Tricia Rife |
November 15, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received November 2 – November 15. Rev. Stephen Boardman (66) died November 8. He pastored churches in Indiana. Rev. Jimmy Robbins (81) died November 3....
Tricia Rife |
November 1, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received October 12 – November 1. Rev. James Judd (89) died September 19. He was an ordained minister in the Crossroads District. View other Remembered...
Ron McClung |
October 13, 2018 |
Featured News News Remembered
Dr. Melvin E. Dieter, 93, former General Secretary of Educational Institutions for The Wesleyan Church, died on October 6, 2018, in Lyndhurst, Va. His wife of more than 72 years, Hallie Arline Kirtz Dieter, died the following day. In 1968, when the merging General...
Tricia Rife |
October 11, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received September 28 – October 11. Dr. Melvin Dieter (93) died October 6. He served as the General Secretary for Educational Institutions for The...
Tricia Rife |
September 27, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received September 14 – September 27. Rev. Wilbur Key (77) died September 21. He pastored churches in South Carolina. Alma Robertson (97) died August 29....
Tricia Rife |
September 13, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received August 31 – September 13. Edna Johnson (94) died August 29. She served as a missionary in Japan. View other Remembered posts. To submit the...
Tricia Rife |
August 30, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received August 17 – August 30. Rev. Timothy McGuire (65) died August 16. He pastored in Iowa. Rev. Larry Womelsdorf (80) died August 18. He was serving...
Tricia Rife |
August 23, 2018 |
Remembered
The Wesleyan Church is celebrating the life of one of its most faithful lay persons, Merle Phillips, who died August 18. She was 111. Phillips is assumed to be the oldest known Wesleyan. She attended One Church, a Wesleyan congregation in Wheaton, Illinois, since...
Tricia Rife |
August 16, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received August 3 – August 16. Dr. Bruce Smith (67) died July 7. He pastored in California. Dr. Paul Wood (88) died August 4. He served as the director of...
Tricia Rife |
August 2, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received July 13 – August 2. Rev. Wayne Cox (87) died June 26. He served at Houghton College’s West Seneca campus. Rev. Steven Fletcher (67) died July 25....
Tricia Rife |
July 12, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received June 30 – July 12. Pastor Ana Chacon (73) died July 7. She served as a pastor in California. Esther Elliott (89) died June 5. She served as a...
Tricia Rife |
July 11, 2018 |
Remembered
Ana Gladys Chacon of El Monte, California, passed away July 7. She served as assistant pastor of El Monte Wesleyan Christian Church, Distrito Hispano Suroeste de La Iglesia Wesleyana. Pastor Ana was also the wife of Rev. Edgar Chacon, district superintendent of the...
Tricia Rife |
June 29, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received June 16 – 29. Rev. Kaye Bush (73) served as a pastor in Michigan. Rev. Keith Coffey (79) served as a pastor in various churches. Rev. Gary Tesh...
Tricia Rife |
June 15, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors, missionaries and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received June 2 – 15. Eula Brown (75) died February 7. She served as a missionary in South America. Elizabeth Karns (85) died May 28. She served in South...
Ron McClung |
June 4, 2018 |
Featured News News Remembered
A memorial service for career missionary Nancy Rae (Smeby) Hubbard has been set for 5:00 p.m., June 23, 2018, at Waite Park Wesleyan Church in Minneapolis, Minn. Nancy passed away on April 11, 2018, in Panama, following an extended battle with cancer. She was 60 years...
Tricia Rife |
June 1, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received May 19 – June 1. Rev. Charles Horton (84) died March 11. He pastored churches in California. Rev. Roy Straub (92) died May 18. He pastored churches in Ohio,...
Tricia Rife |
May 18, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received April 28-May 18. William “Curtis” Hall (81) died May 5. He pastored churches in Virginia. Click here to view other Remembered posts. To submit the obituary of...
Tricia Rife |
April 27, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received April 14-27. Rev. Hudson Hess (83) died April 13. He pastored a church in New York. Nancy Hubbard (60) died April 11. She served as a Global Partners...
Tricia Rife |
April 13, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received April 8-13. Rev. Leonard Catron (95) died April 8, 2018. He pastored churches in South Carolina. Rev. Fred Fox (69) died April 3, 2018. He served as pastor of...
Tricia Rife |
March 24, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received March 12-23. Rev. Johnnie R. Blair, Sr. (70) died March 11. He served as pastor of Crossroads Community Wesleyan Church in Holton, Indiana. Rev. Oliver “Bud”...
Tricia Rife |
March 12, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received February 26-March 11. Rev. Jack Cooper (88) died March 1. He pastored seven Wesleyan churches in Michigan. Rev. Don Dawalt (87) died February 27. He pastored...
Communication Team |
March 1, 2018 |
News Remembered
Rev. Michelle DeRossett, of Liberty, South Carolina, passed away February 25, 2018. She was 31 years old. DeRossett served as assistant pastor at Hilltop Wesleyan Church in Liberty. Her primary focus as assistant pastor included children’s ministry. A Greentown,...
Tricia Rife |
February 26, 2018 |
Remembered
The following is a listing of Wesleyan pastors and leaders who have passed away. These notices were received February 1-25. Rev. Howard Barefoot (86) died February 2. He served at All Tribes Indian School in New Mexico and later pastored churches in Indiana. Rev....
Tricia Rife |
January 4, 2018 |
News Remembered
Dr. Warren Woolsey passed away December 24 in Houghton, New York. He was 95. Dr. Woolsey began serving in full-time ministry after his service in the United States Army. In 1950, he and his wife, Ella, moved to Sierra Leone, West Africa, to serve as missionaries. He...
