Funé, Jean (1902-2000)

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Funé, Jean (1902-2000)

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18 May 1902-5 January 2000

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Rev. Jean Émile Roger Funé (1902-2000) served as a missionary and pastor in the Christian & Missionary Alliance (C&MA) for nearly 50 years. He was born on 18 May 1902, in Ville Favard, France to Eugène & Rachel (Gargot) Funé, and died on 5 January 2000 at his home in Hamilton, Ontario. Funé spent 42 years in Vietnam and Cambodia as a C&MA missionary and five years in Quebec as a missionary and pastor before retiring in 1975.

From 1922 to1925, Jean Funé attended the Nogent Bible School in France. While at Nogent, he received a call to become a missionary to French Indochina. With this in mind, he enrolled at Nyack (N.Y.) Missionary College in 1925. He graduated in 1927 and began his service in Vietnam the following year. Funé used his French citizenship to good advantage. For example, he was instrumental in purchasing land at Dalat, on which the C&MA later built a school for missionaries’ children, and several other strategic properties elsewhere in the country.

Jean married a Canadian, Myrtle Hall (b. 3 April 1905, d. 1 February 1992) in 1935, and together they had two children, George Eugène (b. 25 March 1938) and Esther Marie (b. 30 September 1942). In 1944, the Funés and their children were taken to Hanoi and then Xieng-Khouang, Laos, where they were interned for eight months by the Vichy Government. In 1966, the elder Funés left an increasingly dangerous Vietnam for Cambodia, where they served until 1970, when they began their retirement in Canada. Their retirement was short-lived, as Jean became both the coordinator of C&MA work in Quebec and the pastor of Belvedere Church in Quebec City for five years. In 1975, the Funés moved to Regina, where they worked with Vietnamese refugees.

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Vietnam, missionary, 1928-1966
Cambodia, missionary, 1966-1970
Quebec City, Quebec, pastor, 1970-1975

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Funé, Myrtle (1905-1992) (3 April 1905-1 February 1992)

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Funé, Myrtle (1905-1992)

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Funé, Jean (1902-2000)

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1935 - 1992-02-01

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Jean and Myrtle Funé were married in 1935 and served together as missionaries and in pastoral ministry until her death on 1 February 1992.

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The Christian and Missionary Alliance (1 April 1897-)

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The Christian and Missionary Alliance

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Funé, Jean (1902-2000)

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1928 - 1975

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Jean Funé served as a missionary and pastor with The Christian and Missionary Alliance from 1928-1975.

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The Christian and Missionary Alliance-Eastern and Central Canadian District (1925-1 January 1981)

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1970 - 1975

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From 1970-1975 Jean Funé served as the pastor of Belvedere Church, Quebec City, Quebec, which was under the jurisdiction of the Eastern and Central Canadian District of The Christian and Missionary Alliance.

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