” Funk
Robert James Funk, Marie (Jones) Funk,
Catherine
(Donegan) Funk,
Robert Morse Funk,
Robert K. Funk, boys
John J and Harold “Jim” Funk
Children:
1.
Willis John Funk
Birth:
January 29, 1896 near Virginia City, Montana at the Kearsarge Mine
Rob worked as the night watchman at the Kearsarge Mine
Veteran:
World War I & member of American Legion Post at Sheridan
Marriage:
Pearl E. Battle
Birth:
October 15, 1902
Parents: daughter of Martin and Bertha (Hudson) Battle, pioneer ranchers of the Upper Ruby.
Death: March 9, 1975
Children: 1) Kenneth Martin Funk born August 29, 1934; died September 28, 1993
Marriage: Virginia Bell Smith on Nov 26, 1955; Virginia was born June 5, 1929.
Children: Wanda Bell Funk died at birth on March, 8, 1960
Timothy Martin Funk born 1964
Xavier Martin Funk born 1989 to Tim Funk and Gina Terrel
2) Theresa Carol Funk born April 4, 1939
Marriage: Robert Privratsky on Dec 14, 1968;
Robert was born Jan 12, 1934 & died May 4, 2002
Children: Tonya Marie Privratsky born June 6, 1975; married Rob Tipton June 12, 1998
Rob was born June 9, 1975. They have a daughter Desaray Marie Tipton 6-7-2003
Occupation: Willis ranched near Sheridan his entire life.
Death: October 24, 1979
Burial: Sheridan Cemetery
1900 United States Census - Union, Madison, MT : Willis 4
1910 United States Census - Twin Bridges, Madison, MT: Willis 14
1920 United States Census - Brandon, Madison, (Wisconson Creek Road) MT: John 23 "Willis"
Montana Standard, Butte, April 17, 1938 - "Spent Day in Dillon"
Montana Standard, Butte, May 17, 1942 - "Three Aspire to Public Office"
Montana Standard, Butte, June 28, 1942 - "Candidate for County Commissioner"
Montana Standard, Butte, February 10, 1963 - Kenneth and Willis Funk rescue Ted Marsh
Montana Standard, Butte, September 20, 1964 - Grandson Timothy Martin Funk born in Sheridan
Montana Standard, Butte, October 18, 1971 - "Sales tax isn't the answer" - Willis Funk, Sheridan
Montana Standard, Butte, March 21, 1972 - "A new road is needed" - Willis Funk, Sheridan
Montana Standard, Butte, March 21, 1972 - "Mayors showed good sense" - Willis Funk, Sheridan
Montana Standard, Butte, January 12, 1975 - "Trade our goods for their oil" - Willis Funk, Sheridan
Montana Standard, Butte, April 20, 1975 - "Children's home should be saved" - Willis Funk, Sheridan
Montana Standard, Butte, March 23, 1977 - "Elementary science fair in Sheridan" - Tim Funk 3rd Electrical
2.
Mary Agnes Funk
Birth: Virginia City January 16, 1898
Marriage: Clark Leh in 1931. Clark died in 1933.
Occupation: Worked for many years as a teacher
They owned the Trident Cement plant.
Children: They had no children.
Death: 1958
1900 United States Census - Union, Madison, MT : Mary 2
1910 United States Census - Twin Bridges, Madison, MT: Mary 12
1914 
1920 United States Census - Brandon, Madison, (Wisconson Creek Road) MT: Mary 21
Montana Standard, Butte, August 1, 1929 - Mary Funk vacations in Spokane Washington
3.
Julia Eileen Funk
Birth: February 19, 1900 in Virginia City Montana
Marriage: Myron C. Yeager, businessman of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Myron Chapmen Yeager was born July 4, 1900,
father: Walter Jull Yeager born 8-8-1987 in Pocahontas, WV and died 6-14-1944
mother: Mabel Belle Tupper born 11-1-1874 and died 9-19-1960 : married 6-6-1894
source : Arbogast Family History :
http://www.arbogastfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=P14657&tree=arbo
Myron died June 11, 1986 in Spokane Washington and buried at
Fairmount Memorial Park
Teacher: Virginia City ~ 1925
Residence: Spokane, Washington.
Children: 1. Walter Myron Yeager (1930-2019)
Walter Myron Yeager died on February 18th 2019 in Edmonds at the age of 88.
Walter was born in Spokane, Washington on March 11, 1930
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Barbara Althea (Ferree) Yeager, their daughter Rachel Annette Bush
&
son in law Blair Walter Bush, Granddaughter Madison Blair Calloway, her husband Charles, and
Grandson Clayton Walter Bush. Additional survivors are brother Lowell Chapman Yeager, his wife
Nancy (Guise) Yeager, nieces Amy Le, Holly & husband David Rowe, nephew Jonathan Yeager
and grand nieces Anna and Emma Le.
2. Lowell Chapman Yeager
wife Nancy (Guise) Yeager
Death: February 27, 1989 in Spokane at age 89
Burial: March 4, 1989 at
Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane
1900 United States Census - Union, Madison, MT : Robert 36, Katherine 27, Willis 4, Mary 2, Baby 3/12
1910 United States Census - Twin Bridges, Madison, MT: Eileen 11
Montana Standard, Butte, September 9, 1929 - Eileen visits Parents Mr & Mrs Robert Funk
1956 Spokane awarded her their "Woman of Achievement Award" as recognition of Community Service
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15. Smith and Boyd Livery
Eileen and Mary Funk
Now the Opera House, from 1900 to the 1940s
this building housed a barn and livery stable. Children often hung
around these places. Eileen Funk Yeager, a child of the early 1900s,
tells a story in the Madison County history Pioneer Trails and Trials
book about games she and her sister Mary made up to amuse themselves.
One game that they called “Bob and Bill” involved gathering old chewed
cigar butts from behind the livery barn. Each girl had a cigar box that
she filled with old stogies. They had made a sidewalk of scrap wood in
their backyard, and beginning at opposite ends, they sauntered toward
each other, dressed in their dad’s old hats. They met in the middle and
took turns. Eileen would say, “Hello Bill.” Mary answered, “Hello,
Bob.” They had a set dialogue, and after a bit, Eileen would say,
“Would you like a cigar?” and open her cigar box. Each would take a
stogie, light up, and saunter down the sidewalk puffing away. Then they
would switch roles and do it again. One day, Mary forgot and inhaled
the cigar smoke. She keeled right over, and Eileen ran into the house
announcing dramatically, “Mama, Mary is dead!” Their mother rushed out
to find Mary violently ill. She called the doctor who immediately asked
Eileen, “What have you been smoking?” Eileen showed him the box of
damp, chewed cigar butts. This time her mother keeled over. Eileen
didn’t understand why her mother fainted, but the spanking made a
lasting impression. Eileen quit smoking at the age of six, and neither
she nor Mary ever took it up again.
Source: http://montanawomenshistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Women-of-VA-City_TourMap.pdf
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4.
Robert
Kennett Funk
Birth:
April 19, 1903 at the Kennett Mine located in the Tobacco Root
Mountains near Virginia City, Montana
Marriage: Gertrude Caroline Old, a college
classmate Gertrude was from Nova Scotia, Canada.
1910
United States Census - Twin Bridges, Madison, MT:
Robert 7
1920
United States Census - Brandon, Madison, (Wisconson Creek Road) MT
: Robert 16
The
Independent Record (Helena) October 30, 1944 - "Former Wolf Creek
School Head Visits in Helena"
The
Independent Record (Helena) June 7, 1946 - "THE DUGOUT"
The
Independent Record (Helena) July 29, 1948 - "Gerald Funk Wins Serra
Club Essay Contest"
The
Independent Record (Helena) July 16, 1949 - Robert J. Funk &
Leola M. Jones Marriage Licenses
The
Independent Record (Helena) July 11, 1952 - Robert & Gertrude
Deed Prop to Wolf Creek Fire Dept
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Kennett-Bertha Mine
Latitude:
45°20'19.76" Longitude: -111°52'12.94"
Location:
Head of Granite Creek in the Tobacco Root Mountains
In
1897 the Kennett mine was in active operation, and a 60-stamp mill was
installed.
Robert
and Katie Funk's forth child, Robert Kennett Funk, was born on April
19, 1903 at the Kennett Mine.
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Children: Rob and Gert had two sons:
1) Robert James Funk born July 29, 1926 married Marie Jones on July 29,
1949 at St. Helena Cathedral; died April 3, 1993
Robert and Marie married on Robert Morse and Katie Donegan
Funk's 55th wedding anniversary (July 29, 1894)
Eileen Funk Yeager, Lucille Funk
Henneberry, Josephine Funk and Doc Romers, Bob Romers, Dorothy and
Harold Donegan Funk +baby Michael Funk
Myron C. Yeager,
Pearl
E (Battle) and Willis Funk
Janet (Henneberry) Deutsch,
Lowell Chapman Yeager, Theresa Funk, Gertrude (Old)
Funk, Kenneth Funk,
Gerald “Jerry” Funk
Robert James Funk, Marie
(Jones) Funk,
Catherine
(Donegan) Funk,
Robert Morse Funk,
Robert K. Funk, boys
John J and Harold “Jim” Funk
Children: Ruth Rochel Stokes; Annie Clark; Christopher Funk; Joani Norby; Mary Rowland; Rita Gazewood; Tim Funk;
Theresa Hamrick
 
2) Gerald A. "Jerry" Funk. Birth:
Gerald was born on January 24, 1931
and passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2014.
Marriage: Jerry is survived by his wife Moffie Funk of Helena
Jerry is also survived by his second wife, Meaza Simenehe Funk of Miami, Florida:
Jerry was preceded in death by his first
wife Kay McCormick Beam (April 23, 1936 - October 2, 2009) Children: (Kay) Mark Anthony Funk; Melanie Funk Friedman; Matthew Payne-Funk; Megan Funk Brisbane;
(Moffie) Rebkah Funk Howard; Robert Funk; Laura Donegan Funk;
(Meaza) Step-children: Prize Funk; Holy
Funk; Gabriella "Gabby" Simenehe (and Ababu) Tedessa; Holly K
Asfaw
adopted daughter/niece Theresa Hamrick Death: November 16, 2014 Burial: Resurrection Cemetery Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
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Jerry
wrote a book titled:  "Life
is an Excellent Adventure: An Irreverent Personnal Odyssey"
Jerry Funk, born in 1931, grew up in small-town Montana, served in the
US Navy in Korea and Indo-China, became an intelligence officer in the
CIA, worked for several years in international labor affairs with the
AFL-CIO (in the Caribbean and Africa and elsewhere), was on the
National Security Council staff in the Carter White House, became a
vice-president of Bankers Trust in NYC, and worked to re-elect
President Shagari in Nigeria in 1983. He ran his own international
economic and political consulting firm, and completed his career
working seven years in the African diamond trade, retiring in 1995.
Along the way he traveled 3 million miles, visited more than 100
countries, and raised three families of eleven remarkably interesting
children. He resides in Helena, Montana.
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Jerry Funk, a retired resident of Helena died on Sunday, November 16, 2014 at St. Peters Hospital.
He
was born in Great Falls on January 24, 1931, to Robert and Gertrude
Funk. He grew up in Wolf Creek and graduated from Cathedral High
School, in Helena in 1948, where he was noted for his “irreverence” as
well as for his unlikely position as class valedictorian.
Jerry
attended Carroll College and University of Montana briefly before
joining the Navy during the Korean War. He graduated from the
University of Portland in 1956 and was granted an NEA fellowship at the
University of Washington, earning his MA in economics.
In early
1961 he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, as an intelligence
analyst and later as an operations officer. Beginning in 1963 he worked
in the international labor movement in Latin America, Europe and
Africa. He served as Senior Staff Member for African Affairs on the
National Security Council in the White House during the Carter
Administration. In 1981, he joined Bankers Trust in New York as Vice
President for political risk analysis for Africa and South Asia. In
1983 he served as a political consultant to President Shagari of
Nigeria.
In 1984 he and his wife, Moffie, formed their own
political and economic consulting company and in 1987 they went to work
for Leon Tempelsman & Son and moved to Kinshasa, Zaire and later
Windhoek, Namibia. Jerry ran diamond buying operations in Zaire, and
Angola, and served as an informal adviser to President Nujoma of
Namibia negotiating for a 50% Government of Namibia ownership of the
large DeBeers diamond operations in Namibia now known as Namdeb.
In
1995 Jerry retired and he and Moffie and their two children, Robert and
Laura, returned to Montana. Jerry was an active member of the Montana
City school board, the Helena Kiwanis, and the Missoula chapter of the
National Association of Former Intelligence Officers. He was also a
long-time member of the Mensa Society. While residing overseas, he
served on three international school boards: the American Community
School of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); the American School of Kinshasa
(Zaire/Congo); and the Windhoek International School (Namibia.)
He
was preceded in death by his father, Robert Funk, his brother, Robert,
his mother, Gertrude; and his first wife, Kay McCormick Beam.
He
is survived by his wife Moffie Funk of Helena, his children, Mark,
Melanie (and Josh) Friedman, Matthew (and Julie) Payne-Funk, Megan (and
Kenny) Brisbane, Rebkah (and Desmond) Howard, Robert, and Laura;
step-children Prize Funk, Holy Funk, Gabriella (and Ababu) Tedessa, and
adopted daughter/niece Theresa Hamrick,
Jerry raised many of
these children during extended periods when he was a “bachelor father”
residing in Addis Ababa, New York, and Virginia. He was justifiably
proud of all his children, whom he viewed not only as good sons and
daughters but also as loyal friends who fortunately understood his
sense of humor. He is also survived by his second wife, Meaza Simenehe
Funk of Miami, Florida; his mother-in-law, Nancy Gordon of Virginia,
who was a close friend in spite of traditional expectations; his
sister-in-law, Laura Giannozzi of Florence, Italy who never failed to
extend warm hospitality during his many visits to Tuscany; and his
nineteen lively grandchildren and step-grandchildren, and twelve always
individualistic nieces and nephews, the surviving children of his late
brother, Robert J. Funk.
5.
Josephine F. Funk
Birth:
1906 (per
1910 Census) in Adobetown where Rob worked on a surveying
crew.
Marriage: Dr.
William.J. Romers, Dillon Dentist, after finishing college
born Jan 4, 1899 in Italy and died July 20, 1977 in Salt Lake City, UH
Children:
two sons: Dean and Robert
Death: Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
Burial:
Mt. View Cemetery in Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana
1910
United States Census - Twin Bridges, Madison, MT:
Josephine 4
1920
United States Census - Brandon, Madison, (Wisconson Creek Road) MT
: Josephine 13
1926
The Helena Independent, Helena, March 1, 1926 - Josephine Funk - Dillon
Operetta
6.
Lucille K. Funk
Birth:
August 25, 1908 on the Dullen ranch south of Sheridan.
Occupation: After college and a short time
teaching,
Marriage:
Francis T. "Danny" Henneberry (1914 - 1974) a Dillon & Butte Newspaper Printer
Residence: Butte Montana
- 1021 W. Broadway
Death:
November 1988 in Butte, Montana
1910
United States Census - Twin Bridges, Madison, MT:
Lucelle 2
1920
United States Census - Brandon, Madison, (Wisconson Creek Road) MT
: Catherine 11
Montana
Standard, Butte, December 31, 1972 - Dan Henneberry printer 45 years
 
Children: daughter Janet Marilyn Hinneberry married dentist Tom Deutsch.
7.
Harold Donegan Funk
Birth:
November 15, 1912 on the
Moltich ranch in Sheridan Montana
Marriage:
Dorothy Lesser on May 15, 1942 in Sheridan Montana
Children: Harold
James, John Joseph, Michael Thomas and Diana Lynn.
Occupation: Ranched in the Ruby
Valley, welder for the railroad, brand inspector for the State
of Montana, and also tended bar in his spare time.
Death:
December 31, 1962 in a auto accident near
Dillon Montana. He was returning home from work at Montana
Livestock Auction.
Burial:
Sheridan Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182216149/harold-donegan-funk
1920 United States Census - Brandon, Madison, (Wisconson Creek Road) MT : Harold 7
1930 United States Census - Union, Madison, MT : Robert 64, Catherine 56, Harold 17
1940
United States Census - Brandon, Madison, Montana : Robert 75, Catherine 67, Harold 27
1959 Montana Standard, Butte, February 6, 1959
1963 Montana Standard, Butte, January 1, 1963 - Harold Funk dies in Dillon
Car Wreck
1963 Montana Standard, Butte, January 2, 1963 - Harold Funk Funeral
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Robert
Morse Funk
August
9, 1945
With
grandson John
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Rob
and Katie Funk,
Harold
and Dorothy Funk and Yeagers
August
9, 1945
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Harold
Donegan Funk
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In the 1920s, Robert and
his oldest son, Willis, each homesteaded land at Indian Creek in the
Tobacco Root Mountains, ten miles north east of Sheridan.
This property was used as summer pasture for their herd of
cattle. Robert also built a log home on the property that was
destroyed by a violent wind storm.
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Robert's Log Cabin on Indian Creek Homestead
Latitude/Longitude:
45°29'57.39"N 112° 7'54.71"W
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Remains of Willis' Cabin on Indian Creek
Homestead
Latitude/Longitude:
45°30'3.03"N 112° 7'47.49"W
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Madison County Montana
Land Filings:
This file is a part of the Bureau of Land Management Database for the
states of Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Key to Case Types:
251000- Homestead
Land Conveyance types in this database:
PA - Patent
NAME
MERIDIAN TWP RANGE
SECTION ACREAGE TYPE CASETYPE
DOCID DATE
FUNK ROBERT M
20
004 S 004 W
007
40 251101
PA
843565 01/17/1922
FUNK ROBERT M
20
004 S 004 W
008
120 251101
PA
843565 01/17/1922
FUNK ROBERT M
20
004 S 004 W
008 39.82
251101 PA
843565 01/17/1922
FUNK WILLIS
20
004 S 004 W
005
200 251104
PA
100433 06/22/1927
FUNK WILLIS
20
004 S 004 W
008
120 251104
PA
100433 06/22/1927
FUNK WILLIS
20
004 S 004 W
008
320 251101
PA
873657 07/25/1922
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Birthday:
August 11
