Obituary: Angela C. Funk

After a battle with ovarian cancer, Angela C. Funk ’97 died in May.

Her friend Courtney Reimann ’97 says they became friends in elementary school and then both attended Messiah University.

“We attended the same church, youth group and Christian school,” said Reimann. “We were close friends before we came to Messiah, and our friendship continued after college. I fondly remember an overall sense of connection that just isn’t the same after you graduate and set up your own household and enter the work world.”

A dietetics major, Funk worked in quality assurance documentation with Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. She also volunteered for the Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts for several years, finding her niche painting, primarily in watercolors. The council honored her with a monthlong exhibit, The Angela C. Funk Legacy Exhibit, in August.

“In preparation for the display, I sat down with two of Angie’s sisters, Lauren and Tiffany Funk, to go through a collection of mostly unframed and, probably to Angie, not-quite-finished work,” said Reimann. “It was a poignant reminder that no matter how or when we pass away, we always leave behind unfinished business.”