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November 2003
Passages
Birth
To Tommy and Becca Wright, a son, Treyton Garrett Wright, on August 1, 2003, Wabash Friends Meeting, Indiana.
Marriage
Ami Jo Renee Main and Arron Lewis Scamihorn, August 9, 2003, Wabash Friends Meeting, Indiana.
Deaths
BARNES Elizabeth E. (Hook) Barnes, 73, August 19, 2003, Anderson First Friends Meeting, Indiana. Elizabeth was born July 18, 1930 to Lawrence and Elizabeth (Wood) Hook. She was active in her meeting and was a member the church choir, USFWI and was involved in the Oklahoma Indian work. She was also a member of Eastern Star, Bethesda White Shrine of Jerusalem, Jobs Daughters, Delco Remy Travel Club and Good Sams Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Banes. Survivors include one son, Harry; two daughters, Diana Woolman and Teresa Schaefer; two sisters; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
BOLIN Stanley F. Bolin, 77, January 23, 2003, Langley Hill Friends Meeting, Maryland. He was born on March 25, 1926. Recovery and spirituality were his business. He earned a Doctorate in Industrial Psychology from Case Western. Prior to his retirement, he served as a U.S. Army research psychologist and was a veteran of World War II. Stan embraced Quakerism and Quakers with a unique enthusiasm. Unable to drive long distances, Stan managed to attend three sessions of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, two annual Friends General Conference meetings and two annual meetings of the Friends and Religion Conference by finding rides with others. He was preceded in death by one son, Eric. Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Geyoung and their children, Jane and Jay. He also had children Mark, Dan, Hilde, from previous marriages.
BROOKSHIRE Clyde L. Brookshire, 82, August 27, 2003, Bethel Friends Meeting, Indiana. Clyde was a son of Lucius and Minnie (Bright) Brookshire. On October 24, 1942, he married Evelyn Jervis. He served in WWII in the Army Air Corps. He owned Brookshire Fabric in Marion, Indiana and was a farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Martha Jean Garner. Survivors include his wife Evelyn; two sons, Wesley and Jesse; one daughter, Mary Ann; two brothers Carl and Loren; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
FLINN Jessie Ellen Flinn, 86, August 21, 2003, Wabash Friends Meeting, Indiana. Jessie was born November 20, 1916 to Alfred and Carrie (Floy Carr) Durnbaugh. On August 13, 1939, she married James L. Flinn. She was a member of Wabash Friends and USFWI. She was a homemaker and a clerical worker at Wabash Jr. High School. She was also involved with the Women's Club House, Fourth Knight Bridge Club and Meals on Wheels. She was preceded in death by her husband, James; one sister and one brother. Survivors include one son, James and one grandson, J. Erick Flinn.
GUTHRIE Clara Guthrie, 95, March 4, 2003, Chicago Friends Meeting, Illinois. Clara was born June 2, 1907 in New York City, the daughter of Harold and Bertha (Muller) Deadman. She married James Victor Guthrie on July 23,1938 in Chicago. Clara graduated from William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1928. Clara then taught high school biology in Chicago from 1928-1946. Clara had been extremely active in the Chicago Meeting of the Society of Friends, the American Friends Service Committee, Western Yearly Meeting, Friends United Meeting and many outreach programs. Clara was anti-war and a strong advocate for world peace. She was preceded in death by her husband, James; one sister, Edith Jones and one brother, Harold Deadman. Survivors include one son, James Thomas Guthrie; one grandson, John Thomas Guthrie; one sister, Eleanor Wiles and one brother, Ralph Deadman.
MARLEY Margaret Caviness Marley, 75, August 22, 2003, Centre Friends Meeting, North Carolina. Margaret Marley was a lifelong resident of Pleasant Garden, North Carolina. She was an active member of Centre Friends Meeting and a member of the Women's Circle Number 1. She was a former school bus driver with Guilford County Schools. Survivors include her husband, Branson Marley; five daughters, Katrine East, Edith Routh, Sharon Marley, Belinda Marley and Melody Marley; two sons, James and Timothy Marley; her mother, Edith Caviness; one sister, Maxine Larkin; 10 grandchildren, Travis East, Derek East, Glenna Kidd, Paul Routh, Stephen Marley, James Marley, Jason Marley, Zachary Marley, Caleb Marley and Noah Marley; and two great-grandchildren, Madison Marley and Jacob Kidd.
MILES Patricia Beatty Miles, 75, July 14, 2003, Hanover Friends Meeting, New Hampshire. Patricia was born on December 16, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Edward F. Beatty and Helen Longstreth Beatty. Pat graduated from Smith College (class of '49) in art education, where she received the All-Around Athlete of the Year award. Pat was teaching at a large public school in Wilmington, Delaware when she met Frank Miles, a Haverford student recently returned from American Friends Service Committee relief work in China. They married in 1951. Raised in the Episcopal faith of her mother and active in the Student Christian Movement, Pat deeply appreciated Frank's Quaker approach to life. She was a member of the Radnor Monthly Meeting, Argenta (British Columbia) Friends Meeting, and Hanover (New Hampshire) Friends Meeting. When her last child entered school, Pat returned to teaching. Wherever they lived, Pat and Frank reached out to individuals and organizations from other parts of the world. They also sang with music groups throughout their time together. Pat's watercolors display her deep appreciation of nature with its marvelous colors, textures, and patterns. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Frank Vernon Miles; two sons, Stephen and Dan Miles; two daughters Rebecca Miles and Cathy Miles Grant; and seven grandchildren.
MINAS Elizabeth Carey Minas, 94, August 16, 2003, Newberg Friends Church, Oregon. Elizabeth Minas was born June 9, 1909, in Traverse City, Michigan, to Gervas and Amy Carey. Her father was a Friends pastor and served churches in Indiana, Kansas, New York, Washington and Oregon. While he was pastor of the Newberg Friends Church, Elizabeth attended George Fox. When he took a pastorate in Seattle, she finished a Bachelor of Science degree in library science at the University of Washington, received in 1931. She then took library positions in Bend, Salem and Klamath Falls. Her father, Gervas, was the sixth president of the college, from 1947 to 1950, and she represented the family in the dedication of Carey Hall on campus in his memory in 1980. In 1968, she met and married her husband, Dr. Vaughn Minas. Following his death in 1974, his estate began an endowment at the university that carries her name. The Elizabeth Carey Minas Scholarship fund now assists about 125 students each year with annual $5,000 awards. She has long been associated with George Fox University as an alumnus, volunteer and through her family name and significant scholarship fund.
SCHULKE Sherrie Schulke, 42, August 21, 2003, West Chehalem Friends Church, Newberg, Oregon, after battling cancer for much of her life. Sherrie earned a bachelor's degree from George Fox, a master of divinity from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and two masterŐs degrees from Bryn Mawr College. She was completing her doctorate at Portland State University on the social and psychological adaptation of childhood cancer survivors. Her research was funded by a $40,000 grant from the American Cancer Society. She was a recorded minister of Northwest Yearly Meeting and attended West Chehalem Friends Church. She had been an associate pastor at West Hills Friends Church in Portland, Oregon, and a medical social worker at Newberg Community Hospital. She had been assistant professor of social work at George Fox University since 1995. Survivors include her mother, Joy Smith; her father, Dale Schulke; one sister, Cindi Schulke; one brother, Steven Schulke; three nieces, Rachel, Tabitha, and Cassidy Schulke; and one nephew, Zachary Schulke.
SCOTT Charles Scott, 82, July 21, 2003, Westfield Friends Meeting, Indiana. Charles was born on February 16, 1911. He served in missionary work on a demonstration farm in the East Tennessee Mountains where he taught agriculture classes to WWII veterans and as a farm manager at a mission farm in Bolivia, South America. He served Iowa Yearly Meeting as treasurer. Along with his wife, Charlotte, he assisted with pastoral care at Westfield and Gray Friends Meetings in Indiana.
SHOWALTER Harold Eugene Showalter, 84, August 29, 2003, Wabash Friends Meeting, Indiana. Harold was born March 26, 1919 to Audro and Alta Showalter. On September 25, 1945, he married Charlene Grual. He earned an accounting degree from Manchester College and in WWII served in the Army Air Corps. He was a member of Wabash Friends Meeting and the American Legion. He retired from General Tire and Rubber Co. He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlene; one daughter and one sister. Survivors include three sons, Mark, Eric and Charles; and four grandchildren.
TEBBS Ruby "Jewel" Tebbs, 71, August 23, 2003, Hunter Hills Friends Meeting, North Carolina, after a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Guilford County, Jewel was born August 11, 1932, to Bill and Era Vickers Brown. She was very active in her meeting as choir director, Sunday school teacher and youth leader. In 1992, she retired from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as a Financial Aid Officer. She was preceded in death by both parents and one sister, Carolyn Joyce Penley. Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Rev. Jack Tebbs; three sons, Rev. David Tebbs, Mark Tebbs and Timothy Tebbs; one sister, Betty Robinson; five grandchildren; eight nieces and nephews; and 10 great-nieces and nephews.
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