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October 2002
Passages
Births:
To Kyle and Tracy Dubois, a son, Kody Royce, April 11, 2002, Amboy Friends, Indiana.
To Lisa and Steve Ford, a son, Robert James (Rob), April 27, 2002, Wabash Friends, Indiana.
To Rebecca Aeron Grunko and Alexander Levering Kern, a son, Elias Levering Kern, July 6, 2002, Friends Meeting at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
To Vindy and Carl J. Pace, Jr., a daughter, McKenna Janae, July 13, 2002, Wabash Friends, Indiana.
Deaths:
BERENDT Russell Noel Franklin Berendt, 64, June 28, 2002, First Friends Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina. Noel Berendt was born January 21, 1938. Four of his school years were at Boys' Town, Nebraska, where he was a competitive swimmer and soloist with the famous Boys' Town choir. He came to North Carolina in 1957 as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg and served in Korea. He began working for Pilot Insurance Company in Greensboro in 1959 and was active in commercial real estate for many years. In 1990, he began to take part in the life of First Friends Meeting in Greensboro. He was active with the Friends Disaster Service, the Singles Group at New Garden Meeting, the Associated Friends Committee for Indian Affairs, Habitat for Humanity and Yokefellow Prison Ministries of North Carolina, where he served on the Board of Director. He was preceded in death by one son, Swayne Franklin. He is survived by three sons, Russell Franklin, Jr., Henry Max Franklin and James Kermit Franklin; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
DUBOIS Hubert A. Dubois, 86, Amboy Friends, Indiana, April 27, 2002. Hubert A. Dubois was born June 15, 1915. An educator all his life, he retired as Superintendent of the Oak Hill Schools, in Converse, Indiana. He graduated from Manchester College and Indiana University. He served with the U.S. Navy during WWII. During his lifetime he served his meeting in many different capacities. Survivors include four children, several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
HEATH Brayton (Buddy) Morgan Heath, age 83, Rich Square Monthly Meeting, Woodland, North Carolina, May 12, 2002. A well-loved recorded elder, Buddy Heath was actively involved with his meeting and community. He and his wife, Kathryn (Katy) Evans Heath, met challenges throughout their long marriage with a sense of faithful openness and expectancy about life which inspired all who knew them. Buddy, a graduate of Guilford College, served as a conscientious objector in World War II, working from the camps along the Blue Ridge Parkway to eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. After the war, the couple settled in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, to rear their three children, Evans, Charles and Betsy. Buddy worked as a mill manager with Georgia Pacific. He was preceded in death by one sister, Dorothy Heath Brown. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn; two sons, Charles B. and Evans; one daughter, Betsy J.; and three grandchildren.
LAKE Hazel Lake, 105, Bluff Point Friends, Portland, Indiana, September 27, 2001. Hazel Lake was born August 21, 1896. Hazel was a homemaker. She was married to Russell Lake, who preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons, John and Robert; one daughter, Bonnie Abbott, 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
MILLER Dorothy G. (Davis) Miller, 87, South Marion Friends, Indiana, April 30, 2002. She was a member of her meeting for 65 years. She married Carl Miller on December 9,1933. He died in 1989 after 55 years of marriage. She served as Sunday School teacher, the president of the Missionary Society and served on many other committees. Survivors include two sons, Richard and Carl Edward, and one daughter, Clara.
PEEBLES Maxine R. Peebles, 83, Wabash Friends, Indiana, July 18, 2002. Maxine Peebles was born August 16, 1918, to Ralph and Gertrude (Custer) Ridgeway. She married John B. Peebles on February 24, 1940. A lifelong homemaker and farmer, she was active in her church as well as the Asbury United Methodist Women and the Linlawn Missionary Society. She served as President of the Wabash County AARP and was a member of the Wabash County Home Economics Chorus. She was preceded in death by her husband John. Survivors include three sons, Ronnie, Steve and Dave; one brother, Marvin Ridgeway; six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
PEFLEY Leota M. (Lewis) Pefley, 85, South Marion Friends, Indiana, July 31, 2001. She was a member of her meeting for 55 years. She married Sherman Pefley on August 18, 1935. Survivors include her husband, Sherman; one daughter, Gariselda Peterson, and one son, Stanley.
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