Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Funk, George R.  November 1, 1867 - 
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     GEORGE R. FUNK, who has gained marked prestige because of his fine record 
as auditor of the city of Portland, which office he has filled in an able 
manner for eleven years, had previous valuable experience in public affairs 
and is widely recognized as a capable and trustworthy official. He was born in 
Knox county, Missouri, on the 1st of November, 1867, and is a son of Thomas W. 
and Rachel M. (Johnson) Funk, the former a farmer by occupation, and both are 
deceased.

     George R. Funk attended the public schools and taught for several terms 
in the schools of his state. He graduated from the Kirksville Normal school in 
1888 and in that same year came west, locating in Washington, where he resided 
for two years. On May 10, 1890, he came to Portland, and entered the employ of 
the Hart Land Company, with which he remained until 1892, when he engaged in 
the real estate business for himself for a few years, and was then appointed 
deputy county clerk under Frank Fields, with whom he served for two years. 
During the following year he was deputy sheriff, and was then made deputy 
county assessor, in which capacity he served for thirteen years, during the 
last five years of which period he was chief deputy. On July 1, 1917, Mr. Funk 
was elected city auditor of Portland, to which office he has been twice 
reelected. He is painstaking and thorough in the discharge of his duties and 
has earned the respect of all who are familiar with his official record.

     Mr. Funk was united in marriage to Mrs. Maude Langman, of Portland. He 
has always given his earnest support to the republican party, while, 
fraternally, he is a member of Harmony Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M.; Portland 
Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; the Grotto, the 
Order of the Eastern Star, the Loyal Order of Moose, of which he is a past 
dictator, the United Artisans, the Woodmen of the World and the Chamber of 
Commerce. A number of years ago Mr. Funk attended the night sessions of the 
law school of the University of Oregon, from which he was graduated in 1916, 
and was admitted to the bar, but has never practiced law. He is a man of 
strong mental endowment, keen discrimination and sound common sense in 
practical matters, is deserving of public confidence, and throughout the range 
of his acquaintance commands respect and good will.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 545 - 546

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