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A Life’s Journey
By Earl Prignitz

To start at the beginning, a young Quaker evangelist named Inez Bachelor came to my home town of Buffalo, Iowa, and held a series of evangelistic meetings. She succeeded in converting enough people that they formed what became the Buffalo Friends Church. My parents, Charles and Martha Prignitz, were among those first members of this new endeavor.

My parents moved from Buffalo to Davenport and then to Moline, Illinois, before I can remember anything about those years. In Moline we lived upstairs above a Julius Peterson family. The Petersons had four children and were very active in the Swedish Baptist Church. They volunteered to take me with their family to Sunday School. One Sunday at the close of the hour an evangelist had a few minutes during which he invited the children gathered there to come down to the front of the room and give their lives to Christ. I was one of the many who did just that.

In 1926 my parents moved back to Buffalo, Iowa, and we became active in the Friends Church again. We returned to Moline, Illinois, again in 1929. We lived in Moline for three years, but then the depression caught up with us and Dad was out of work and unable to keep paying on two houses, so we returned to the house in Buffalo.

During my senior year in high school I fell in love with Ethel Thompson who had graduated the year before. We both were active in the Christian Endeavor youth group of our church and that is where it all began. As soon as I graduated and got a job we were married — that was in 1935. It wasn’t long before we started our family. We had three children — all girls.

In 1944, nine years after we were married and with a family to provide for I felt called to enter the ministry. It wasn’t an easy decision to make and I certainly felt that I had to have the total support and encouragement of my wife. It meant leaving a good paying job and entering a field of work that has never been adequately supported financially.

We talked to our pastor, Vernard Cox, and he was enthusiastic about the idea. He called the yearly meeting superintendent, Paul Barnett. Paul met with us and told us of a meeting just 15 miles north of Oskaloosa, Iowa, where we could minister and also attend classes at William Penn College. So he arranged for us to go to New Sharon. They agreed on our coming as pastor for a salary of $1,000 a year plus the parsonage. We continued our ministry at New Sharon for four years. I did some carpentry work on the side to keep ahead of the game financially.

We then accepted an invitation from Noblesville Friends to come to Indiana as their pastor. During our second year the Methodists were pushing a visitation program that appealed to me, so I secured their materials and used them with Friends. As a result we welcomed 65 new members into the meeting.

Tom Jones, president of Earlham College, was seeking someone to supervise the construction of Stout Memorial Meeting house on the Earlham campus. He heard of my building experience so he came after me.

We moved to Richmond, Indiana, and I entered another phase of my pastoral career — I spent 40-44 hours working on the Meeting house, took 10-12 hours of classes and preached every Sunday at Williamsburg Friends Meeting. Tom had promised that if I accepted the responsibility of the job that he would see me through college, which he did. I received my degree from Earlham in 1953.

At that time it was another move to Spiceland, Indiana. Early on there we conducted another evangelism program and welcomed 125 new members into the meeting. We stayed at Spiceland seven years and I always felt it was my most rewarding ministry.

We then moved to Xenia, Ohio. I began taking courses at the Earlham School of Religion. We stayed in Xenia four years until the Board on Christian Education of The Five Years Meeting of Friends invited me to become their executive secretary. So we came back to Indiana, building a new home in Dublin where we lived from 1964-99. I served as the executive secretary for seven years until the Friends United Meeting reorganized from seven boards to three commissions. I proceeded to start a printing operation, Prinit Press. Meanwhile I was offered the job of managing the Quaker Hill Bookstore and Friends United Press, which was just getting started. I accepted the offer and remained at the central headquarters another 10 years.

Note from the editor: Dear Friends, It was during Earl’s pastorate with Dublin Friends, when he was 80 years old, that his wife, Ethel, passed away, after more than 50 years of marriage. While his essay ends here his life did not. Earl went on to create beautiful wood carvings, host themed birthday parties for friends and family, actively promote peace, sing and inspire others. Earl was blessed to celebrate 12 years of marriage in 2010 with his second wife, Rosalie, who had also been blessed by a long first marriage. Rosalie passed from this life on February 16, 2010, and was followed by Earl on May 4. A memorial service was held on May 16 at Friends Fellowship Community in Richmond, Indiana, to celebrate Earl’s journey and his role in the journey of many, many others.

ADAMS John “Jack” Gamber Adams, May 18, 2009, Montclair Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. Jack was born on February 10, 1944. A birthright Quaker, he was the second child of Richard and Roberta Adams, then new members of Montclair Monthly Meeting. Despite loving parents and grandparents, Jack did not have an easy childhood. School was a problem. He was intelligent and sensitive but internal challenges and anxieties made life difficult and led to his being given a diagnosis of mental illness in young adulthood. Very early he found that alcohol gave relief. Jack graduated from Montclair High School in 1962. He attended Rider College and several other colleges for short periods of time. He also saw a number of counselors. But it was while working as a copy boy at the Montclair Times that someone’s words to him mattered. A reporter asked: What would you like to be? Where would you like to go? The 1970s found Jack rambling, hitchhiking around the country and visiting communes and retreat centers including Powell House and the Catholic Worker Farm. Writing about this period of his life in 1987 Jack states: “I used to think that people who ate regularly, and slept regularly, and bathed daily must have been suffering from a lack of imagination.” During this unsettled time, from the 1960s to the end of the 1970s, Jack was drinking but he was also growing. He remained, as he had been, gentle and kind and became more deeply reflective and committed to listening. At the end of the 1970s Jack was living in Brooklyn, New York, with Tarna Infante and her two children. Tarna attended Al-Anon and a Quaker Meeting in Brooklyn. It was at this time, through her influence and from the difficulties of family life, that he asked himself: Do I have a problem? Tarna died young, leaving him bereft. Jack returned to Montclair. On June 24, 1980, Jack stopped drinking and began living in a sobriety that lasted the rest of his life. He lived at the YMCA and later in a series of rented rooms. Throughout these decades he devoted himself to AA and became an effective sponsor for many. A friend described him, typically, as listening patiently at length to a “brother” ranting and complaining, and when he finally wound down, Jack would ask, “Have you had anything to eat?” Jack was a frequent letter writer to the Montclair Times on topics ranging from cat care to local issues to international politics. Never clichéd, sometimes offering practical advice, often droll, his letters had a following and sometimes spurred further coverage of an issue. In 1985, Jack was instrumental in saving a local park, Carey’s Woods. In another Montclair park, using his father’s tools and skills he’d learned from him, Jack disassembled a rundown bench, sanded it, painted it, reassembled it and put it back in place. He repeated this with nine more. For a time, Jack was an active member of the House and Grounds Committee of Montclair Monthly Meeting. His sister, Judith Hinds, and others who knew Jack in his mature years describe him as a wisdom figure. He taught by example. He was open and funny. His smile literally went ear to ear and when Jack hugged you, you knew you’d been hugged. Everywhere he went he made friends. He loved a good strong cup of coffee that in his last years he often shared with his good friend and partner, Denise LePochat. In February 2008 Jack moved to First Montclair House, a senior residence, where for the first time he had his own bathroom and a kitchen where he could brew his own strong coffee. There he felt deeply at home. When his health worsened, his neighbors as well as family and friends provided care and comfort. In August 2008 Jack was diagnosed with lung cancer. He chose to forego treatment after one round of chemotherapy. He is survived by Denise LePochat; his older sister, Judith Hinds; his nephews, Cory Hinds and Daniel Hinds; and many beloved friends. Prepared by Mary Grace Larsen; Approved by Ministry and Oversight Committee on February 8, 2010; Approved by Montclair Monthly Meeting, February 14, 2010.

ANDREWS Clovis W. Andrews, 94, March 9, 2010, Spring Garden Friends, North Carolina. Born in High Point to the late Hezekiah and Mattie Andrews, Clovis was a member of Spring Garden Friends Meeting, where he served as a trustee in years past, and taught Sunday School for 25 years. He served as a clerk for the Ministry and Counsel and served on the Quaker Lake Board of North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends. He enjoyed working in his carpentry workshop, but above all else, Clovis was best known to family and friends as a strong Christian who had a very devout faith in the Lord. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Beaulah Reynolds Andrews; two sisters, Artie Lee Mason and Cora Marie Phillips; and a brother, Britt Andrews. Those left to cherish his memory include his daughters, Joyce Pinnix and Judy Garrett; ex-sons-in-law, Lowell Pinnix and Rob Garrett; brother, Frank Andrews; sisters, Virla Shaw, Dee Coble, Dorothy Michael, Betty Pell and Etta Mae Macon; four grandsons and their wives; four great-grandchildren; along with numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held March 11 at Spring Garden Friends Meeting. Burial followed at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.

BROWNE Gordon Browne, September 25, 2009, Plainfield Friends, Vermont. Gordon’s greeting was legendary. The warmth and openness of his reception radiated at once acceptance and expectation, engaging friends across the spectrum of the Quaker family. “I had the distinct intuition,” wrote a former colleague of Gordon’s at FWCC, “that he served as sort of pastor to the entire Quaker western hemisphere.” The faith that fairly shone from Gordon was central to his being. After youthful years of restless seeking, he found his spiritual home among Friends. His life attested to the love, labor, joy and grace that can flow from a life grounded in the power of the Spirit. From his home meetings in Evanston, Illinois; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Plainfield and Peacham, Vermont; and throughout New England Yearly Meeting to the global arena of Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) and Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), Gordon companioned and challenged Friends in witnessing to the Light Within. Typical of Gordon’s exuberant faith was his advice to Plainfield Friends as they struggled with the question of whether or not to proceed with the construction of a meetinghouse. “Don’t build it too small!” he declared. Even as Gordon found resonance and affirmation in Friends’ traditions, he sought to learn from others’ experiences. “As long as the love of God and humanity are central, differences should lead us to search for inclusive truth, not to conflict,” he advised in a letter to his granddaughter. It was in this spirit that he strove to achieve full partnership of Latin American Friends in the FWCC Section of the Americas. His encouragement and support were also a valued catalyst in promoting leadership roles for women, within the Society of Friends and beyond, in their chosen professions. Gordon’s plumb line for peace and justice, which had in part drawn him to Friends, led him, with his wife Edith, to take part in many pioneering initiatives not always popular and at times costly. Concerns such as race relations, draft counseling, refusal to pay taxes for war and suing the federal government when they sought to collect undue penalties were all outward signs of Gordon’s inward experience of the Divine. Gordon liked to say that he had four careers: secondary school teacher and coach; freelance writer; college professor of literature; and Quaker work. His service among Friends included two years on the staff of QUNO, eight years as executive secretary of FWCC Section of the Americas, clerk of NEYM and board member for numerous Quaker organizations. Gordon’s pamphlet, Introducing Quakers, is a mainstay in many meetings and among other writings will carry on his legacy in continuing to welcome and challenge Friends and inquirers. Gordon was a recorded minister in the Friends’ tradition and his public ministry was treasured as it arose in meetings for worship and in speaking at Friends’ gatherings. Gordon worked on meeting committees and projects with the same exuberance he traveled the globe. He and Edith were instrumental in renewal of Friends’ meetings on Cape Cod. Gordon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, graduated from the St. Louis Country Day School and Harvard College, and did graduate work at Washington and Northwestern universities. He and Edith Carlton were married from 1945 until her death in November 2001. They have six children, 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. In his last years, he and Patricia Ballou became devoted companions. As Alzheimer’s disease began to take its toll, he accepted the difficulties with grace, responding positively to the sense of the family and staff when it came time to move from his apartment to the Health Center. No longer able to recall friends’ names or to follow a train of thought, his habitual warm regard for others, touch of humor, appreciation and captivating smile continued to give joy to others. Approved by Plainfield Friends Meeting, January 17, 2010.

CAGLE Lillian “Lib” Olivia Davis Cagle, 85, March 8, 2010, Archdale Friends, North Carolina. Born June 20, 1924, she was the daughter of the late William T. and Mary White Davis. She had been a resident of the Archdale and Trinity areas all of her life, and was retired from Acme Sample. She was a member of Archdale Friends Meeting and the Elizabeth Fry Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Jonah Lee Cagle; a sister, Hilda Kirby; and four brothers, Harrell Davis, Reid Davis, Boyd Davis and Kenneth Davis. Survivors include her daughter, Janett (Tommy) Boles; two grandsons; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Alma Grose. Funeral services were held March 10 in the chapel of Cumby Family Funeral Service officiated by the Rev. David Mercadante. Interment followed in Floral Garden Memorial Park Cemetery.

COLTRANE Richard Paige Coltrane, 77, March 5, 2010, Archdale Friends, North Carolina. He was born February 17, 1933, to Joe L. and Eva Jones Coltrane. After graduation from Allen Jay High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in Korea. Upon completion of his military service, he worked for the High Point Enterprise, managing the Photo Engraving Department, then opened his own business, PhotoPlate. Gospel singing was a much-loved hobby, and he sang with several different groups. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Joyce Smith, and a son-inlaw, Stephen Wilkinson. On January 26, 1980, he married the former Dianne Carruth, who survives. Surviving, in addition, are daughters, Cynthia (Michael) Saunders, Candace (William) Fenn, Chavigny (Greg) Dowdy and Kimberly (Rick) Greene; step-daughter, LeAnne (Keith) White; sister, Becky Coltrane; brothers, Joseph (Mary), Eugene (Faye) and Horace (Frances) Coltrane; two grandchildren; a step-grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held March 8 at Archdale Friends Meeting, with the Rev. Dave Mercadante and Ben Hurley officiating. Graveside service followed at Ebenezer United Methodist Church.

HARRIS The Rev. Alfred Harlo Harris, 98, March 13, 2010, Asheboro Friends, North Carolina. The Rev. Harris was the former pastor at Prosperity Friends Meeting and Highfalls Friends Meeting in Highfalls, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his wife, Iris Louise Harris; his sister, Zilpha Hargorve; and his brother, Howard Harris. Survivors include his daughter, Martha Sue McCoy; son, Alfred (Golda) Harris; five grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. Funeral services were conducted March 17 at Asheboro Friends Meeting with the Revs. Pat and Ken Thames, the Rev. Leslie Winslow and the Rev. Robert Kidd officiating. Burial followed at Spring Friends Meeting.

HINSHAW Myron Lawrence Hinshaw, 73, March 28, 2010, Holly Spring Friends, North Carolina. He was born May 15, 1936, to Carl and Hazel Stout Hinshaw. Retiring in 1994 from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department where he was a deputy, he was involved in the DARE and CARE programs, had developed the Crime Prevention Program, was a former instructor of Basic Law Enforcement and was certified by the U.S. Dept. of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration in Cannabis Detection and Eradication. He was also a farmer and a private pilot. He was preceded in death by his brother, Walter Lewis Hinshaw, and his sister, Mildred Hinshaw McAlister. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Brown Hinshaw; daughters, LaVon (Tommy) Drake and Judy (Gary) Smith; son, Galen (Camille) Hinshaw; sisters, Alese Grimes and Eleanor Gunter; brothers, Franklin Hinshaw and Paul Hinshaw; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Holly Spring Friends Meeting, with the Rev. Todd Brown, the Rev. Ricky Sessoms and Mandy Smith officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

KELLUM Carolyn Carter Kellum, 99, February 13, 2010, Plainfield Friends, Indiana. She was born January 28, 1911, to the late Caleb Hunt Carter and Eva Thomas Carter, descendents of Quaker pioneer settlers. Carolyn attended public schools in Plainfield and graduated from Olney Friends School in Barnesville, Ohio. She graduated from Earlham College in 1932, with a major in Mathematics and a minor in English, and then studied Library Science at the University of Southern California. Carolyn taught high school for 24 years in three Indiana school districts, Union City, Mooresville and Plainfield. In 1941 she married Clark Kellum. Her local Friends Meeting and the Friends World Committee (FWCC) were both especially dear to her heart. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; brother, Thomas Carter; and sisters, Dortha Carter Patterson and Anna Lydia Carter Hadley. Surviving are her children, Evalyn Anne Kellum and Allan Kellum; their spouses, James “JT” Taylor and Henriette Kellum, respectively; and her grandchildren, Scott and Allison Kellum. A memorial service was held on April 10 at the Plainfield Friends Meeting.

MAMMEL Lewis Howard Mammel, 85, July 29, 2009, Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. He was born August 23, 1922, the son of Albert Conard Mammel and Lucretia Kester Mammel, both members of Newtown Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard and then at the Philadelphia Navy Shipyard while in the reserves. He ended his service in the Naval Reserves in 1960 with the rank of lieutenant. As a naval officer he was graduated in 1944 from Penn State University after two years of study with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, and in 1945 from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He met Wanda Lee Meintzer in an aerodynamics class at Brown, and they were married on June 6, 1945. Both Lewis and Wanda obtained pilot’s licenses after their children had finished college, and flew for 20 years. He and Wanda lived in Holmdel, before moving to the Seabrook Retirement Community in Tinton Falls and then to London, Kentucky. They had three children: Linda, Lewis Jr. and Samuel. Lewis started working for Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania in 1945, then moved on to AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, where he was an engineer working on the design of various telephonic devices. He was awarded several patents before he retired in 1988. He was most proud of his contribution to the design of the Dataset, a modem which was widely used in the 1970s and 1980s. Lewis was a member and a former clerk of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, New York Yearly Meeting. Also, he was the past clerk of the Meeting’s Ministry and Counsel Committee. He led discussions of the First Day adult discussion group. Before that, he was a long-time member of Rahway-Plainfield Monthly Meeting, where he was superintendent of the First Day School, and where he enjoyed leading the Meeting in song during opening exercises, before youngsters and adults split into separate groups. Lewis loved music and played the trombone in several school bands. He also sang in the Bell Telephone Glee Club and was a member of the Silvertones, a singing group at Seabrook. He is survived by his wife, Wanda; a son, Lewis Howard Mammel, Jr.; daughter, Linda Mammel York; brother, Kenneth Mammel; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Another son, Samuel Pickens Mammel, preceded him in death. Samuel Mammel’s memorial service was held at Shrewsbury Meetinghouse, with the help of Ed Rogers, and Ed’s caring concern helped convince Lewis and Wanda to transfer to Shrewsbury. Interment for Lewis was at the Newtown Friends Meeting Cemetery, Newtown, Pennsylvania, next to the grave of Samuel.

MORRIS Rodney Shields Morris, 78, April 21, 2010, Poplar Ridge Friends, New York. Rodney was born in Ithaca, New York, to Floyd and Ethel Morris on May 21, 1931. Rod will be remembered as someone who didn’t just live in this world, but strived to make it a better place. Shortly after graduating from Cornell University, he and his bride, Joan Skillicorn Morris, traveled to Kenya, East Africa, in 1955 where Rod served for over 12 years as an agricultural missionary with Friends United Meeting. After returning to the United States, Rod worked toward global peace by promoting non-violent resolution to conflicts and empowering community groups to have their voices heard in local and national policies. Rod is survived by his wife; his brother, Mark Morris; daughter, Kathy (Ross) Howitt and her three children, Joel, Cory and Erin; and a son, David (Kelly) Morris and his four children, Kyle, Tyler, Mekenzi and Elias. Rod’s memorial service has been scheduled for July 31 at 10 a.m. to be held at Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting. Memorial contributions may be sent to support a Peace Education Initiative in Kenyan Quaker high schools. This curriculum teaches non-violent conflict resolution and was developed in response to the post-election violence of 2008. It is supported by Friends United Meeting and George Fox University. Please mail contributions to: Friends United Meeting, 101 Quaker Hill Drive, Richmond, IN 47374, with memo: Kenya Peace Curriculum/ Rod Morris Memorial. Memories of Rod and communication with the family can be sent to: MemoriesRod@yahoo.com.

OTWELL Mildred Hockett Otwell, 92, March 15, 2010, Goldsboro Friends, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by husbands, Ronald Coble Otwell and Harvey Garrett; parents, Earl and Grace Lednum Hockett; brothers, J. W. Hockett and W.E. Hockett; a great-granddaughter; a brother-in-law; and a daughter-in-law. Survivors include sons, Ronald (Sandra) Otwell, Jr., James (Rebekah) Otwell and Gary (Kaye) Otwell; sister, Betty Jane “Pat” Price; six grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three step-children, Alice Price, Doug Garrett and Phala Garrett; 10 step-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held March 18 at Pleasant Garden United Methodist Church. Interment followed in the church cemetery with the Rev. Philip Deberry officiating.

POLLOCK Ralph Lindley Pollock, 91, April 29, 2010, Russiaville Friends, Indiana. He was born on August 24, 1918, the son of Cecil J. and Lucy M. (Lindley) Pollock. On August 27, 1943, he married Emma Conwell of Kokomo in Gas City, Indiana. Emma passed away January 18, 2009. Ralph graduated from Russiaville High School in 1936 where he participated in athletics. He was a lifelong farmer, the third generation to till the family land. Survivors include daughter, Patricia (Gary) Callahan; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; eight step-great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and one infant brother, Russell Kenneth Pollock. Services were conducted May 4, with his pastor, Jamie Lyon, officiating. Entombment followed at Sunset Memory Gardens near Kokomo.

RICH Elizabeth Ann Farlow Rich, 63, April, 17, 2010, Marlboro Friends, North Carolina. She was the eldest daughter of McLain and Vadalia Farlow. She was a birthright Quaker of Marlboro Friends Meeting where she served faithfully in many areas. Her love of history and genealogy helped her to write the book titled, Marlboro Friends Plain and Simple. Elizabeth Ann graduated from Randleman High School, class of 1965, and attended Guilford College. She was known as Libby at Craft Insurance Center, where she worked for over 30 years as an agent. Elizabeth Ann is survived by her husband of 43 years, Larry W. Rich; sons, Bryan (Laurie) Rich and Eric (Bia) Rich; three grandchildren; her father, McLain Farlow; and sisters, Amelia F. Davis and Beverly F. Hilliard. She was preceded in death by her mother, Vadalia Farlow, and sister, Elaine F. Smalley. A graveside service was held on April 19 at Marlboro Friends Meeting by the Rev. John Sides.

TIMIAN Jane Newlin Timian, 76, December 31, 2009, Plainfield Friends, Indiana. Jane was born September 14, 1933. The daughter of Edythe and Lawrence Newlin, she was a birthright member of Plainfield Friends Meeting. She attended Plainfield High School and went on to Earlham College, where she earned a liberal arts degree. After graduation, Jane taught high school for two years at Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, New York. She then proceeded to teach English and pursue a Masters degree at the University of Arizona. While at UA, she met and married Ben Timian. During the next 51-and-a-half years, Jane supported and greatly aided Ben in a successful military career, raised a wonderful family and pursued her career in education. Jane passed away after a year long struggle with heart and lung disease. Jane is survived by her husband, Ben; her sons, Jon and Mark, their families; and brothers, Tom and Max Newlin; and sister, Alice Newlin Huus.

WILSON Edward Clark Wilson, 85, March 5, 2010, High Point Friends, North Carolina. Clark was born in High Point on April 8, 1924, to Lyndon Floyd Wilson and Martha Draughon Wilson. Clark was the youngest of three brothers. His brothers, now deceased, were Lyndon Floyd Wilson, Jr., and Robert Draughon Wilson. All three boys attended the High Point public schools and graduated from Guilford College. Clark’s Guilford College education was interrupted by his service in the Army during WWII. Clark was on the front line during the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, Clark studied at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, before returning to Guilford College. At Guilford, he played football and was elected student body president. Clark graduated in 1947 with a degree in Economics. Clark married Jeanette Ouren on May 14, 1949. They celebrated 60 years of marriage in May 2009. Clark and Jeanette had three children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Their children are Patricia (William) Sams, Edward (Terri) Wilson, Jr., and Marsha (Philip) McCrory. Clark was a lifetime member of High Point Friends Meeting and an active North Carolina Quaker. Clark served as clerk of High Point Friends Meeting as well as Deep River Quarterly Meeting, and held several North Carolina Yearly Meeting positions. Clark served on the boards of the Earlham School of Religion, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Guilford College Friends of the Library and the High Point Mental Health Association, as well as Quaker Lake Camp and Conference Center, Friends World Committee for Consultation, Friends Homes and the American Friends Service Committee. A memorial service was held on March 13.

YORK Kathleen Clark York, 90, March 28, 2010, Holly Spring Friends, North Carolina. Kathleen was a daughter of the late Vet and Mary Newlin Clark. She was preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Paul Clark, Eunice C. Philips, Jerome Clark, Ben Clark and Alma C. Teague. Survivors include sons, Elvin (Linda) York, Jr., Wayne (Cathy) York; sisters, Josephine Hinshaw, Frances Allen; brothers, Clyde, Frank and Ralph Clark; three grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Holly Spring Friends Meeting with the Rev. Todd Brown, the Rev. Ricky Sessoms and the Rev. Leslie Winslow officiating. Burial followed at Parks Crossroads Christian Church.