C. Deane Funk

1924 - 2016

BORN

1924

DIED

2016

C. Funk Obituary

October 15, 1924 - October 15, 2016 C. Deane Funk, a prominent California newspaper publisher, passed away peacefully on his 92nd birthday in Thousand Oaks, CA, after a brief illness. Deane was born in Normal, IL, with the family moving to Glendale a year later, and finally to Santa Monica in 1936. Deane attended Harvard Military School before transferring to The Taft School, in Watertown, CT. After a year at Stanford, Deane served in the U. S. Navy on the USS Lauderdale during WWII as Radio Technician First Class. His ship participated in the invasion of Okinawa. After the war, Deane returned to Stanford, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1948. While at Stanford, he met his wife, Joan. They married May 12, 1951 and enjoyed 65 years of marriage, including raising three sons, Bill, Jim and Allen. Deane was a third generation newspaper publisher, spending most of his career at the Santa Monica Evening Outlook where he was the long-time publisher. Later, he co-owned and published the Inyo Register and Mono Herald in Bishop, CA with his brother Ron. Under his leadership, the Outlook won more than 40 awards in the California Newspaper Publishers Assn. (CNPA) annual Better Newspaper competitions from 1960 to 1983. At the same time, Deane maintained an active role in the industry, serving as president of the CNPA in 1975, and was also on the boards of the Western Newspaper Industrial Relations Bureau and the California Newspaper Service Bureau. Deane was involved in many civic and community organizations in both Santa Monica and Bishop, including serving as president of the Santa Monica Jaycees, the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, and the Santa Monica Rotary Club. Among the many community boards were the Santa Monica YMCA and the Boy Scout council. He was recognized as the Santa Monica Jaycees Young Man of the Year in 1959. He will be remembered for his remarkable breadth of knowledge, his love of travel, having visited 116 countries with his wife Joan, and his enjoyment of sports. He covered the 1948 London Olympics for the AP, had Dodger season tickets starting with their first season in Los Angeles, and attended the first Super Bowl. Deane is survived by his wife, his brother Robert (Ron) Funk, sister Elinor Urstadt, three sons, three daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren.

Published by Los Angeles Times from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, 2016.
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