In 1887, the first Greif emigrated from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, to Evansville, Indiana. Information for this side of the family is scarce, the only thing I know of is the fact that one of my great aunts married into a different religion, and my own Catholic responded by essentially disowning her and her family. The Funkes, my mother's paternal line, came to the United States beginning with Ferdinand Joseph Funke in 1851. He emigrated from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, when he was 23 years old to Evansville, Indiana. Personally, I think the Funke line is the most interesting as each generation has had a member who has been at least moderately successful. Ferdinand J. Funke's son, Ferdinand A. Funke, owned a prosperous straw mill in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, which he was able to pass on to his sons. Ferdinand A. had three sons, Ludwig, Ferdinand C. and Victor. His second son, known as Carl, was a formidable and well-known pilot in the city; however, he and his wife were caught in a severe thunderstorm, causing their Cessna 172 to crash into a densely forested mining area. Their bodies and the plane were not discovered for another 18 months. The eldest of the three children, Ludwig, is probably the most successful of the family. He was one of Whirlpool's chief engineers and an extremely intelligent and curious man. My grandfather owned several patents, one of which