Dr. WILFRED FUNK: OBITUARY

Dr. WILFRED FUNK: OBITUARY

On learning of the death of Wilfred Funk (as implied in the words "To the memory of my father Wilfred Funk etc." in the dedication printed at the beginning of a book of word tests, by Peter Funk, son of late Dr. Wilfred Funk, famous inventor of the monthly WORD POWER column in Reader's Digest), I sent the following letter (I am quoting from memory) from Guwahati, Assam, India to Peter Funk in New York when I was a college student many years ago:

Dear Sir,

I will always remember your father Wilfred Funk with gratitude, and associate with his name all that is true and noble in this world. My memory of him will always be sacred.

I would like to read all the books that your father has written. I have two of them with me [Me]: SIX WEEKS TO WORDS OF POWER, and 30 DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL VOCABULARY written in collaboration with his friend Norman Lewis. I have tried hard to obtain all the books of Wilfred Funk and of Norman Lewis but I have not succeeded.

I write to ask for help. I can pay for the books - only, I do not know how to get them. In this, Sir, I hope and I pray you would assist me [Me].

Respectfully yours,

Kishalay Sinha

Peter Funk replied from New York:

Dear Mr. Sinha:

My father would have been delighted with your [Your] letter. He was an outstanding lexicographer. His approach helped people not only to understand the secrets of vocabulary building but also encouraged them to see the beauty of words. His enthusiasm for words was inculcated in thousands of people.

All of my father's books can be had from:

Funk & Wagnalls
New York
USA

Sincerely,

Peter Funk

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A few years ago, I was SHOCKED to see "Peter Funk" entered as a synonym for "swindler" in Merriam Webster Collegiate Thesaurus. I have kept on wondering since then WHO this notorious swindler "Peter Funk" might be.

SECRET IDENTITY OF KRISHNA

I have a strong suspicion that Peter and Pamela BOTH KNEW the secret identity of My very pure and virtuous late "dad" Krishna/Sat. (who died a few years ago) but NL and WF did NOT know his secret identity when I was in Bombay/Mumbai many years ago (cf. H. G. Wells: THE INVISIBLE MAN). The devil Peter and his evil partner his s. mistress and cunning honeytrap Pamela, evil leaders of the gang of aliens on and inside Earth in the absence of and on behalf of the late alien leader evil rapist Kr./Sat., BOTH tried to BLOCK Me from My determined pursuit of immortality for the entire human race but the nasty alien pair Peter and Pamela FAILED to block Me.

I suspect that, UNKNOWN to NL, his "daughter" Margaret spied on him continuously (cf. Paulo Coelho: THE SPY [Mata Hari], translated by Zoe  Perry]) TILL her marriage to PF (her secret EVIL partner for many years, as pointed out by the perspicuous lady commentator on "OUTWITTING THE DEVIL"/YouTube), and AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE both PF and Margaret, UNKNOWN to WF, spied on WF (PF and Margaret had the audacity to even spy on God at UIUC and UIC) and RUINED WF financially, forcing the highly respected Reader's Digest to declare ignominious, shameful bankruptcy, while the swindler PF (ref. Isaac Asimov: "ALEXANDER [PF] THE GOD") kept on amassing trillions snd trillions of dollars by manipulating the computers in banks and stock exchanges and offices of the Presidents and Prime Ministers of ALL countries. However, I believe that WF, a very wise and noble man with a very powerful personality, alerted by God, has seen through the machinations of the trio PF, Pamela/Rad. and Margaret/Sit. (the CHIEF ex-mistresses of expired Kr./Sat.), and WF has fought back and has become hugely succesful, thanks to the powerful support of God. "God. You are psychic."

Kishalay Sinha [G]