Photos by Tag: Funk
Flashback photos, Fourth of July
I am saddened, here on Independence Day Eve, to come to grips with the reality that there will be no parade or related gatherings in our community this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. In an effort to ease the pain of this loss, I spent some time in AnacortesToday.com photo archives gathering photo memories of […]
Bridge 75 years old
An important anniversary in the Pacific Northwest! A post from 1985: “Today, July 31, marks the 75th anniversary of the opening of Deception Pass Bridge (1935). This photo was taken during a mid-span celebration event on the 50th Anniversary of the bridge (1985). Among those pictured is Anacortesan Wallie Funk (center, with water carafe), who […]
It’s now official!
After more than six decades, it’s official! Anacortes resident Wallie V. Funk was acknowledged officially as a UW graduate at a ceremony conducted on June 10 by the Department of Communication. It’s been 62 years since Funk last banged about the campus as a student. Photo courtesy of UW photographer Kristina Courtnage Bowman. See AnacortesToday […]
Principal Pam
Anacortes High School Principal Pam Estvold met with hundreds of AHS alums last weekend during the 2009 All-Class Reunion. Among them was Jim Funk, retired Anacortes businessman. See Activities section for more reunion photos.
UW honors Funk
Former newspaper publisher Wallie Funk (right) poses for a photograph with Neil McReynolds shortly after a ceremony during which Funk and five others were inducted into the University of Washington Communication Department Alumni Hall of Fame. McReynolds, a long-time friend, was inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame in 2005. He introduced Funk at the […]
Journalism honors
I was sitting on this exciting piece of news, but the Skagit Valley Herald reported it this morning, so the cat’s out of the bag: Wallie V. Funk of Anacortes has been named to the University of Washington Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame. Funk, 85, was born in Anacortes and spent most of […]
Funk exhibit
Anacortes native Wallie Funk (center) celebrated his 84th birthday on the same day as the opening of a new photo exhibit at the Anacortes Museum. Funk, former publisher of newspapers including the Whidbey News-Times and the Anacortes American, enjoyed a Saturday evening event that drew hundreds of friends and history buffs including Skagit Valley Herald […]
WWI Veterans
This downtown mural by artist/historian Bill Mitchell pays tribute to two Anacortes men who fought in World War I. On the left is Wallie Funk, Sr., a mural crafted after a photograph taken in France in 1917. On the right is Charles Pinson, USN, USS Chabaulip, 1917. Funk’s son Wallie owned the Anacortes American in […]
Teachers get head start
All throughout the community, teachers like Didi Funk at Island View Elementary School spent time this week preparing their classrooms for students. Funk, a veteran fifth grade teacher, was conducting an “out-with-the-old” sweep of her classroom at the time this photo was taken. For more back to school photos, see Activities section.