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The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 27-31 March 2017. Charles Ashley , 87, of Murrieta, California, passed away 27 March. He was a retired minister, serving in California. He was preceded in death by

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 20-24 March 2017. Irma Bailey , 95, of Holton, Michigan, passed away 20 March. She was the widow of retired minister Edward Bailey, who served in Michigan, Florida,

John Seaman, superintendent of the Michigan District and a former Church of the Nazarene missionary, passed away 19 March. He was 69. "It is with great sadness I tell you that Sunday night around 6:15, our beloved friend and leader, Dr. John Seaman, transitioned to eternity," wrote Interim Michigan

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 13-17 March 2017. Sharleen (Ketterling) Archer , 66, of Gregory, South Dakota, passed away 13 March. She was the wife of minister Royal Archer, who serves on the

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 6-10 March 2017. Greeta (Conrad) Cubie , 85, of Marion, Indiana, passed away 23 February. She was the widow of retired minister Alexander Cubie, who served in New

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 27 February – 3 March 2017. Robert Hempel , 92, of Meridian, Idaho, passed away 2 March. He was a retired minister, serving in Oregon, Idaho, and Kansas. He is

Todd Orr, pastor of the Friendship Church of the Nazarene in Mora, Minnesota, passed away 23 February. He was 53. Orr was born in La Mesa, California, to Harold and Betty (Loescher) Orr. The family moved to Minnesota, where Todd grew up and attended high school. After graduation, he served in the U

Retired missionary Patricia "Pat" Smith passed away 26 February. She was 77. She was one of five children born to Edna (Mann) and Daniel Stafford, a pastor. She attended Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University), where she met her husband, Jim. After graduation, the couple moved

Gerphas Oure, superintendent of the Kenya Central District, passed away 21 February after a long battle with cancer. Greg Crofford, a missionary to Kenya, shared a recent memory of Oure. "At the district assembly a few weeks ago, I was honored to pray for our D.S. and many gathered around to lay

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 20-24 February 2017. Gerald Bohall Sr. , 86, of Midlothian, Virginia, passed away 20 February. He was a retired minister, serving in Arkansas, Germany, and Virginia.