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May 2001
Passages
Births:
To Dane and Mindy Carter, a son, Alexandria Robert Carter, January 28, 2001, Anderson First Friends, Indiana.
To Marty and Mary-Pat Goble, a daughter, Hazel Joy, March 1, 2001, Knightstown Friends, Indiana.
To Darren and Phyllis Haines, a son, Hunter Gene, January 7, 2001, Knightstown Friends, Indiana.
To Ronn and Yvette Oren, a son, Tristan Ray, January 1, 2001, Knightstown Friends, Indiana.
To Lindsey Reynolds, a son, Trinity Azland Reynolds-Stoner, December 13, 2000, Anderson First Friends, Indiana.
Deaths:
BERRY Norma Berry, 74, West Richmond Friends, Indiana, August 30, 2000. Norma was the daughter of Elbert Ramey and Dorothy Shannon Ramey. She and her husband, Gene, had just returned from a trip to Paris celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. She was an active member of the USFWI, and worked tirelessly for the Richmond Community Food Pantry and the Lauramoore Friends Home. Without mentioning their names, Norma and Gene were described in the national best-seller, The Beardstown Ladies' Stitch-in-Time Guide to Growing Your Nest Egg. A secretary to the psychology department at Earlham College, she helped start a speech and hearing clinic in Richmond.. A volunteer for the Boys Club, Norma also served as president of the PTA. Survivors include two sons, Steven and Jonathan.
BRAXTON Walter Buckner Braxton, 97, First Friends, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 10, 2001. A member of his meeting for 72 years, he sang in the choir and served in a variety of offices. He was also a volunteer worker at Friends Homes and at the soup kitchen of Urban Ministries. He belonged to Masonic Lodge 552 and was past president and Secretary of State of the Greensboro Wildflower Society. From 1935 to 1968 he was owner and operator of a Shell service station. Survivors include his wife, Viola Andrew Braxton, and several nieces and nephews.
COLTRANE John B. Coltrane, 84, New Garden Friends, North Carolina, February 11, 2001. John Coltrane was the son of Shubal and Flora Gray Coltrane. Retired, he had been the first Director of Maintenance at Friends Homes, Inc., where he had worked since 1974. He was a member of the Guilford College Volunteer Fire Department and had also worked as a volunteer with the American Red Cross and the Boy Scouts. He was also a dedicated gardener. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Floyd, Paul, and Ray; two sisters, Mae C. Coble and Aileen C. Snider; and a son, John B. Coltrane, Jr. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Fields; a sister, Louise C. Foreman; a daughter, Jane C. Norwood; seven grandchildren, Chip, John, and Melissa Lynn Norwood, Lisa, Daniel, and Gene Coltrane, and John Harold; and four great-grandchildren.
COLTRANE Lena Farlow Coltrane, 92, New Garden Friends, February 7, 2001. Lena Coltrane was a graduate of Guilford College, and had lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, since 1932. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Junius, Foy and Beven Farlow and a sister, Gertha F. Love. Survivors include her husband Reese Alexander Coltrane; a sister, Phyllis Farlow Wakefield, and numerous nieces and nephews.
COPE Harold Cope, 82, Sandy Springs Friends, February 5, 2001. Harold Cope was born August 9, 1918 to Joshua Alban and Edith Cary Cope. He married Anne Elizabeth Reeves in 1943. He had been a member of Clear Creek and First Friends in Richmond, Indiana. He served as clerk of Indiana Yearly Meeting, as Director of the Board of the AFSC and as board member of Sandy Springs Friends School. He also served as a member of FWCC and was a Friend in Residence at both Pendle Hill and Woodbrooke, England. He helped prepare for the 1982 Triennial and World Conference in Kenya. He served Earlham College for 26 years as chief accountant, assistant comptroller, business manager, and vice president for business affairs. He later served as president of Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his wife Anne Elizabeth; and a sister, Mary Elizabeth Probasco. Survivors include a son, David; three daughters, Sara C. Putnam, Elizabeth C. McDonald, and Hannah C. Richter; and a brother, Jim.
HEIDEN Dorothy Sizelove Heiden, 85, First Friends, Anderson, Indiana, January 31, 2001. Dorothy Heiden was born September 30, 1915 to Dennis and Bess Sizelove. Past president of USFW, she served for many years in the Cradle Roll Department of her meetingŐs Sunday School and often visited shut-ins as well. She had also served as president of the Twenty-Ninth Street School MotherŐs Club. Dorothy was a homemaker. Preceding her in death was her husband, Peter C.J. Heiden; a sister, Betty Jane; and a grandson, Peter A. Hunter. Survivors include three daughters, Judy Hunter, Paula Bryant, and Cathy Stewart; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
HELTON Sara Robertson Helton, 62, Winston-Salem Friends, North Carolina, February 23, 2001. Sara Helton was born October 3, 1938 to Gurney and Alma Taylor Robertson. She was an active member of her meeting and sang in the choir. She was also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa. Survivors include her husband of 41 years, C. Jerry Helton; two daughters, Sharon Helton Cooper and Lisa Ann Helton; two grandchildren, Christina N. Cooper and Matthew A. Cooper; a sister, Bertie R. Cooper; two brothers, Charles G. and Thomas Robertson; and several nieces and nephews.
McADAMS Walter I. McAdams, 76, Hemlock Friends, Indiana, February 18, 2001. Walter McAdams had been pastor of Union Street Friends for 18 years, and had also pastored Amboy, Carthage, Fiatt, and Portland Friends Meetings. After his retirement in 1981, he was Chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center. He was active on several committees for both Indiana and Western Yearly Meetings, and had served as chairman for the Committee on Christian Ministry and Evangelism, as well as director and counselor for various youth camps. Indiana Wesleyan University recognized him for 50 years of Christian service. Survivors include his wife, Margie Lee Ogdon McAdams; two children, James McAdams and Mary Gross; a sister, Doris; six grandchildren and a great-grandson.
McCLINTIC Pauline McClintic, Wabash Friends, Indiana, March 3, 2001. The daughter of Laura Rife, she married Walter J. McClintic on May 24, 1938. She had worked at Myers and Son Jewelers for over 20 years. Survivors include a daughter, Linda Kay Allen; two grandchildren, Troy Bahler and Tracy Minnick; and a great-granddaughter, Casey Lynne Minnick.
MOORE Lucretia Phillips Moore, 80, New Garden Friends, North Carolina, February 25, 2001. Lucretia Moore was born September 8, 1920 to Paul D. and Clara Gillies Phillips. She married J. Floyd Moore on September 10, 1943. She and her husband taught at the Friends School in Ramallah, Palestine from 1946 to 1948. She served as Clerk of Ministry and Counsel for her meeting and also taught First Day School. In 1987 and 1988 she served on the staff of Friendly Woman. She traveled with her husband all over the world in the service of Friends. She was a graduate of the Hartford School of Religious Education, and had also worked as a secretary for the YWCA. She was an active member and past president of the Guilford College Art Appreciation Club. Survivors include her husband, J. Floyd Moore; a daughter, Abigail Moore Sebastian; a son, Douglas; a sister, Maude P. Stafford; and three grandchildren, Sarah, Teresa, and Brian Sebastian.
VLASKAMP Joseph Arend Vlaskamp, 81, Brooklyn Friends, New York, January 19, 2001. Joseph Vlaskamp was born March 31, 1929 to Arend and Martha Vlaskamp. He had ministered with First Friends, Indianapolis, and Wilmington Friends, Wilmington, Ohio, and had been interim pastor at Valton Friends, LaValle, Wisconsin, as well as serving other denominations. He directed an AFSC work camp in Pennsylvania, and served as Secretary of Religious Education, FGC, and as General Secretary of New York Yearly Meeting. He also served on the General Board of Friends United Meeting. He was a representative to the World Council of Churches in Zimbabwe and to the regional World Council. In addition to his home meeting, he had been an active member of Rancocas Friends, Westfield Friends, and Montclair Friends, all in New Jersey. He graduated from Earlham College in 1950, received his Bachelor of Divinity from the Hartford Theological Seminary and his Master of Arts in Religious Education from the Hartford Seminary Foundation. Survivors include his wife, "Lyn" D. Caroline; five children, Jeffrey, Ronald, Douglas, Kristine Sharp, and Karen; a sister, Wilma Cox; five grandchildren; a nephew, Jim Cox, and a niece, Peg Bidlingmeyer.
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