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CARTER Susan Miller Carter, 57, July 7, 2009, Plainfield Friends, Indiana. She was born on July 3, 1952, to John (Jack) and Ida Mae Good Miller. Susan was a 1970 graduate of Plainfield High School and a 1975 graduate of Earlham College. She was a feminist in the best sense of the word, appreciating and supporting women in leadership. Susan was invested in the local community and was a great supporter of her hometown and state — from encouraging friends to visit the local farmers markets to enjoying area ethnic restaurants to patronizing independent businesses. She immensely loved spending time with her family and her beloved rescue dogs, Asha and Kate. Susan was well-traveled and enjoyed the variety of her destinations; everything from trips to Japan, Italy and New Orleans to a leisurely jaunt down the road to Bloomington. She especially took delight in visiting libraries and cemeteries no matter where she was. Her professional career spanned over 30 years at the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library as manager of the Local History Department, Assistant to the Director and most recently as the manger of Community Central. Her roots in the library started early. Grandmother Maeda Schmidt Miller was a library board member in the early 1900s. Mother Ida Mae helped found the Guilford Township Local Historical Collection and also co-authored, with Scott Flood, the publication, Books for All the People, a history of the library’s first century. Susan was first employed by the Plainfield library as a page at the age of 15. Daughter Joanna is an eight-year employee of PPL, and daughter Sarah is an art librarian in Sarasota, Florida. Susan’s involvement in her community was also extensive. Susan is survived by her husband, John; daughters, Sarah and Joanna; one sister, Julia (Hide) Nobumori; and two brothers, David (Sherry Manick) Miller and Carl (Dee Smith) Miller. Friends and family enjoyed a celebration of life for Susan on July 19 in the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library.

COLLETT Berit Kyllingstad Collett, 70, December 11, 2009. Berit died in the circle of her family at her home in Norway. She had been fighting pancreatic cancer since 2006. She was born May 13, 1939, in Sandnes, Norway. In young adulthood, Berit lived in France, England, Spain and the USA before settling in Lyngdal, Norway, in 1973 with her husband, Stephen, and their six children (later to be seven). After earning an MA in English, Berit taught in public schools while continuing studies in pedagogy and Gestalt psychology. She was hired by her county and national school systems to create and disseminate programs for improving the school environment and for building positive relations between homes and schools. In 1986, Berit and Stephen were sent by AFSC to head the Quaker United Nations Office in New York, where they served until 1998. Berit was director of Quaker House for QUNO — the facility near the UN headquarters for Friends’ mediation work — and leader of QUNO’s human rights program in New York. Among many areas of her work, she made particularly useful contributions to the adoption and promotion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to preparations for the fourth World Conference for Women and its upgrading of the program of action for women’s rights, and to the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. On returning to Norway, Berit taught language to immigrants and asylum seekers and led workshops helping unemployed persons to reconnect and take charge of their lives. She continued working into the last year of her life, while also serving on the governing council of Norway Yearly Meeting and as an elected representative for the Socialist Left party on her city council. Berit is survived by her husband, Stephen; seven children; and 10 grandchildren.

CONWELL Mark L. Conwell, 80, July 25, 2009, Plainfield Friends, Indiana. Mark was born on November 13, 1928, to the late Roy and Bessie Marie (Brown) Conwell. He was the owner of Conwell Construction and co-owner of C+C Paint in Plainfield. Mark was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Stuart, Florida, and the Plainfield Friends Meeting. He was preceded in death by a son, Brian L. Conwell, and a grandson, Nathan Conwell. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Gladys M. (Hardin) Conwell; son, Greg A. Conwell; daughters, Faye E. Doyle and Pam S. Cummings; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held August 1 in Maple Hill Cemetery Chapel, Plainfield.

COSAND Rev. Rendel Loren Cosand, 91, January 11, 2010, Damascus Friends Church, Ohio. He was born March 1, 1918, in Damascus, Ohio, the son of Clarence L. and Maggie Vietta (Pim) Cosand. Rev. Cosand was a clergyman with the Evangelical Friends Church, ministering at various locations including Damascus. Rendel went to North Carolina Yearly Meeting-FUM as pastor of Up River Meeting, retired and then served as interim pastor at Asheboro, White Plains and other places, plus served as a revival speaker. His late wife, Mary, was a tremendous asset in the Yearly Meeting bookroom. Rendel was a gifted, steady and conscientious servant of God. He was preceded in death on August 5, 2009, by his wife, the former Mary Warren, whom he married August 31, 1944. Also preceding him in death was a son, Timothy Warren Cosand. Survivors include three sons, Wesley Loren (Ruth) Cosand, Walter Allen (Patricia) Cosand and Watson Frank (Anna) Cosand; eight grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. A Celebration of Life Service was held at the Arbaugh Pearce Greenisen Funeral Home with the Rev. John Williams, General Superintendent of the EFC, officiating. Burial followed in Damascus Cemetery.

GARNER Carroll E. Garner, 84, August 9, 2009, Quaker Street Monthly Meeting, New York. Carroll was born in Richmond, Indiana, on February 16, 1925, the son of Murvel Garner (a Biology Professor at Earlham College) and Verdie Howell. His mother died when he was born and his father married Esther Miller. Carroll was a birthright Friend, and grew up an active member of West Richmond Friends Meeting in Richmond, Indiana. During WWII, he served as a conscientious objector. He performed his alternative service in rural Mexico, through the American Friends Service Committee. Carroll met his wife, Dorothy Kershner, at Earlham College. They were married in 1946 in Los Angeles, California, at her parents’ home, under the care of the Meeting. Later, Carroll returned to Earlham and graduated in 1948 with degrees in Biology and Geology. Carroll and Dorothy, and their four children, moved to New York State in 1956, where they were dairy farmers until his retirement in 1988. They were members of Schenectady Monthly Meeting during the years their four children were growing up, and for many years beyond, until Carroll and Dorothy eventually transferred their memberships to Quaker Street Monthly Meeting. During his active years as a dairy farmer, Carroll was not free to participate actively in the Yearly Meeting, but was always very active in his local Monthly Meetings, serving in many capacities as he was able. However, he did serve on the FWCC Visitation Committee in the 1970s. As such, he and Dorothy had a travel minute and visited many Quaker Meetings on one particular trip across the United States and Canada. Carroll also was a delegate to the FWCC Triennial in Switzerland in 1979. He and Dorothy planned an extensive trip around Europe for the summer, visiting many F(f) riends, and culminating with the Triennial Sessions. During the late 1970s, Carroll served on the Powell House Committee, which oversees the operations of New York Yearly Meeting’s conference and retreat center, near Albany. This led to his becoming Director of Powell House for two years, from 1980-82. He served the first year as co-Director, and the second year as sole Director. As a farmer, Carroll was very active in various farming organizations, both local and national, and often traveled to cities around the United States for annual or semi-annual meetings. He even took a cow to New York City to be on the David Letterman Show in 1980! Carroll was a conscientious farmer and took advantage of new farming technologies as they became available. The Quaker testimony of stewardship was very apparent in how he applied soil and water conservation practices, took care of the land and the animals. He was recognized for his conservation practices and for developing one of the better farms in the county. In 1993-94, Carroll, with the help of family members, built the house into which he and Dorothy retired, on a parcel of land retained from the farm. Carroll was a man who quietly lived his faith. Carroll is survived by his wife of almost 63 years, Dorothy; and four children, Lee (Anne), Anthony, David (Linda) and Amy (Paul) White; 14 grandchildren/step-grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren/step-great-grandchildren.

GLADDEN Mary Lyndall Sayre Gladden, 86, November 10, 2009, Plainfield Friends, Indiana. She was born in Letart, West Virginia, to the late Clarke and Irene (Yonker) Sayre. She was raised on a dairy farm near Letart and worked in a defense plant in Columbus, Ohio, during WWII. In 1946 she married George Gladden of Bridgeport, Indiana. In 1954, they moved to Clayton where she was a homemaker on the family grain farm. She taught Sunday School at the Plainfield Friends Meeting. Survivors include her husband, George Gladden; children, James, John and Vivian Gladden; and sister, Eleanor Newberry. Funeral services were November 13. Burial was in Shiloh Cemetery, Avon, Indiana.

GUTHRIE Thomas Lindley Guthrie, 78, January 11, 2010, Chatham Friends, North Carolina. A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of Carol McBane Guthrie, who survives, and the son of George Newman Guthrie and Effie Braxton Guthrie, both deceased. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a retired carpenter. He was a member of Chatham Friends Meeting where he served as long time treasurer. He was a member of the Eli Whitney Ruritan Club, on the Board of Directors of the Eli Whitney Fire Department and active in the NCYM Friends Disaster Service. In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, Darrin (Jill) Guthrie; a sister, Helen (Junius) Braxton; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Norma Marie Atkinson; and two brothers, Edward Hoyt Guthrie and John Byron Guthrie. The funeral service was conducted at Chatham Friends Meeting on January 13 by Pastor Wayne Lamb and Pastor David Hobson. Burial followed at the Meeting House Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Friends Disaster Service, 4811 Hilltop Road, Greensboro, N.C. 27407.

HAMMOND Ruth Anne Hammond, 73, December 24, 2009, Asheboro Friends, North Carolina. Ruth Anne was born March 8, 1936, the daughter of Paul Alexander and Carrie Cranford Hammond. She was a graduate of Asheboro High School, Guilford Collage and received her MA from UNC-G. She was a retired teacher having taught most of her career at Williams High School in Burlington, North Carolina. She is survived by cousins: Tommy Cranford, Phillip Cranford, Patricia Cranford Yegee, Irene Hammond Allen, Harold Hammond, Helen Spillman, W. A. Hammond, Margaret Ellen Loflin and Hyatt Hammond. The funeral was held at Pugh Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Asheboro.

HICKMAN Velma Lee Pritchard Hickman, 94, February 2, 2009, First Friends Church, Knoxville, Tennessee. She was born December 9, 1914, in Azel, Texas. She and husband Wade were married 74 years before he passed away in 2007. She was a wonderful helpmeet and pastor’s wife, as she served along with him in their various pastorships. They began their ministry in Belleville, Kansas, in 1947 and became part of Wilmington Yearly Meeting in 1963 when the family moved to Ohio to serve at Chester Meeting. In 1970, they came to Knoxville to serve at First Friends Church where they retired in 1992. After retirement, they continued to faithfully attend Knoxville Meeting until his death and her health determined otherwise. When it was necessary to stay closer to home, they attended the Maryville Friends Meeting. She was active in all the endeavors and areas of the local Meeting as well as the Quarterly and Yearly Meetings. She held various offices in the USFW and regularly attended activities of the Board of Peace and Society. No task was too menial, and like others in the congregation, she spent her time on the scaffolding during the building of the new Meeting House. Besides her husband, Wade, she was preceded in death by four sons, Staten Eugene Hickman, Ronnie Lee Hickman, James Lowell Hickman and Robert Lewis Hickman. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Rachel Hickman; daughters-in-law, Marge Nelson and Carolyn Hickman; seven grandchildren; and sisters-in-law, Leta Hickman and Vivian Thornburg.

KIRKPATRICK Dr. Ralph D. Kirkpatrick, 79, December 3, 2009, Back Creek Friends, Indiana. Ralph was born February 10, 1930, on the family farm in Grant County, Indiana, the son of Lindley and Elsie (Bowers) Kirkpatrick. He graduated from Fairmount High School in 1948 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University in 1953. He earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Arizona in 1957 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oklahoma State University in 1964. Ralph worked for the Indiana State Department of Natural Resources as a field biologist in the early 1950s and taught one year at Taylor University and summers at Indiana Wesleyan (then Marion College). Following completion of his Ph.D. in 1964, he served as a research curator for the Smithsonian Institution while working in the South Pacific. In 1966, he returned to Indiana and joined the faculty of Indiana University Southeast. In 1967 he joined the Biology department faculty at Ball State University from which he retired in 1993. He also served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from 1948-64. He was a charter member of the Wildlife Society and was designated as a certified wildlife biologist by the National Wildlife Society. Following retirement he pursued his longtime interest in local history and genealogy. He published several volumes, including church cemetery records as well as abstracts from local newspapers recording events in the lives of citizens in Grant County. In 2008 he wrote a small volume entitled, A Quaker Boy at Mt. Carmel, recording his memories of attending a small Christian high school in the hills of Kentucky. Ralph was an active life-long member of Back Creek Friends, Fairmount, where he served as presiding clerk for 23 years. His survivors include his wife of 42 years, Susan (Clouse) Kirkpatrick; his four children and their families, Maureen, Kathleen (Robbie Waller), Lindley S. (Amanda) and their children, L. Sean, Kate and Amaia, and Shane (Andrea) and their children, Elliana, Joseph and Meghan. Ralph is preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Basil; and his sister, Helen. A memorial service celebrating Ralph’s life was held December 10, 2009, in Fairmount Friends Church, Fairmount, with Lois Watkins presiding. Burial followed in Park Cemetery, Fairmount. Memorials may be made to Back Creek Friends for scholarships to Quaker Haven Camp in care of Armes-Hunt Funeral Home.

MACON James Henry Macon, 82, November 29, 2009, Holly Springs Friends, North Carolina. He was a native of Randolph county, retired owner and operator of J. H. Macon & Co. and also retired from Klaussner Furniture. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rufus Edgar and Laura Bingham Macon. Survivors include his wife, Elna Weavel Macon; daughters, Deborah Macon Rich, Cynthia Macon Hall and Teresa Macon; son, Ronald Macon; brother, Raeford Macon; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held at Holly Springs Friends Meeting with interment in the meeting cemetery.

PERKINS Theodore Edison Perkins, 92, January 14, 2010, First Friends Greensboro, North Carolina. Theodore was born in Wayne County, North Carolina, on December 11, 1917, the second son of Isaac Thomas and Mamie Belle Aycock Perkins. He married Eugenia Mae Echerd on November 3, 1946. Theodore earned degrees from Western Carolina University (B.S., 1939); Duke University Divinity School (M.Div., 1946); the University of North Carolina in Greensboro (M.Ed., 1957); and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (B.S. in Library Science, 1957; and M.S. in Library Science, 1962). He was recorded as a minister of the Gospel in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1945. Theodore retired in December 1979 after 21 years of college librarianship. Previously he had been a public school teacher, teacher librarian and librarian for several years. He was pastor for 10 different meetings. He also served as an early Youth Secretary of NCYM. For many years he served on the NCYM Christian Vocations Committee which provided financial and other support for those studying for service as pastoral ministers. He and his extended family have given strong support toward the development of MarMac Friends Meeting in his native Wayne County. For a number of years he handled the mailing of Quaker Religious Thought, the journal of the Quaker Theological Discussion Group. He also authored numerous genealogical books and his autobiography, This I Remember. Theodore leaves behind his beloved wife, Eugenia; daughter, Sarah Eugenia Perkins Warren; sons, David Theodore Perkins and Samuel Lee Perkins; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. There were two memorial services for Theodore Perkins on January 23, the first at Greensboro Monthly Meeting of Friends (First Friends Meeting) and the second at The Living Room in Woolman Hall, Friends Homes Guilford.

SIDDONS Dennis J. Siddons, 57, June 19, 2009, Plainfield Friends, Indiana. He was born on April 9, 1952, in Danville, Indiana, to Carter Sam Siddons and Luella Stoneking Siddons Whitaker. Dennis was a 1970 graduate of Danville High School. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 25 years. Survivors include his children, Laura Dunn and Mark Dissons; and five grandchildren. Dennis’ wishes were for his family and friends to “remember the good times” and wished for no calling or services.

TURNER Dean Franklin Turner, 81, October 25, 2009, Plainfield Friends, Indiana. Dean was born October 19, 1928, to the late Dana and Audrey (Boswell) Turner. He graduated from Tangier High School in 1947 and moved to Hendricks County where he met his wife, Carolyn Gabel Turner. They were married June 25, 1950, and were lifetime farmers in Hendricks County. Dean was very involved with the 4-H program at the local and state levels. He was a Director of the Hendricks County Fair Board for 36 years. He was also a past director of the Indiana State Fair Board and State Fair Commission and was actively involved with the Indiana Association of County and District Fairs, where he was also elected into the Hall of Fame in 1990. He was a past member of the Avon School board having served 10 years and was currently the President of the Holding Corporation for Avon Schools. He was also currently serving on the County Board of Health and as president of the Sheriff’s Merit Board. In 1974, Dean was the first Democrat in many years elected as a Hendricks County Councilman. He was also a member of the Plainfield Rotary Club and a member of the Plainfield Friends Church, where he had served in various leadership roles. Dean is survived by his wife Carolyn of 59 years and their children, Cindy (Roy) Simmons, Dean Jr. “Rocky” (Cindy) Turner and LuAnne Turner. Dean also had three grandchildren. In addition to Dean’s immediate family, he is survived by six siblings, Margaret (Danny) Ballard, Thelma (George) Roth, Charles (Barbara) Turner, Helen Thomas, Russell (Ginny) Turner and Bonnie (Mike) O’Neill and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were October 29 in the Plainfield Friends Church. Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery.

WEBB Mary S. Webb, 77, November 25, 2009, Forbush Friends, North Carolina. She was born on May 28, 1932, to Lenny and Augusta Brown Stallings. She was retired from Astoria Braid. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Pete Webb; and son, Tommy Webb. Surviving are sons, Chris (Patsy) Webb and Mark (Mary) Webb; daughters, Wanda (Bob) Norman and Amy (Donnie) Phillips; and six grandchildren. Funeral Services were held November 28 at Forbush Friends Meeting with the Rev. Andy Lambert officiating. Burial followed in the Forbush Friends Cemetery.

WILLIAMS James Hugh Williams, 86, January 10, 2009, Pilot View Friends, North Carolina. He was born December 28, 1923, to the late Homer Pleas and Eda Matthews Williams. He was a lifelong member of Pilot View Friends Meeting where he served as Clerk of Monthly Meeting for many years and was a trustee and member of the House and Grounds and Cemetery committees. He was an Army veteran of WWII and a Bronze Star recipient. He was a Prisoner of War, captured in Italy and held in Germany for nine months before his release. He was co-owner of Williams and Gentry Grocery and Meat Processing in Yadkinville, where he worked for over 30 years with his wife, Margaret, and brothers-in-law, Frank and George Gentry. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 64 years, Margaret Gentry Williams; his father and birth mother; Lucille Warden Williams, who he knew as his mother most of his life; and his brother, Brice Richard Williams. Surviving are his daughters, Delores (David) Mabe, Wanda (Charles) Brintle and Janet (Jerry) Anderson; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and sister, Nell Hunter. The funeral was conducted January 13 at Pilot View Friends Meeting by the Rev. Nelson Puffenbarger and Richard Hauser. Burial followed in the church cemetery with full military honors by Yadkin VFW Post 10346.

WILSON Raynor Pell Wilson, 91, December 12, 2009, Westfield Friends, North Carolina. She was born October 10, 1918, to the late Richard and Isabella Matthews Pell. In high school she was an honor student and a highly skilled basketball player. She enjoyed working in the Stokes County School System for many years. She was a lifelong member of Westfield Friends Church where she also taught Sunday School for over 40 years and held many church offices including superintendent of Sunday School. She was a devoted member of the church USFW and an avid reader and really knew the Bible. She is survived by one sister, Ersie P. McIntyre; sister-in-law, Chassie Owens Pell; three nephews; four great-nephews; one great-great-nephew; three great-great-nieces; two cousins; and special friend, Darryl Bottoms. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Wilson; and brothers, Richard T. Pell and J.T. Pell. Funeral Services were held December 15 at Howell- Nelson Funeral Chapel of Pilot Mountain, conducted by the Rev. Will Eads with interment in Westfield Friends Cemetery.