The legendary TV pitchman for Vern Fonk Insurance died Sunday. While many people thought the man in the commercials was Vern Fonk himself, it was Mr. Thielke, president of Vern Fonk Insurance, the ...

FONK, TED Ted Fonk, 58, of Denver, passed away peacefully in the company of his family on November 28, 2006. Survived by his wife, Cathy; his daughter Gwen (Jason) Kleinert; his son Tony Fonk, and his ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Rob Thielke, who rose to the role after starting as an ...

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Rob Thielke, president of Vern Fonk Insurance and the face behind the company's wild TV commercials, died Sunday at the age of 50. His family said he had been battling cancer. Thielke climbed his way ...

Rob Thielke has one of the most recognized faces in Seattle, but most people think he’s someone else. His friends know him as an insurance agent, an actor and a family man. “I’m really pretty normal,” ...

Fire fighters and other officials look over the scene, Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020, after a fire gutted a historic downtown building in Colfax Tuesday night. The fire destroyed the Fonk’s Coffee House ...

SEATTLE - A Northwest icon has passed away after a long battle with cancer. His name was Rob Thielke, but to the millions of viewers who have watched late-night Seattle TV over the years he was the ...