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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 June 22-26, 2015. Paty Alvarez , 42, of Ecuador passed away June 12. She served as secretary for more than 10 years on the North Andean Field and at the Ecuador

Ruth Patricia Alvarez Moreno, 42, passed away June 12. She was a beloved secretary who served more than 10 years on the North Andean Field and the Ecuador Mission. After fighting against an aggressive cancer for more than two months, her body couldn’t resist any longer. According to the words of her

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received June 15-19, 2015. Daniel R. Berg , 30, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away June 12. He was recently the children's pastor at Bartlesville First Church of the

Robert “Bob” Ashley, 88, passed away June 3. Bob and his late wife, Ina, served as missionaries in Belize and St. Lucia for 28 years and were directors at Casa Robles Nazarene Missionary Retirement Center in California for many years. At age 17, Bob left high school and enlisted in U.S. Maritime

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received June 8-12, 2015. Virginia Allen , 91, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, passed away May 31. She was the widow of retired minister Robert Allen, who served in Ohio, Kentucky,

Glenn Thorne, a prominent Mount Vernon Nazarene University partner, passed away March 26. Thorne sat on the MVNU Board of Trustees for 24 years. His contributions to the university were instrumental in the construction of the Thorne Library and Resource Center, the Prince Student Union, and several

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received June 1-5, 2015. Robert Ashley , 88, of Torrance, California, passed away June 3. He was a retired missionary, serving in Belize and St. Lucia. He was preceded in

Keith Bottles, retired Chicago Central district superintendent, passed away May 25. He was 87. Bottles was born December 17, 1927, to Emery and Emma Bottles. He graduated from Trevecca Nazarene College (now University) with a Bachelor of Arts in 1951. In 1952, he married Joan and accepted his first

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 25-29, 2015. Michael Allen , 68, of Medford, Oregon, passed away May 21. He was a retired minister, serving in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and California. He is

Rob L. Staples died of pneumonia May 19 in Kansas City, Missouri. He is survived by Marcella, his wife of nearly 64 years, two daughters and their spouses, Karen and Louis Gelling and Lynda and Jerry Cohagan, and four grandchildren. Rob Lyndal Staples was born on a farm near Murray, Kentucky, June