2015 Retiree News Color - Brethren Benefit Trust
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2015 Retiree News Color - Brethren Benefit Trust
The annual update on Brethren Pension Plan retirees Retiree News 2015 Dear retirees, I am happy to bring you another issue of Retiree News, my favorite publication from BBT. I do enjoy the fact that your updates remind me of a Christmas letter, and since we publish this in the summer, it’s like Christmas in July for me! I am ever inspired and touched when I read how richly blessed you all feel, whether you are giving thanks for family, friends, travel, and good health, or letting us know that despite being sidelined, having old age issues, or tremendous loss, you still feel God’s loving hand on your life. I see that BBT’s retirees enjoy everything from week‐long motorcycle trips to long walks with a new rolator, and I can sense the joy articulated through these vastly different life experiences. As is our custom, we offer this newsletter in a black‐and‐white printed version, or a color version online. We thank you for letting us know your choice, so that we can print only what is needed, and continue our efforts to be environmentally friendly. If you have chosen the color version as well, you will find it at cobbt.org/retiree‐news. Thank you again for sharing all your stories and words of wisdom. You are a blessing to all of us at BBT, and we pray that the year ahead is filled with more memories and milestones. I like to think that no matter how old we are, we can always feel young when we read the words from 1 John 3:1, “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God: and so we are.” Nevin Dulabaum President, Brethren Benefit Trust We edit all the Retiree News entries, and want you to know we do our best to replicate, both in word and spirit, your intended message. Please accept our apologies if we missed something or got it wrong. We appreciate your grace. month in Clearwater, Fla., this year. We visited friends and attended services with them at Indian Rocks Baptist Church on Saturdays when they had “cowboy church,” where they dress casually, and we attended on Wednesdays when they had dinner and an evening service. Their music was down‐to‐earth and inspiring. This year my wife and I celebrated our 52nd anniversary. We are both well and enjoying our work for the Lord. Our children and their families and our three grandchildren are all doing well. We praise the Lord for family and friends. Lester and Lucia Altermatt Coarsegold, Calif. Not much has changed from last year. We love it here in Coarsegold and are active in our church. I continue to work on the house and keep busy. We have eight grandchildren now, and they are all so sweet. I still preach for my brother and others from time to time and enjoy it. We hope to do some traveling in the near future. Lucia and I both keep in shape by regularly exercising. Floyd and Alta Bantz Lancaster, Pa. Major events for us in 2014 were the death of Alta’s brother, Wayne B. Zook, and the birth of two more great‐grandchildren. Wayne’s death necessitated a trip to Seattle and Wenatchee, Wash., accompanied by one daughter and met there by another. Although it was a sad occasion, we enjoyed a mini‐family reunion. The Carmie Leroy and Clara Mae Baker Mydersville, Md. My wife and I are currently serving the Lord at First Baptist Church in Hagerstown, Md. We enjoy sharing our musical talents. My wife sometimes plays the Moller pipe organ and I play the piano. We spent half a 2 new births pushed the great‐grandchild tally to nine. It is a challenge to keep up with their birthdays. Peace to you all. Esther enjoys reading and is frequently involved in “proofing.” Our six grandchildren have completed their education and entered the work world. Our six great‐ grandchildren do not live close enough for us to enjoy often. While our travel is becoming more limited, we do have opportunities to join bus tours or travel with our daughters. We enjoy hiking and the out‐of‐doors. Life has had its detours, but we have been blessed to be able to overcome the obstacles with the help of good doctors. It’s a blessing to be active and involved in church and community. Carl and Carrie Beckwith La Verne, Calif. We are fortunate to be living in Brethren Hillcrest Homes in La Verne, Calif., with many retired Brethren and other congenial folks. It is comforting to be surrounded by others who share similar difficulty in remembering names, can’t hear so well, or spend considerable time visiting doctors, etc. It is a blessing to be a member of this community of many friends and opportunities. Our personal activities center primarily within our apartment. We both spend considerable time (being the last living member of each of our paternal families) collecting/collating/sharing family history and pictures. Carrie also continues her long‐time activities as a distributor of aloe health products. Responsibilities with the Hillcrest Gift Shop and Residents’ Association occupy a bit of time for Carl each month. On June 9 we celebrated our 69th wedding anniversary. This past year we welcomed our 12th great‐grandchild. We’ve been abundantly blessed by our four children and their spouses and their children’s families who give great support and share their love. Ethel May Block Euclid, Ohio No questions asked when I went to renew my drivers’ license! My vegetable garden produced a delicious harvest! Embarking on a remodeling project to install a walk‐in shower, and washer and dryer on ground level! August found me in the hospital for a week to overcome a nasty pneumonia. Our children planned and executed a wonderful open house luncheon to celebrate my 90th year. It was an outstanding event, and snow and ice did not deter a wonderful outpouring of love by neighbors and friends. Lester and Esther Boleyn Hagerstown, Md. Esther and I keep busy, mostly with our involvement in the life of the church, both local and district. I am the Global Mission Advocate for our congregation as well as the district auction representative for BDM. We get to travel a lot to visit our children in Bellevue, Wash.; Clarendon Hills, Ill.; and Piscataway, N.J. We still enjoy good health, for which we’re thankful. Come see us — we have a guest room. Norma L. Best Greenville, Ohio Retirement continues to be a blessing as I spend time with my 90‐year‐young mother and other family members. There’s some time for travel, visiting, quilting and sewing. Even time to enjoy “Senior Fit” with friends at Brethren Retirement Community. Emmert and Esther Bittinger Bridgewater, Va. Many opportunities are available to us as residents of the Bridgewater Retirement Community where we have lived the past five years. Exercise facilities help to keep us “fit” and enrichment programs help to keep us “sharp.” Despite vision problems, Emmert continues to do research and write, finally finishing a six‐volume project of residents making claims for recompense for property taken by the Unionist armies during the Civil War. Since then, he has traced family origins of many branches of his family lines. Kay Bowman Harrisonburg, Va. “But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord, I say, ‘You are my God. My times are in Your hand.’” — Psalms 31:14‐15 These words took on new meaning for me as we traveled through the joys and trials of the past year. In February 2015, I faced surgery and additional medical 3 problems. Please keep praying for me. God is good and in the midst of the trials has blessed us with opportunities to share His love, grace and mercy. These are some of the opportunities He gave us: attended the March 2014 Highland Maple Festival in Monterey, Va.; camping trips with the Shenandoah Valley Airstream group and Darla Kay’s family in Williamsburg, Va., in November; Mother’s Day with Darla Kay’s family in N.C.; Kaylee’s 8th grade graduation in June; Blackberry Festival at Skyland in Shenandoah National Park in July; and the Puffenbarger family reunion at Lost River State Park in Mathias, W.Va. In August we visited the little white Mt. Carmel Church of the Brethren on top of a high mountain near Peru, W.Va., where my parents met nearly 75 years ago; in September, traveled 800 miles from Bowling Green, Ky. to Philadelphia, Pa.; enjoyed wonderful gatherings through the year with children, grandchildren, Darla Kay and family, Darin Keith and family, and Devin Kent. As we take God’s hand to go on the path He has planned for us each day, we go in the assurance and peace that Psalms 31 promises. Please continue to pray for our family, and may God richly bless all of you. health failed. At my age, being in a community setting with good food available and being involved (or not) in various activities is very important for me. Highlights from 2014 include a visit from Siegfried from Germany, who had lived with the Boyer family in Indiana in the early 1950s. Another highlight was visiting son Mark and family in Lincoln, Neb., with two grandkids present for me to babysit while parents were at work. A third grandchild came in October. I need to go meet him soon. My interests are exercising in our large pool here at Hillcrest, a monthly support group of women, a book club, music concerts, theater productions, and being in our La Verne church choir. In summary, I am trying to “bloom where I am planted.” Earlene Bradley and Earl Foran Oviedo, Fla. Last year was a memorable year. We took a six‐and‐a‐ half‐month‐long motor home trip out west to see some favorite National Parks. This was between two weddings of my grandchildren, Rebecca Dodd and Ethan Bradley, one in April in Delaware, and one in October in Virginia. We were not sure we could last that long living in a motor home but we made it, and it was very special. We saw some beautiful country. God is good. Ruth and Ray Bowman North Manchester, Ind. The most significant change in my year since April 2014 was a fall in the middle of the night, which resulted in a broken pelvis. After some weeks in the hospital and Timbercrest Health Care, I came home almost as good as new. It did sort of shake my self‐ confidence and started me thinking about hanging up my car keys for good. Will report next year. Otherwise, life goes on in wonderful Timbercrest where I enjoy singing in the choir and playing piano for chapel sometimes, doing Tai Chi, being in the 90s Club and the Book Club, and enjoying the fantastic programs Timbercrest provides. The Timbercrest bus provides transportation to the Church of the Brethren, where I enjoy inspiring services, and also to programs at Manchester University. Guy R. Buch North Manchester, Ind. Greetings from Timbercrest. Life is different when one has to live alone after 67 years of marriage. I still continue on my journey. I am blessed with a caring family that regularly visits me and helps me visit them. A trip to Pennsylvania in July made it possible for me to attend the family reunion. During the holidays I was able to visit my Florida family twice. I remain active in the many activities here at the home. As my own children keep announcing their retirement, I feel lucky to reach my 90th birthday on May 17. Timbercrest is a very special place. Old friends from years past visit and others join our family here. God has really blessed me and I thank Him daily for His help. Thanks to each of you for the special memories we share. Shirley Boyer La Verne, Calif. I have been an independent living resident at Hillcrest Retirement Community for over six years. I am thankful husband Charles (Chuck) wanted to move here before his Gordon and Darlene Bucher North Manchester, Ind. In the summer of 2014, we spent extra time with each of our three sons and daughters‐in‐law. We went to St. Louis to see the Cardinals win 1‐0, and then spent several days in Branson, Mo., watching various acts. We spent time with another son and family at Hueston Woods State Park in southwestern Ohio. With the third son and wife, we spent time in Michigan along the 4 Lake Michigan shore, playing golf. Good times. In May, the oncologist suggested I quit taking chemo for my lung cancer. Then, the last of September, he suggested that I enroll with Hospice, which I have done. He said that I might have four months to a year of life left yet. It is now almost six months when I am writing this. I feel okay. I feel tired a lot. I still teach Sunday school occasionally. I want to play golf this summer if possible. Darlene is struggling to handle the probability that she will be left alone after almost 68 years of a delightful marriage. Happy for each new day. Heaven is in the offing. Good to hear from all of you good friends. about 30 miles from the Hanover area. Following my leaving Rouzerville and having my name in the three districts that touch our area, I thought I would have work within a few months, but that has not happened yet. My being 85 could have something to do with that! At present I am attending the Hanover COB, which had been my last full‐time pastorate, from 1988 to 1998, and singing in the choir there. I will not serve on any committee or do anything at the Hanover church that would require my opinion or my participation. I have also been preaching occasionally at one or two nearby churches, not all of them Brethren. I, of course, am waiting for a call to another interim pastorate, as I do not choose to do full‐time pastoral work at this time in my life. Life is good for Carolyn and me. Our two children live close by, as do most of our six grandchildren. I am more in touch with most of them since I have worked in our two theaters here as actor, director, and now, mostly as an usher. It was a pleasure acting in plays with my daughter and her children at various times in past years. Both Carolyn and I are enjoying life immensely. We hope to visit her hometown of Erwin, Tenn., this spring, as her sister, brother, and sister‐in‐law live in or near that area. I get back to my hometown of Johnstown, Pa., occasionally, and we will be attending a few shows at theaters in or near York and Lancaster. Marjorie Burton Seal Beach, Calif. I have found that as we get older, we have different chapters in our lives, and with those chapters come changes. The one constant is family. I’m thankful for the different interesting chapters and opportunities I’ve had in my life. I feel blessed with a family that has stayed close in loving support of each other through all of their changes and mine. Conrad and I had a son and a daughter. They blessed us with five grandchildren. Son Doug is a doctor of clinical psychology and lives in Palm Springs, Calif. Daughter Connie has taught and sold her sculptures at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico for 19 summers. The family calls it their second home. Ghost Ranch is a Presbyterian center for learning, art, music, science, theology, fun, and renewal of faith, where exchange of ideas is encouraged — truly an inspiring place for body, mind, and soul, in a beautiful setting. Although the chapters of our lives have brought changes, the family still spends one week every year together at Ghost Ranch. Family is constant. God is good. Jimmy and Betty Cannaday Floyd, Va. We retired from the pastoral ministry at the end of 2014, having served 47 years in the following churches, all in Virlina District COB — Beaver Creek, Laurel Branch, Green Hill, Jones Chapel, and Red Oak Grove. We now live in our home in Floyd, Va. We have one son, one daughter, one grandson, and two great‐grandchildren. We have been able to do some traveling in the last few years, and hope to do more in the future, thanks to BBT. Jack and Carolyn Byers Hanover, Pa. This past year has been more eventful for Carolyn than for me, as she, after having earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees online from Walden University, also completed her studies to be a nurse practitioner, and was awarded that status. She has not yet found employment. I had been an interim pastor at the Rouzerville COB for three year, and had decided to try to serve a church closer to home, as Rouzerville is Edward and Phyllis Carl Madisonville, Ky. Greetings from western Kentucky. Life is good and we so enjoy the activities of our grandchildren — Brianna is 15 and Zachary is 11. We continue enjoying our involvement in First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, here in Madisonville. Our regards to all. 5 Clyde and Karen Carter Daleville, Va. For our age, we are doing well — turning 80 before June ends, still driving, serving the Daleville, Va., church in many ways. We are living in The Glebe Retirement Center, where each of us has chosen ways to help other residents with special needs. Both are looking forward to NOAC this autumn. Our three children keep up with us. Each has a daughter, either in high school or college and planning the next step in growth. We also feel very blessed by our in‐laws. Charles and Judy Cupp Greenville, Ohio Judy and I continue to reside at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville, Ohio, as residents of Chestnut Village. We are appreciative of this opportunity. We are doing well health‐wise, within the perimeters of certain health issues and the aging process. Judy’s oncologist is pleased with her response to treatment, and she is also grateful. We continue to do some volunteering, both here and at the Oakland Church of the Brethren. During this past summer, Judy was delighted to meet for the first time ever, a couple of her cousins from Norwalk, Ohio. In addition to visiting with family and friends, we attended Annual Conference, where Judy served as coordinator of non‐ delegate registration. We are planning to attend National Older Adult Conference in September 2015. Mac and Shirley Coffman New Windsor, Md. My wife and I have a total of 12 children and 23 grandchildren. Keeping in touch with all of them is a full time occupation! We enjoyed a month in Florida this winter but couldn’t wait to get home to see the kids. We enjoy coming back to life on the farm. I retired fully after 36 years on the New Windsor State Bank Board last April. Avis Dadisman Girard, Ill. I am having a 97th birthday in April, widowed for 25 years and living alone in our house. I do have a very nice part‐time caregiver. My four daughters and their families are scattered on all four coasts and in between. I no longer travel, so frequent visits are a blessing. I am confined to a walker, and keep busy with sewing and reading, playing games, and being on my computer. I hear church service on Sundays on my TV. The Lord has been very good to me, and I appreciate Brethren Benefit Trust. Merle and Jean Crouse St. Cloud, Fla. Highlights — Attending Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio, with family members, including Merle on Standing Committee and son Jerry on Mission and Ministry Board, granddaughter Christy with the 2014 Youth Peace Travel Team, and grandson Jacob performing with the Christian music group Mutual Kumquat. In beautiful Pine Hollow, W.Va., our family vacation included a 25‐mile bike ride along the Greenbrier Trail. We had a wonderful family weekend at Truman State University in Missouri, where granddaughter Christy is a sophomore political science and Spanish major. Fourteen family members came to St. Cloud for Christmas. We participated in the Osceola Project, The Gathering, a new church plant in Osceola County, where we live. We host one of the house groups for this new church plant. We are thankful for good health. And we are thankful to Retiree News for the sharing by each contributor. James E. Daughtry Tucson, Ariz. My lifestyle has changed considerably with the death of my wife, Joyce, in December 2013. You never fully realize what an asset a good wife is to a pastoral role until she is not there to help you, and she did lots of response sharing with our church participation programs. I am active in our local church as a minister to our “more mature” folks. Some refer to them as the “old folks,” but I prefer my categorization of these people. I also have more time to share with son, granddaughter, and great‐grandchildren than I did before, when healthcare services to my wife kept me busy. But the Lord is and has been good to me health‐ wise, and He gives me more time to share His identity with a new contact source at business places. Thanks, BBT, for your publication each year, and your tribute to my wife in your visual report at Annual Conference. Bob and Emilie Dell McPherson, Kan. There are always plenty of reasons to get up in the 6 morning. Keeping track of our expanding clan is one. The count is now up to 11 grandchildren and four great‐grandchildren. We get to see them all periodically, even though they are spread nearly coast to coast. To visit our youngest son, Sean, and family, we took our first train ride in many, many years all the way to Reno, Nev. — two‐and‐a‐half days! Great fun when you have the time. But we settled for a plane ride to visit our daughter Melia in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Annual Conference in Columbus got us near enough to spend time with son, Jay, and family in New Paris, Ind. And, it’s only a four‐hour hop to Smithville, Mo., to visit daughter Krista and family. We do seem to be on the road often. There’s plenty to do at home in McPherson. We’re active in the Mac Church of the Brethren, singing in the choir. Emilie is a deacon. At the first sign of spring, she heads to the garden to start providing fresh vegetables for our table. She is committed to healthy eating. Bob is pretty committed to getting the picture, whether it’s at church, district events, or NOAC. All in all, it’s a good life, though it does seem nice to sit and relax once in a while. 10‐day trip to Acadia National Park in Maine, with 18 folks, sponsored by Camp Swatara. We celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary on Dec. 29. Son David lives in Alexandria, Va., and continues to be very busy as a mortgage consultant in Reston, Va. We have belonged to a CSA for a number of years, eating organic local fruit and veggies. Our home garden to supplement the CSA helps keep these farm folks close to the soil. Willard and Pauline Dulabaum Elgin, Ill. Highlights for last year included visiting friends and family in several states, seeing some of them active at Annual Conference, celebrating with grandchildren receiving high honors at school year’s end — with one graduating — and enjoying a first‐time‐ever banjo festival in Wisconsin. Lowlights include Pauline’s fall and wrist fracture on the way to Annual Conference, with surgery and weeks of therapy to follow, plus later, a house burglary. It’s been a good year, though. With our children living nearby, we enjoy seeing grandchildren in theatre performances, concerts, and athletic events. We have seen more middle‐school girls’ basketball games in recent years than ever before in our lives! It’s also been satisfying to serve as congregational sponsors for a BVSer serving locally, whom we had come to appreciate earlier at Camp Peaceful Pines in California. Other involvements such as choir, band, architectural tours, and church activities continue to be rewarding, with Duly serving on a pastoral care team. Chicago’s TubaChristmas found most of our family in attendance, with four of us, plus one BVSer, among over 400 participants, of whom Duly was the oldest. Our family ukulele count is now at ten, with two more in progress — all made from kits — in this, the centennial year of the uke in the continental U.S. We continue to be thankful for the love of family and friends, near and far, and for the health that allows us to remain physically active. Our wishes go to all for a healthy and meaningful year! Ralph Detrick and Joyce Stoltzfus Elizabethtown, Pa. We continue to be blessed with good health and so many good things to do. Ralph continues to run (jog) in a number of 5K races including the Frozen Foot Race series (January, February, and March) at E‐town College and the annual Run for Peace at E‐town COB. He continues to have various leadership responsibilities in local and district Rotary. He attended the annual Progressive Gathering this year at Stone COB in Huntingdon, Pa. We both attended the graduation of daughter Sara Beth Stoltzfus from University of Texas in Austin with her MSW. She became employed immediately as a social worker and lives in Waco with husband James. We attended the annual Song and Story Fest, this year at Camp Inspiration Hills in Ohio. A major delight was a Roger and Mim Eberly North Manchester, Ind. After living in our home in Milford, Ind., for 34 years, we had extensive roots and had accumulated many things. A number of people had encouraged us to at 7 least get on a list at a retirement community; however, it took only two visits in two weeks, and we had an apartment in the neighborhood homes at Timbercrest picked out. We were experiencing green lights at a fantastic pace. The whole moving process, including the down‐sizing, presented the bigger challenges. We are very glad that last summer we made this Big Move and are now very involved in the Timbercrest community in North Manchester. Then, beginning the first of January, another door opened — a creative venture of serving on a pastoral team (three of us ordained, one college student, and one a licensed member of the congregation) at the nearby Eel River Community Church of the Brethren. anniversary. We have been blessed and give thanks daily for the journeys we have been on. We plan to celebrate with our family for 10 days over Christmas and the New Year. What fun it was to have National Youth Conference here in Fort Collins! It was a blessing and it was exciting to see all the youth and to be able to attend their worship services and programs. We volunteered at Brethren Press during the conference. Our grandchildren are growing up with the six ranging in age from 9 to 18 years. Our first grandchild graduates from high school this year. And we enjoy being able to attend their activities. The violence in Nigeria is depressing and makes us very sad because of what is happening to the people and the land that we learned to love during the more than 20 years we were over there. We were amazed to find at a local art show, work created by a Denver area artist that highlighted the abduction of the 276 Chibok in April 2014. In December, God called home Larry’s younger brother, Terry, who had incurable brain cancer. We have wonderful memories of the two weeks he and family members spent with us in October. The elk were bugling, the leaves were beautiful, and the scenery was breathtaking. Fall is a wonderful time in Colorado! We are looking forward to seeing many of you at NOAC. John and Sue Edwards Arcanum, Ohio We celebrated a major anniversary with a cruise, which made a Panama Canal transit on the 100th anniversary of the canal. We then flew to Hawaii for a week and a half. John pastors the Emmanuel (S. Ohio) Church of the Brethren, and Sue works at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton at the HyperBaric Unit and for MVH’s Employee Health. Life is good. God is great. W. Ethmer and Kathryn Erisman Warrensburg, Mo. Still active at 90 — preaching, farming, gardening. I am learning it is not a sin to step back and watch someone else working. I am the next‐to‐the‐oldest member in our local Kiwanis Club — a member since 1955. The Warrensburg Church (Missouri‐Arkansas district) celebrated 100 years this year. I have helped to provide some ministry to this church for the past 50 years, starting in 1965. Kathryn’s heart valve, replaced 15 years ago, is showing signs of weakness. Hospice is now a part of our daily life, for which we are thankful. Our best wishes in the coming days. Wendell Eller Bridgewater, Va. Sonya and I still enjoy a few weeks in Sebring, Fla., in the winter. We missed almost all the snow this year while we were there. Going by auto train (one way) has proven to be a big help this year and last. With our granddaughter Holley here at Bridgewater College, we have seen her in several swim meets. We have enjoyed football and basketball games through the season too. Spring is “springing” here, which calls us to yard and garden work. We are so grateful that good health still allows us to enjoy such things. Editor’s note: Sadly, between the time this item was submitted and the newsletter was published, Kathryn Erisman passed away. Our sympathies are with the Erisman family. Warren and Theresa Eshbach Dover, Pa. Life has been rich and full — with laughter and joy, with sadness and sorrow. That’s fairly typical at any age, and we’ve experienced both since we last wrote in April 2013. Our lives have centered around writing, teaching, painting, cooking, travel, music, church, and Larry and Donna Elliott Fort Collins, Colo. If the good Lord is willing and if the creeks don’t rise, in July we will be celebrating our 50th wedding 8 family. We traveled to the British Isles and especially enjoyed Highclere Castle near London (home of Downton Abbey), being in Scotland during the vote for secession, and sleeping in a Wales castle. Theresa has enjoyed writing, painting, and cooking. Her book, “The Centennial Pictorial History of Children’s Aid Society,” should be off the press by the time Retiree News is released. Designing and producing water color greeting cards with verses she has created gives her great satisfaction. She also loves to entertain. Warren delights in directing an instrumental ensemble in our Mechanicsburg COB, playing clarinet in the Gettysburg College Sunderman Conservatory Symphony Band, serving as a docent at Gettysburg’s Seminary Ridge Museum, as a trustee on the Elizabethtown College board, and teaching at the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center and Penn State’s OLLI program. Last summer, he served as co‐interim pastor at Mechanicsburg while our pastor was on sabbatical. Both of us coordinate the studies of our intergenerational Sunday school class and are energized by the weekly discussions. We have mourned the loss of our grandson, Mike, and celebrated the marriage of another grandson, Ethan, who also serves as Coordinator of Engagement Initiatives for Mennonite Economic Development Association, a job that includes fundraising, much to his grandmother’s delight! to serve on and chair the Board of Directors at Fahrney‐Keedy Home & Village, a Brethren community whose mission is to enrich the lives of seniors. I continue as the Mid‐Atlantic District coordinator for the Training in Ministry program. This year, I served as onsite coordinator of the 2015 Leadership Conference sponsored by the Council of District Executives. I have several significant trips in 2015. I am traveling on a 14‐ day mission trip to Sri Lanka in July, during which we will build relationships and construct homes. In October I will be touring Greece and Turkey, following the missionary journeys of Paul and visiting all seven of the Revelation church sites (contact me if you want to go). This summer, I will attend my 50th high school reunion with many classmates in the Frederick High School class of 1965. Linda continues her work as retail specialist in her sister’s salon and spa. We enjoy walks, family get‐togethers, and currently, some home redecorating. I’m still playing as much golf as time and body allow. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! Larry and Ann Fourman Milford, Ind. In 2015, Ann and I both have finally retired, Ann after seven years of ordained ministry and Larry after 45 years. We mostly love our new schedule with more time for family, especially the grandchildren’s sports and music activities. We also are blessed with a new YMCA to help keep us in shape. It is at times difficult to adjust to not having a regular schedule. It was a learning experience to search for a new church home. After some months of discernment, we landed at the Bethany COB and have found ourselves both nurtured and challenged there as we have been invited by their pastor, Tim Sollenberger‐Mophew, to join him in ministry along with two other pastors. We both are enjoying the Lake Waubee waterfowl where we live, especially the swans and occasional great blue heron. Last year we even saw a bald eagle three times. Ann is in a time of discerning about how and where to become involved in ministry, both inside and outside the church, while Larry is finally working on two writing projects, one of which is a memoir‐type piece, and continues working with the COB Spiritual Director’s Network, the Quiet Place at Camp Mack, the Oblate Council at Our Lady of Leah A. Flory Germantown, Md. Germantown’s Willow Manor is still my residence. Senior living keeps me quite busy. I volunteer at my granddaughter’s school and I am co‐president of our UMW at Trinity UMC. I enjoy church choir and keeping up with my apartment friends at weekly Knitting Club and daily Puzzle Room “piece work.” Our scattered family gathers when we can — in person, by phone, email, and text. I enjoy life and praise God for every day! Lerry and Linda Fogle Frederick, Md. My retirement years are filled with joy and meaning. I continue 9 Grace Monastery, and with a peer group of spiritual directors in support of a continuing ministry of spiritual direction. Beyond all this, with the really cold and snowy winter, we have kept the scrabble board up, setting a record for the number of games played in any given year. met our three criteria “for the duration” — first‐ floor living, attached garage, and association fees that cover snow removal and lawn mowing. About one month later, Judith accepted the half‐time position of interim pastor at Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, Ill., beginning Sept. 1. After a few months in Elgin, we made the decision to sell the Elgin home and downsize to an apartment. Renovations of the existing apartment at his son’s home became Jay’s main “interim” activity as he built walls, installed cabinets, and generally improved the living space for our future visits. It has been a busy year, and fortunately we are both well and healthy enough to keep moving forward. This photo was taken at the wedding where Judith officiated for her nephew in Florida in August 2014. Rick and Carol Gardner Huntley, Ill. We continue to thrive in our 55+ community called Sun City, where we have resided now for over seven years. Huntley is only a short distance from Elgin, where we remain active in the Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, where Rick serves as board chair. Rick’s other major project this past year was a writing assignment on the book of Acts for Guide for Biblical Studies. Each year seems to bring one or more health adventures. The most recent involved shoulder replacement surgery for Carol and several surgeries for melanoma for our 14‐year‐old grandson, Tyler, who is doing well now. Our travels this past year included trips to Columbus for Annual Conference, and to Fredericksburg, Va., for a family reunion. While there, we also celebrated the hard‐to‐believe 50th birthday of our older son Eric. Whether at home or on the road, we give thanks for the gift of life, the gift of family, and the gift of friendship. Martin and Edith Gauby Nampa, Idaho We have enjoyed family and church activities. It is great to have all three of our children now living in Boise. We will be moving to Boise this spring. We had a great trip and family event in Phoenix last spring. Alice Z. Geiman Harrisonburg, Va. I am grateful to be back to my part‐time job as Director of Christian Education at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, following the diagnosis of a rare cancer in my spinal fluids. Treatment has gone well and at the moment I am doing fine. The experience has reinforced the value of so many wonderful offerings, so many prayers and words of encouragement. Thank you to each of you! If you get to the Shenandoah Valley, come by for a night. Jay and Judith Gibble Elgin, Ill. As a couple, we have divided our time between our Pennsylvania and Illinois homes and families that we each brought to the relationship. One year ago, in Pennsylvania, we bought a house in Elizabethtown that Lamar and Nancy Gibble St. Charles, Ill. We enjoy reading Retiree News and appreciate the sharing each of you offers. It is always good to hear what is happening in the lives of many Brethren friends and acquaintances. Our year was filled with our regular activities such as church choir; Senior Strolls with the Forest Preserve in Kane County; Seniors‐on‐ the‐Go (a group at church that does a variety of different activities); enjoying our series of Elgin Symphony Orchestra concerts; spending time gardening (Lamar); visiting with family, friends, and doctors; and doing some traveling. In April, we spent 16 wonderful days on a trip to the Baltic states, visiting Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and ending with three days in St. Petersburg. We had been to St. Petersburg before but had never visited the Baltic states. It was a fantastic trip, and we thoroughly enjoyed it even in the midst of increased tensions there, given the recent aggressive stance of their neighbor, Russia. In May, we had a great time attending Allison’s (3rd granddaughter) graduation from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, summa cum laude. She is now doing a residency at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. We are grateful for the love and support of our sons and daughters‐in‐law and our five granddaughters. It is always a joy to spend time with all of them during the holidays and other occasions. Our visit to the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison to view the marvelous illuminations of the Saint John’s Bible was 10 something we would recommend if the exhibition comes to a museum near you. Dick and Doris Gottshall Roanoke, Va. As of 2014, both of us have entered our ninth decade. All things going well and we live through. In August 2015, we will celebrate 70 years of marriage. We made our last trip of any distance, going to NOAC in 2004. Since then, Dottie has had three back surgeries, during two of which a rod was inserted to relieve pain. Since 2005, Dottie has not traveled more than 20 miles from home. Riding is becoming increasingly painful. Dottie still makes crib quilts, lap robes, and crochets baby blankets, giving them to the Roanoke Resource Mission. Dottie has recently given up driving, due to limited eyesight. Reading, a much‐loved past time, has been considerably curtailed. We are still able to attend the monthly retired ministers and wives luncheons. Sometimes, Dick takes a special chair for her to use. Dick continues to serve as house husband. Last year, Dick made a solid oak end table cabinet for our daughter in Greensboro, N.C. Currently he is making a cat castle for our grandson‐in‐law. Dick still takes his turn teaching Sunday school, preaches when asked, serves on the Virlina Roanoke Renacer Hispanic Steering Committee, and is honorary chair of the Virlina Mission Resourcing Committee that meets about every second week. Except for Dottie’s pain that she says at times reaches the level of 10+, we are in good health — the unmerited gift of God, for which we are daily thankful. We enjoy our companionship. While things are not like we would hope, we still have no complaints. We have been truly blessed. God’s provision has been experienced in the past. We trust Him for what we cannot see and do not know. Hope all who read this are experiencing God’s grace, love, and peace daily. LeRoy and Kathi Griffin Newport News, Va. Changes and events: Among the significant events in our lives this past year was LeRoy’s retirement as of the end of January 2015. He decided that it was time to do other things in life beyond the work place. Much of our time has been spent working with volunteer groups and gardening. Kathi held her fifth annual open garden event last June and looks forward to the sixth this year. We anticipate a year of daylily events, service projects, and NOAC. Elsie Hall Wentzville, Mo. This has been a different year in my life with both mountaintop and valley experiences. In May, I was blessed to minister with some very dear Korean friends in Atlanta for a few days. Some spine problems developed as I returned that have slowed down my activities of traveling with my Family Foundations International Seminars. Then recently, I experienced some complications of a weak heart, but I am standing with the Lord for His healing power to be experienced and manifested in my body ... and the prayers of believers are with me. With continued strength and anointing of the Lord, I minister with people over the phone and those coming to my home, but am looking forward to more involvement of my FFI this year, even being almost 83 and driving my Toyota with 238,000 miles!!! All of my children, grandchildren, and one great‐grandson are doing well. My son, Douglas, took me to my 60th college class reunion at McPherson, Kan., in October. So many are with the Lord, but it was a delight and joy to see the several in attendance, including my roommate and her husband, and the football player that I had caught on “Sadie Hawkins Day,” etc. If in the area, please call or stop by to see me! Have a blessed remainder of 2015 in the Lord! Allen and Lois Hansell Mountville, Pa. We have struggled with health issues since April 2014. Lois had her left shoulder (dominant side) replaced in April. I had unsuccessful rotator cuff surgery on my right shoulder (dominant side) in August 2014. The shoulder was replaced in October 2014. I have had considerable pain since the surgery was done, and the surgeon finally decided to do exploratory surgery on March 5, 2015. The shoulder was seriously infected. The surgeon cleaned the area and started me on antibiotics. As I write this (March 13, 2015), I am wearing a pump that dispenses antibiotics every six hours. This treatment will continue for six weeks. Lois is the coordinator of a project in the Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brethren 11 (where we are active members) that purchases school uniforms annually for 1,200 homeless students in the school district of Lancaster. Last July and August, the congregation donated enough funds to purchase 1,300 uniforms. Lois is making plans for this coming summer. I am involved with Elizabethtown College in two significant ways — as a member of the Board of Trustees, and as a member of the Young Center Campaign Steering Committee. We are working to raise $1.5 million dollars for a major expansion of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. The Center is located on the campus of Etown College. Even though I’m a grad of Bridgewater College, Etown has accepted me as one of its own. We are appreciating our seven grandchildren. One granddaughter, Jenna Hansell, will be a freshman at Elizabethtown College this fall. Norman and Lois Harsh Roanoke, Va. The ongoing afflictions related to Alzheimer’s (Lois) and Parkinson’s (Norman) are relieved considerably by caring family and the staff of Friendship Retirement Community. Lois in unable to walk, dependent on a wheelchair for mobility as Norman pushes. Norman enjoys the assistance of his Rolator, being able to cross the street most days to spend time with Lois. Our Summerdean church is working through adjustments brought on by decisions to have contemporary and traditional services each Sunday morning. We are thankful for the long‐term care insurance policy we bought in 1994 in Florida. It makes the cost of care here at Friendship far more manageable while complicating the preparation of IRS returns. We enjoy contacts and relationships with our nine great‐grandchildren (five girls and four boys). They are a “window” on what often appears to be a scary world with great potential. Norman’s doctor suggested using a computer with voice recognition capabilities as one way of dealing with the tremors associated with Parkinson’s. Hence, this report comes to you via an iPad with amazing challenges and capabilities that mystify my shrinking brain. Francis and Jean Hendricks McPherson, Kan. 2014 was our year of “house!” We decided to put our country log cabin near Abilene on the market. On the way to Phoenix, literally, we bought a 1950s rancher in McPherson which we remodeled. Following weeks of going back and forth the 125 miles roundtrip, we closed on the sale of the original home in early November, having moved to McPherson in August. We completed the traditional “downsizing” for many folks our age and are now enjoying our new space. This relocation is a major life transition. It places us closer to family, including three grandchildren and their parents, Jean’s mother in The Cedars, plus other extended family members. So far we are acclimating well to life in town, where more walking and biking are possible and where the Church of the Brethren is healthy and active and includes friends and other BBT retirees. Donald and Marilyn Hittle Greenville, Ohio We have had a very good year. The Lord has continued to bless us with many good things. We enjoy our children and grandchildren, as well as great‐ grandchildren. We attend Gospel Baptist Church and enjoy being fed from the Bible as well as many friends there. Kathryn Miriam Hoover McPherson, Kan. I continue to be quite active in service projects, tying comforters for residents in the Health Care unit of The Cedars, doing kitchen laundry for the church, and calling or visiting my neighbors. Even though my four children are a distance from me, we keep frequent contact via media. They are each busy in their professional lives. My four grandchildren are also doing work that is rewarding. Of course, no one has three great‐granddaughters more precious than mine. John and Sue Huffaker Greenville, Ohio We continue to live in a cottage at the Greenville Brethren Retirement Community. It is so good to be near new and old friends. Our first great‐grandchild will be here in May. We still marvel at how God works through the generations with the miracle of birth. 12 Tom and Jan Hurst McPherson, Kan. While continuing to teach ethics as a McPherson College adjunct in the Philosophy and Religion department, and sophomore seminar courses focusing on helping students learn how to get that first job, I also took on the job of House Manager at the McPherson Opera House. This position involves seeking out volunteers, training them, and overseeing them at Opera House shows, shows that are artistically diverse and fun to experience. Jan continues to help individuals self‐publish their books through her company Author’s Voice Publishing. We are now blessed with four grandchildren whom we travel east to see over the holidays and during the summers. Our fifth‐wheel provides us with the opportunity to sleep in our own germs as we travel in it in warm weather. Now in our ninth year in McPherson, we continue to find this town to be a gem amidst America’s plains. The McPherson Church of the Brethren is a congregation that we feel strongly connected to, and we look forward to at least several more years as part of this community. Clyde and Mona Hylton Fieldale, Va. We continued to serve two churches, Mona as minister of Music at Pocahontas Bassett Baptist, and Clyde at Bassett Church of the Brethren. We volunteered at Henry County Food Pantry two days each month. Hardees, our missions outreach, saw Clyde singing with the seniors each Tuesday. Both of us used many opportunities to reach out to others. Sadly, Mona died Jan. 4, 2015, after a brief battle with cancer. Clyde continues serving church and community. Jeffrey and Jody Johnson Greenville, Tenn. Jeff has been retired for several years, and Jody will retire at the end of this school year. We have plans for spending more time together. Also, our first grandchild is due to arrive in April 2015. God has been good. Joann Kilmer Mishawaka, Ind. Another year and more changes surround us. My move to Greencroft in Goshen, Ind., will soon be a reality this summer. I continue my artworks and crafts. My writing has slowed down since I published my book, Gleaning, Guidance & Growth; Life Awakening Experiences. Blessings to all. Edward and Anna Lou Kerschensteiner Boise, Idaho Ed remains active as part‐time pastor of Boise Valley Church. He continues working daily with the family lawn maintenance company. Anna Lou is the emergency babysitter for 10 great‐grands. No more full‐time commitments. Two trips to Pennsylvania — first, to attend the funeral of Ed’s brother‐in‐law, Irvin Knieriem; second, was a fall visit to family on both sides. Late December, a trip to Mesa, Ariz., to visit Anna Lou’s sister Mary Alice and family, plus, attend the Fiesta Bowl football game that our Boise State University played and won. Barbara Kesselring Sebring, Fla. The year 2014 was about volunteering, which continues to be my life, thank goodness. I continue with The Palms of Sebring Auxiliary, Church of the Brethren choir and celebration center, The Palms Foundation Board, and other things. I enjoyed a visit from Sonia and Wendell Eller for a few weeks in February. Their son is married to our daughter. I plan to go to Annual Conference and NOAC. I visited Rummel, Pa. (close to Windber COB where I grew up), in August last year for their 140th. I also help out at the hearing aid center four days a week. Have to wear a foot brace due to posterier tibial tendonitis from a stress fracture in March 2014. They want to do surgery and I’ve said “no.” No one can reach me on my home phone. It’s good to have our children close by, although son and daughter‐in‐law are long‐haul truck drivers, so they aren’t home much. God is good. Alan and Marilyn Kieffaber North Manchester, Ind. As I, Marilyn, write this on April 1, we are saying goodbye to daughter Bonnie Genovese, who has overcome many challenges in the four‐and‐a‐half years since she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Bonnie is spending her last few days in a lovely hospice home 13 near Fort Wayne, where we are staying near her side as much as possible. Daughter Laurie has been a wonderful help to Bonnie and her daughter Mikayla, who is fifteen. Laurie is now caring for Mikayla. Bonnie spent a week in early March at Disney World with Mikayla and Laurie. She was determined to do this, and she did! She also has hotel reservations for Annual Conference this coming summer, as delegate from the Wabash Church of the Brethren. That, sadly, will not happen. She has been very brave. This sudden downturn began a few days after she returned from Florida. As we grieve, we are mindful of many blessings, including the years she has had with Mikayla and the rest of us since her diagnosis, and the host of family and friends, especially the Wabash and Manchester church families, who surround us with love and support. I am sending along one of Bonnie’s favorite photos of her and Mikayla, taken in fall 2007 after Mikayla appeared in a community theater production of “Hello, Dolly!” in Wabash. Bonnie was actively involved in the production also, behind the scenes. We will miss her greatly! James and Libby Kinsey Lake Odessa, Mich. Libby and I traveled to Alaska in June, where we found far more than gold, falling in love with the terrain and her resident people. Traveled to Maine in September, where we discovered Deer Isle Granite, whose pattern is enchanting. Celebrating a high school senior year and graduation of our two oldest granddaughters, and the dancing moves of our other two, which delights us. Traveled to California to visit our son, who just might break into the entertainment industry? I am doing much writing in a writer’s group. My novel languishes while I wait to find a publisher. We have adjusted to Lib’s retirement and her being around all the time! Life has been a blessing for both of us who enjoy good health, mostly! Gerald and Karen Klaus Lebanon, Mo. I have made the decision to retire, beginning July 1, 2015. I will have served God as a pastor for 31 years. Six years in Brooklyn, Iowa, 10 years at Antelope Valley Church of the Brethren in Oklahoma, 15 years at Conway and Niangua U.M.C. in Missouri. It has been a great trip. Both Karen and I have been truly blessed. Donald Kline Williamsburg, Va. I continue to live in the house we bought in June 1982. I have lived here alone since Ina Belle passed on Feb. 4, 2005. My life goes along quietly. I spend a great deal of my time reading and sometimes re‐reading books that I consider worthwhile. I have read and re‐read novels by Melville, Dostoyevsky, Jane Austen, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Tobias Smollet, and others. I have read and re‐read biblical studies by Bart Ehrman, Marcus Borg, Amy Jill Levine, and several others, along with works by Nicholas Berdayev, Matthew Spinka, Blaise Pascal, and the ever‐enigmatic S. Kierkegaard. It keeps my mind active! The nearest Church of the Brethren congregations is 25 miles from me, so I attend the Williamsburg Baptist Church (Baptist Alliance). A small group of elderly mavericks there enjoys watching/hearing lectures on biblical studies and theology, and discussing the ideas in them. I work out every other day with 25‐pound and 35‐pound dumbbells, and a Bowflex set to 150 pounds of resistance. That keeps my 90‐year‐old muscles firm and flexible, and it promotes a good outlook on life. I look back on a life of three varied careers of 12, 15, and 24 years respectively. I enjoyed 58 years of marriage to a many‐talented and loving wife. I consider that I have had a highly blessed life, and I am very thankful for it all. Jack Kline Bremen, Ind. Living at the Whitlock Independent Living since August 2013. I go to Bremen Church of the Brethren every Sunday and tithe. In summer, I go to my home, which I maintain, four miles from here and mow the lawn. My son and his wife own the land, and they live in the next house. We have different ministers who come here each week and speak. Mennonite singers from Goshen 14 come once a month. Church of the Brethren pre‐ school children come several times a year. We have games on Monday nights, and trivia and Bingo. Baptists pick me up on Wednesday and Sunday nights to take me to their service. Fifty years ago, I sometimes preached at that church in the absence of their pastor. From Proverbs 22:1: “If you have to choose between a good reputation and great wealth, choose a good reputation.” Verne and Phyllis Leininger Milford, Ind. In 2014, Verne celebrated 50 years in ministry. To celebrate, we visited the churches that we served earliest in our ministry, County Line in Northern Ohio and Prices Creek in Southern Ohio. We visited Prices Creek on the Sunday prior to attending Annual Conference. To ease Verne’s preaching load, the Wawaka congregation where he continues to pastor, invited other ministers to help with the preaching beginning in June. About five ministers, including Verne, take turns giving sermons on pre‐decided topics. For example, we had five different sermons on prayer. Verne continues to lead the worship services, prepare bulletins and newsletters, visit the sick, and care for the administrative needs of the church. January 2014 was the beginning of Phyllis’ retirement after serving 25 years at Camp Mack where she was office manager. She has been spending a lot of time practicing the piano — four hours six days a week from January until she accompanied her granddaughter’s Senior Clarinet Recital at Manchester University in May. Currently she accompanies two MU students who have less difficult music and take her less preparation time. She also plays each Sunday at church, does the children’s story during worship, and teaches a primary Sunday School class. Phyllis recently played the dinner music at the Camp Mack Annual Dinner. Norman and Marie Long Plymouth, Mich. It’s so good to hear about all of you. Marie and I are well and happily homebodies here in Michigan. The weather was terribly snowy and cold, so we didn’t go out much. Norm did take a trip to Henderson, Nev., to see his son, Lloyd, and family. We are praising God that Norm’s prostate cancer is behind us, with 42 bursts of radiation, and that his PSA is down to 0.3. We are both actively involved in our local Church of the Nazarene. Our family is scattered — Michigan, Nevada, and Maine. In the summer we enjoy camping in our trailer on a lot in our church campground. Ron and Ila Lutz Ambler, Pa. Many things remain the same — Ila teaches the kindergarten class at Ambler Church, heads the Decorative Arts Committee, and helps Ron set up for coffeehouses. We are both serving on the committee for the 175th Anniversary of the Ambler Church, 1840– 1915. Ron heads the cemetery committee, sets up the Seekers SS Class, brews the coffee, and pops the popcorn for the coffeehouses. Lisa, who is now 51, continues to work at Developmental Enterprises Corporation and sings in their choir. Ron serves on the Germantown Trust, leads tours when needed, and played the part of Christopher Sauer, Jr. in a re‐ enactment skit at the meetinghouse between the two re‐enactments of the Battle of Germantown on Oct. 4, 2014. He is currently waiting and listening for a call from Hollywood. Ron is in his second year of a three‐ year term on the Board of Peter Becker Community in Harleysville, Pa. What a wonderful way to prepare for becoming a resident. We have been enriched and blessed by the pastoral leadership brought to us by Enten and Mary Eller, co‐pastors at the church. We hope you have seen the web cast that is live from Ambler about once a month. If not, tune in to Living Stream Church of the Brethren, 8 p.m. (EDST) Sunday evenings at www.livingstreamCOB.org. The picture is the sanctuary of the Ambler Church of the Brethren at Christmas 2014. 15 Alice and Ron Martin‐Adkins Candler, N.C. A big event for 2014 was the celebration of the marriage of our daughter Myra to Matthew Jordan in September. We are also happy that our family is all located in this Asheville area now. Alice still works two days a week at Biltmore Estate. Ron is enjoying photography and displaying his work in local galleries. Mary Mason and Chester Peckover North Manchester, Ind. Life here at Timbercrest continues to be a joy and great satisfaction. Every service and activity we could imagine is offered here in our Timbercrest community. We are grateful for our life here. Sometimes health issues challenge us, but we know who is in control. In March, we had a full Mason reunion for four days with 20 of Mary’s family here. Games, tussling, laughing, eating, holding and loving the three‐month‐old great‐grand … you know how it goes! Chet and Mary both appreciate catching up on each of you through this magazine, thanks to BBT! We hope to see many of you at NOAC. May God’s love hold you close. Wayne and Mary Louise Mast Lancaster, Pa. This is our first time in the Retiree News. We retired from the pastoral ministry in 2012. We pastored the Burnham Church of the Brethren for 13 years and then took a part‐ time pastoral position at the Westminster Presbyterian churches for nine years. Due to Wayne’s low vision, we moved back to our roots in Lancaster County to be closer to our family. We bought a condo here at The Oaks, where Wayne teaches a Bible study and occasionally preaches. We attend Conestoga Church of the Brethren. Lila and Jack McCray Kenosha, Wisc. Greetings from Jack and Lila McCray in chilly Wisconsin! September 2014, Jack turned 90 and six months later, Lila also reached that milestone! Our year also included a broken shoulder for Jack and a spine compression fracture for Lila … ah, the challenges of reaching such landmarks. These issues have pretty much healed, but Jack’s Alzheimer’s continues to be challenging; however, we are blessed that it is not as debilitating as many others experience. We are happy to be living with our daughter Karen and her husband, David Border. Thank you, Lord! Alton and Lucille McDaniel St. John, Kan. Lucille is doing well, although experiencing some medical needs, while I am still recovering from surgery I underwent a year ago for gallstones and a hernia. We maintain our own small home in St. John, looked after by our daughter, Leigh, who lives nearby. We divide our time between nearby Eden Valley Church of the Brethren and an Episcopal church where Lucille fills in occasionally on the organ. We visit yard sales and auctions in the area with short trips in Kansas and neighboring states. Ralph McFadden and Keo Xayavongvane Elgin, Ill. Perhaps the most unusual event since April 2014 was our return trip to Laos. Keo’s brother, Ko, from Minneapolis, died just over a year ago (pancreatic cancer), and we made our fifth trip to Laos in order to be with his family there — and celebrate a memorial for Ko. It was a three‐week trip that included a Buddhist memorial, some good family visiting time (he has a sister and brother still in Laos), and a little sight‐seeing. It was a little tiring for this 82 year‐old man, but well worth the energy. The family celebrated my birthday while we were there. We took a video camera with us and recorded and then streamed both slides and videos. If you wish to check out some of the pictures, you can go 16 to Keo’s Facebook or to YouTube (Savannakhet 1500). And if you cannot find the videos or pictures, email me at [email protected]. It was remarkable, once again, to witness and take part in a memorial Buddhist festival focused on the spirituality of the family and the village. And so much of their celebration is carried out — even as Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world. A lot of happy, contented people. Wealth or riches do not necessarily make for wholeness. James and Letha McKinnell York, Pa. We completed 28 years of living in suburban Richmond, Va., in 2015. Gladys Mease Goshen, Ind. My grandson, Chris Grimes, invited me to the happy occasion of his wedding to Laura Gaido in Chicago last April. His mother, Karin, welcomed her sisters, Leanna and Glenda; their husbands, Bill and Dave; and nephew, Eric, to the celebration too. Leanna stayed with me to attend a four‐day “Seasoned Citizens” Camp at Camp Mack in May. I enjoyed greeting “old” camp friends, and we made a few new friends. My nephew, Ed Brumbaugh, and his wife, Sue, from Ohio, visited me in July when both Karin and Leanna were here. Bill flew to Goshen with Leanna in their Cardinal and again in September. Also in September, David and Terry Page (my niece from Pennsylvania) stopped by on their way home from a trip to California. Leanna and Karin took me on a pontoon boat ride on a pond at Greencroft. My 91st birthday was on Thanksgiving Day, celebrated with a dinner for family and close friends. My three daughters and son‐in‐law Dave stayed through the weekend, when we exchanged gifts for an early Christmas together. Leanna came again to spend Christmas with me while I recovered from a bout of cellulitis in my legs, caused by poor circulation. Karin visited me over Valentine’s Day weekend, and Leanna returned in March. Exercise classes are still important to me, and I enjoy taking photographs with my camera and decorating my apartment for every holiday. Jack and Mary Melhorn Emporia, Kan. We will celebrate our 67th wedding anniversary in June. We have had visits with and from all three families from Wichita, Kan.; Sugar Land, Texas; and Toronto, Canada. We have three grandsons, four granddaughters, and now have two great‐grandsons. We will be going to Texas for the graduation of a granddaughter who is receiving her Master of Education. She is taking after her grandparents in wanting to be a teacher. We both continue with our volunteer activities. Jack sings with the church choir and Mary is the organist and also a docent at the William Allen White House. Jack is on the Zoning Board and Widowed Person’s Service. In September, Jack was recognized with the 2014 National Retired Teachers Association With our Youth! Excellence Award in the “individual” category, for nearly 20 years of volunteer service helping youth through Children in Need and Juvenile Offenders Citizen Review boards in the Kansas District Courts. NRTA is the AARP’s Educator Community. We feel fortunate that we are able to travel. Thanks for the Retiree News and the opportunity to keep in touch. Peace and good will to all. Matt and Virginia Meyer Geneva, Ill. Greetings to all. Our news is that last summer we moved into an independent living unit at GreenFields of Geneva, Ill. It is a Continuing Care Retirement Community and is wonderful. The facility is under one roof, has excellent services, great programs, and an outstanding and dedicated staff. We are happy to be here. Matt has had macular degeneration for several years and is challenged by vision loss. Since we moved in, Virginia has been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which also brings challenges. We definitely moved at the right time to the right place. We know God was in charge. Matt was recently recognized by the District of Illinois and Wisconsin for 60 years of ordained ministry in the Church of the Brethren. We are still near family and still attend the Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin. 17 Don and Phyllis Michaelsen Olmsted Falls, Ohio To eat well: Each month we drive 65 miles south to purchase organic foods (milk, eggs, honey, etc.) and retrieve spring‐fed water from the farm of a young Amish family. To stay young: When asked, we babysit our four‐year‐ old twin grandchildren, Greta and Gresha, who live 38 miles to the east; frequently we also visit our other three nearby grandchildren, Grace, Haley and Hunter. To serve the secular community: In May 2014, I was elected to a two‐year term as a Member‐at‐Large of the Institute for Learning in Retirement, a department of Baldwin Wallace University in Berea. To stay in touch: I use email frequently; bi‐monthly, I skype with a sister in York, England. To use community organizing skills: I set up a successful work day in early November 2014, at the Pentecost Family Cemetery in Union County, Ind. (Phyllis’ mother’s maiden name was Pentecost). To maintain positive religious and social interactions: Phyllis completes her second three‐year term on Ministerium of Berea United Church of Christ in May 2016; we both sing in the adult choir; I continue to serve on the Stewardship and Faith Sharing ministry teams; I also serve an indefinite term on the UCC’s Joint Associations Personnel Committee. Phyllis looks toward retirement from Medical Mutual of Ohio in early 2016. To enable truth, justice and the continuation of the Realm of The Great Spirit: I regularly advocate via emails to my elected officials, state and national. family in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Colorado. In February this year, I flew to Phoenix with son David and his wife, Kathy, to visit my granddaughter, who is volunteering with Vista for a year. I go as often as possible to visit my two great‐grandchildren, Riley (4) and Taylin (1). And, of course, I visit their parents and grandparents while I’m there! I continue to do some construction work. I went with some Westminster (Md.) COB folks for a week‐long mission trip to New Jersey, rebuilding damaged homes from Super Storm Sandy. I continue to do some work at Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Ministry Center near Hagerstown, Md. I enjoy singing in our church choir and with our Folk Group. I give thanks to God who continues to support me through my family and friends, and to Lena who continues to inspire and encourage me through precious memories. Howard Miller Ellicott City, Md. I will soon have lived in my apartment for two years. My move into The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant will happen in February 2016. As I tell folks — I am Howard, living in Howard County, Md., and I will be spending my last days on the Miller farm; my first days were on a different Miller farm, in Va. I have been doing some traveling, by car and motorcycle rather than RV. I took a week‐long motorcycle trip with my son Jeff and his wife, Cindy, to the Smokies. I did a 4000‐mile trip visiting friends and Byron and Lorene Clark Moore Springfield, Mo. We are well … Byron (as housing inspector) and I especially enjoy district groups and opportunities to preach in the Missouri/Arkansas Church of the Brethren. We also volunteer twice weekly at Global Crafts Fair Trade Shop, keep fit with aquatics exercises three times a week, and McPherson College — Lorene is the 1952 Class Agent. We visit our family in Kansas three times a year. Wayne and Gwen Miller Lancaster, Pa. In the first week of April, Wayne’s doctors informed him that he likely has only two to eight months to live as he is moving into the end stage of Parkinson’s disease. His balance is very poor, causing many falls. Amazingly, he’s had no injuries from these many falls. His short‐term memory no longer exists, but his long‐ term memory is still good. Hearing is very poor and hearing aids no longer help. His strong speaking voice was the first thing to go. Walking is fairly good, as long as he uses a walker. I am doing OK considering the circumstances. Hospice, Brethren Village aides, and friends are all very helpful. Ron Morgan North Olmsted, Ohio Last year’s epoch journey with daughters Gail and Gwen and my sister, Marian, was the highlight of the year. We traveled from 18 Pennsylvania and Ohio to Vancouver, British Columbia, via numerous national monuments and Yellowstone — birding, laughing, and site‐seeing. I drove home alone, visiting three of Jane’s sons en route. Shot my age at golf three more times last year. My shut‐in ministry to 25 of our congregation becomes more meaningful, and the grace of God in Christ Jesus becomes more amazing all the time. Clarence and Elizabeth Moyers Harrisonburg, Va. Greetings to all in our family of retirees. We celebrated our 61st anniversary last August, as well as our 85th birthdays in April and November. Elizabeth fell last July and fractured her sternum, which was quite painful for some time. She continues using her walker all the time. Clarence continues to enjoy relatively good health, with a few ups and downs. We continue to be active in First Church, Harrisonburg. Clarence does some pulpit supply when called upon and continues to sing in the Shenandoah Valley Choral Society. We welcomed our first great‐grandchild, Evelyn Grace Michael, on Feb. 15, this year. We pray God’s blessings and peace to all. Anne Myers North Manchester, Ind. Enjoying retirement, church, family, friends, music, and watching NASCAR and ice hockey. Loving life! Paul and Ella Myers Fostoria, Ohio Another year, another year older. Another year enjoying God’s creation and praising God for His love for each of us. God has been so good. Ella had total replacement of both knees last summer and fall. Still experiencing some pain associated with it. Paul is just recovering from shingles of the head. We thank God for his healing. Our son, Aaron, was just married in Tampa to Heather Nolan; I was privileged to have that service. So we will be back to Tampa for Annual Conference this year. We will vacation in Florida for several weeks while there. Cheryl and Jeff Loo live in Hollywood, Fla., along with their daughter, Liz, and her daughter, Athena, living with them. Brenda and Del Henderson still live in Delaware, Ohio. Their daughter, Kayla, is a freshman at Ashland University working for a degree in nursing and hoping one day to be a doctor. Later this year we are planning a bus trip to New York City and hoping to catch some of the fall colors, as the world prepares for the winter season. Thank you all for your stories as you share your journey with the broader church. We keep many of you in prayer, especially our brothers and sisters that are experiencing struggles and injustice. We do serve a God that cares for all His children. Praise the Lord. Gladys Naylor McPherson, Kan. Birthdays (like 97) keep coming! Family keep coming — three great‐grandchildren. Daughter Cherylin retired from the Colorado State Legislature. Her dear friend, Judy Markham Solano, also a retiree, is an offspring of Stover Culp of Nigeria days. Gerald and Lois Neher McPherson, Kan. We have much for which to be grateful! We’re still thankful to be part of The Cedars retirement community; however, things aren’t quite as rosy as before. Lois is still about the same and still lives in our duplex, but Gerald has needed to move to the Cedars Health Care section for additional care. We are so thankful it is here for us when we need it. It is about a half‐block away so that Lois walks there most of the time, unless there is ice. We are also grateful for our good friends here, and our daughter and her family living in nearby Hutchinson. They do so much for us. We continue our Fourth of July family reunions each year. Happily our third and last book, Glimpses of Life in Northeast Nigeria: 1954—1968, has now been published. To be very current, we are expecting in a week’s time the arrival of Nigerian visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Thlala Kolo, who are coming to thank us and to get additional books to take back with them to Nigeria. It is an honor to have them visit. Our children and families in Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Florida are doing well. We wish the best for all of you fellow retirees! Editor’s note: Sadly, between the time this item was submitted and the newsletter was published, Gerald Neher passed away. Our sympathies are with the Neher family. Madaline Nelson Clovis, Calif. Not much change — one year older and still in my own home. God takes care of me in a marvelous way. Old age does have some roses. 19 Dale Ott Geneva, Switzerland With Easter still in mind as I write, some after‐glow thoughts remind me again that Easter is not just a once‐ a‐year ritual. Rather, if it means anything, it is an ongoing event, offering an everyday hope of new life, new beginnings, new perspectives, and images of new light. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.” (John 1:5) With so much darkness in our world, these words from John especially came to mind as I attended a German‐speaking Catholic Easter service in Geneva. Altar boys and girls added much to the Festival of Light, as they walked among us with smiles and uplifted candles. Afterward, I made a “walk of thanksgiving” (always good healing therapy for me), thinking how much I owe to others — especially the joy of forgiveness — to forgive and to be forgiven. Along the way I was reminded of a poem by a friend in Oregon, Paula Sheller Adams, who had sent me a little booklet of her poems written over the years. Some of you may know her. The poem in mind is called “In Debt.” At first, not a very appealing title, since no one likes the sound of debt. But she offers a spiritual perspective. Just a few verses below: The good news, the blessing is we are so deep in debt, inescapable and hopeless — in debt to love we never earn — in debt to dirt and trees and little sticky leaves — in debt to clouds and rain — to oxygen for breath — in debt for casseroles brought in at time of need — in debt for every steaming cup sipped at a corner table with a friend... Thank you, Paula! Just the words we need. Blessings to one and all, as we continue to celebrate the every‐day event of Easter! Harry and Susie Paterson Westernport, Md. Susie retired from Potomac Valley Hospital as a nursing assistant at the end of August 2014. We spent our vacation in Lancaster, Pa., and attended the Sight & Sound Theatres, where we saw Moses. It was a great experience. The rest of the time, we just relaxed and enjoyed ourselves. We are looking forward to seeing our daughter and grandchildren this coming summer. I am still pastoring quarter‐time for the Laughlin Church of the Brethren, a very small church outside of Grantsville, Md. Staying active in the District activities in West Marva District. Ron and Bev Petry North Manchester, Ind. With regular medication, Bev’s heart continues to function well following last year’s scare. Both of us are able to be active, for which we are thankful every day. We enjoy walking, reading, volunteering, cooking together, tennis and golf (Ron), and spending time, often including food, with family and friends. We plan to be at NOAC and are looking forward to seeing many of you there. Robert and Marianne Rhoades Pittman Astoria, Ill. We have moved back to the flat land of Illinois after two years in the mountains of Virginia. We live beside a lake. It is a good place to fish or watch a variety of birds and animals. Our son owns the property, as well as lots of farmland in the area. The farm manager says Bob is the best employee over 80. Could it be he is the only employee over 80? He loves to help with planting and harvest. I am writing stories for the grandchildren about events and people I have known. I am also organizing photos and making a cookbook. Our 100+ year‐old farmhouse looks more like a museum each passing day, filled with pictures, letter, and awards. The grandchildren enjoy a week at the farm each summer. The farmhouse will continue to be the gathering place for our family. Our children live in Ohio (Oralea), California (Paul), and Minnesota (Rhonda). Bob and I attended our 59th Annual Conference together in 2015. We are both 85 and celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. We welcome visitors to our Illinois home. Bob Patalano Ashland, Ohio The photo was taken in autumn 2014 at the top of Mt. Rigi in the Swiss Alps. Joe and Lois Quesenberry Falling Waters, W.Va. This year has been an unusual year physically for me. The Lord healed me of psoriasis after 43 years, but then I got Lyme’s disease, which hit hard and heavy. Our family continues to expand through our grandchildren getting married. We now have seven services on Saturday and Sunday at Lifehouse Church. Lois and I are handing off ministries, yet we still do a lot of counseling. Healing Rooms of Hagerstown has added another venue at the local rescue mission, and we are really enjoying our Life Groups of Hearing God’s Voice, Love after Marriage, and Tuning In. We had a wonderful trip this past November to Bethel Church in Redding, Calif., for an advanced sozo training. We have almost completed 20 visiting with each of our 11 grandchildren, which is a very special time. Mildred Ritchey Mansfield, Calif. I look forward to reading the letters. On April 19, I will be 90! Need to believe! My health is about the same. I’m still getting injections in my eye for macular degeneration. So far, it keeps it from getting worse. I recently had a stress test with good results. I limit my driving. I attend the close‐by Baptist church. In February, services were canceled for three Sundays because of our snow. My sixth great‐granddaughter was born on Feb. 18. She was sixth since she was born at 37 weeks due to medical problems with her mother. Her name is Kiara and she has a sister who is 21 months. I have two great grandsons. Last July, I was able to attend my family reunion in Warrenburg, Mo. My sister Kathryn is married to Ethmer Erisman, and some of his family were there so it was an Erisman/Valencourt reunion. David and Shirley Rogers North Manchester, Ind. The photo is from our wonderful visit to celebrate Thanksgiving and the first birthday of our only great granddaughter, Cecilia Marie Jania, in Berkeley, Calif. We try to keep up with her “growing up” via photos and Skype. Another highlight for this year was the addition of another man to our family. Carmen, our second oldest granddaughter, married Enrique Fonseca, in Indianapolis on Oct. 24, 2014. It was a beautiful wedding and reception. They had made plans originally for a destination wedding in Cabo, Mexico, but a destructive tornado there made those plans impossible. They weathered the storm and the major stress of change very well. Our second youngest granddaughter, Meredith, began her university career at Indiana University. She has special interest in international studies, psychology, and business. She and her younger sister, Jackie, both played high school varsity tennis. Our trips this year were visiting grandchildren, children, and short trips to and with friends. We are reminded over and over again of the valuable ties of friendships, bonds with family, and community. How life‐giving they are to us. Some very special times together and the death of very close friends have brought home our mortality and the brevity of our pilgrimage on this earth. I realize that fulfillment of those precious dreams we carry has a limited time frame. How good it is to find joy in the simplicities of daily life, without expecting some major extravagant event. The best of good things to all. Randall and LaVonna Roose Mt. Pleasant, Mich. I thought I was extra busy. Every day is filled with activity. What a blessing to have a reason for beginning a new day. Unfortunately, in a way, the reason for busyness is that I walk much slower, arise a little later, and spend time making excuses for my sloth. Though health is not a big issue, yet, we are visiting our doctors more frequently. The eyes need attention, the dentist enjoys our visits, and the heart is monitored. But happily, all these professionals have become friends with these appointed encounters. So why complain? Life is good because God made it so. On my wall in the office, there hangs a small plaque that speaks a marvelous truth. “Working for the Lord doesn’t pay much but the retirement plan is out of this world.” Working for the Lord has given us the opportunity to meet many people and make many friends. It began at Bethany in 1958 and has never ended. Wish we could visit all of you. I still do woodcrafts, active in the church, and volunteer on many occasions. My goal is to be serving the day prior to death. May it be so! Bruce and MarySue Rosenberger Livingston, Texas This is our 11th winter in deep south Texas. We enjoy the absence of snow, the warmer temperatures, and sunshine. But this winter has been unusual. After three years of drought, this year we’ve had rain! Since Thanksgiving, we’ve had cool, cloudy, and rainy days almost continuously. Finally, today the sun is out, the temperature is 88. Maybe spring will come after all! Most of you, however, have survived a winter that has been much worse. God continues to bless us with good health. Of course, as we move through our seventies, there are various aggravations that need medical attention. But this year, even surrounded by folks suffering the flu, we 21 and each other — celebrating our 62nd anniversary on Jan. 9, 2015. We seek to serve and live within the Will of God and share in His providential care. The old hymns come to mind more often as we hum “Blessed Assurance” or “Trust and Obey.” We find great comfort in not only singing such hymns, but the words take on new meaning as we are challenged with the aging process. We serve locally, Loretta with her warm, kind, loving spirit, and Al by teaching regularly, preaching four times this past year, and giving pastoral support locally. Trusting we will be able to attend NOAC in September. both stayed healthy. Our new project this year is Living Stream Church of the Brethren, the denomination’s first online congregation. The nearest Church of the Brethren is 70 miles from our winter home, so we had been enjoying Living Stream’s worship online for awhile. The solo founding pastor was getting buried under all the responsibilities, so three of us regular viewers volunteered to share leadership duties. The pastoral team takes turns planning worship, leading, and streaming it out over the internet each Sunday evening. One of the other pastors is Living Stream’s tech deacon and gave Bruce a crash course on the technology required. It is enjoyable, and the feedback we receive makes the efforts satisfying. For more information about Living Stream — or if you would like to worship with us — go to our website at www.LivingStreamCOB.org. At this stage in our lives, it feels like a faithful way to fulfill our ordination vows. Jimmy and Betty Ross Bridgewater, Va. We are now residents at Bridgewater Village, as of September 2014. The move was a challenge. But with the help of our children and the efficient staff here at the Village, things went very smoothly. We are delighted to be here. Many of the residents are friends we’ve known for years from college and seminary days, and serving together in ministry. Our family has increased by one. A beautiful great‐ granddaughter, Quinlyn Renee Cartwright, born April 14, 2013. In spite of some challenges, changes, and disappointments, our family is happy and healthy. Our grandchildren are grown — many married — and are busy with the demands that come to them. So we don’t see them as much as we would like. Just another adjustment to aging. Both of us remain active and busy. Betty is quite involved in activities at the village and continues enjoying painting. Jimmy serves as interim pastor at the Emmanuel Church. This is his ninth interim and may be his last. We are blessed, grateful and humbled by the good life we enjoy. Al and Loretta Sauls Yorktown, Va. Loretta and I continue our pilgrimage of faith in God Laura Sewell Portland, Ore. This year has been a good one. I had a good time visiting family and friends in different states. I am looking forward to doing it again this year. I remain in good health and I keep busy in volunteer work. We are enjoying having the BVS house here, and we have had some wonderful young people to know and have in our homes for meals and conversation. They become family the year they are here. We have been having an unusual year. It has been the warmest year ever. It is not a good record to break. Water is so important. I look forward to another good and healthy year. Terry and Carolyn Shumaker Indianapolis, Ind. We live our lives as “J.O.Y.” — Just Older Youth. We are active in church and with volunteerism at the local cancer center, mission outreach sites, and various conventions held in Indianapolis. We have a yearning to serve and at the same time, learn from our serving, like at the Miami Indian pow‐wows, percussionist, and robotics competitions. Each day of our lives is lived with rejoicing and being glad, because God makes our day. Eva Simmons Parkville, Md. This has been quite an eventful year for me. Here are just a few highlights: I reached my 90th birthday! My family arranged a great celebration for me, which included the arrival of many of my family and relatives from many states! How exciting. Then I had another celebration here where I live at Oak Crest Village retirement home. In January and February of 2015, I enjoyed three weeks in Connecticut with son Phillip, his wife, Linda, and grandson, Mark. It snowed considerably, and it seems to have followed me home. I have been in excellent health and able to continue all my volunteer work as a church organist, 22 Sunday school teacher, etc., as I have done for years. One day last week at the drug store a gentleman and I reached for the same shelf, and he said, “Beauty before age.” I said, “I’ll bet I can beat you on the age bit.” Upon giving him my age, he remarked, “I can’t believe it! You are beautiful! I would have guessed perhaps 68 ...” What a compliment! My family members are also doing very well, and they keep tabs on me too, since I still drive my car. My youngest grandchild is graduating from University of Wisconsin on May 16, and I will be flying with others for the event. Of course, I have one great‐grandchild, Ada, age one‐and‐a‐half, another delight. I do not think I will get to NOAC this year — just seems to take a lot of effort. I will certainly miss seeing so many friends, as I also missed Annual Conference. I do keep up with the news, though. Best wishes to all of you! Carmon and Thessa Sollenberger Sun City Center, Fla. The hours, months, and years pass by so quickly it makes us realize that God is at work within and through us showering and showing His love and mercy. Thessa and I have lived in Florida for 20 years. This is the longest I have lived in one home for my entire life. Last summer we flew to Pennsylvania for my 65th reunion from high school. We had a delightful time visiting family and friends there. We would do this more often if it wasn’t such a hassle getting through airports. This June we will celebrate our 62nd anniversary. We keep busy with volunteering for our Security Patrol; Thessa is the secretary for the Board of Directors there. We both read a lot, and Thessa is still involved a great deal in making greeting cards. I continue to do the shrub work in the yard, and painted the outside of the house this winter. We have had many visitors from the North this winter, and really enjoy hearing of their families and activities. We tell everyone, do what you want before you retire because after you retire you are too busy to do what you would like to do. We thank God for health and strength; it is not what it was in our 20s and 30s, but it is good for the 80s. Let us continue to give thanks to God for His blessings and the knowledge that we see reinforced in our lives each day. Hal and Sandi Sonafrank Hillsville, Va. Looking forward to retirement a third time, we made plans to return to North Carolina to be near our family. After the move, a call was received to preach for two Sundays in December at the Coulson Church of the Brethren in Hillsville, Va. Those two Sundays led to an invitation to seek the call to become pastor of the church. We accepted that call, and needless to say, came out of retirement again. The good news is we are only an hour from our family and can enjoy events with them. Glenn Stanford Modesto, Calif. Sixty‐five years of playing basketball has ended, but I’m going out as California’s No. 1 80 and Over Team. Twenty years after pastoral retirements, I’m continuing as Casa de Modesto Retirement Center chaplain. Still a bit of tennis (with senior men) and table tennis, and a couple of new knees would help. The five adult kids and nine grandkids make it all worthwhile. The Lord is so good. (Bethany class of ’63 downtown Chicago.) Paul and Donna Forbes Steiner Lancaster, Pa. Our update comes from Brethren Village where we have enjoyed the comfort and convenience of Cottage #14 for nearly two years. We continue to enjoy sharing it with others and entertaining in our abode. In addition to the variety of interests and activities on campus, we are active at the Elizabethtown congregation and involved in community groups — Paul with Lions Club; Donna with Mountwaybia, a book club with the motto of “Friendship, Culture, and Service.” In December, Donna’s older brother, Wayne, died at the age of 89. To remember his caring and giving life was joyful knowing he is free of care. We traveled to Iowa for his funeral in late January for the three‐day weekend. Snow, beginning to fall at the interment, continued for two days, burying any hope of scheduled air travel through Chicago. Knowing his annual sojourn to Florida to avoid the winter cold and snow of Iowa for 40 years, I could hear his mantra, “I told you so!” In June, we will have traveled to Ohio for Paul’s 60th high school reunion. Amazing how many classmates are still living. With the aid of medication, 23 Paul’s health is stabilizing. We have growing appreciation with friends and the support of persons who share learning about the memory process. Our family continues to share love of our three sons and their collective offspring, numbering nine, ages 3‐12. Carol and Duane Strickler Gerrardstown, W.Va. Retirement is feeling good. We both are having some health issues — goes with maturing (haha). Two grandsons graduated from high school. Abraham went into the Army; Conner, a home schooler, is attending college online and works for a vet. June 15, 2014, it was an honor to perform the wedding of our granddaughter, Katie, to Shan Willoughby. Shan is in college, Katie still in the Navy. July 26, left for a 10‐day coach tour of Ireland, a gift from Howard Levy, who came to Reisterstown COB in 1977. Seventeen years old, he was a Jew doing drugs. He met Jesus, was baptized, and he and his wife and children have been serving the Lord ever since. He wanted to thank us for being in his life. His mother recently accepted Jesus as her Messiah. It was a wonderful trip; my sister Sue and husband Gene traveled with us. A coach tour with only five of us traveled over 1,100 miles. The picture shows us at a small falls on the way to Ring of Kerry. In October, a quick visit to granddaughter Katie, to see their new home and to visit my good friend Erma Brunabend, who was visiting her granddaughter, who is in the Marines, in Virginia Beach. Erma is from Fruitland COB, in Idaho. Our home is still for sale. Need to downsize and want to move to Falling Waters, W.Va., near our son, Stephen. Owen and Flemmie Stultz Roanoke, Va. The major change in the past year is that we now live in separate homes. On Aug. 12, 2014, Flemmie moved to the Friendship Health and Rehab Center a mile and a half from our home of over 45 years. I visit her daily, and our three sons, who live within five miles, visit her several times a week. Flemmie had an unusual ability to recognize when she needed to discontinue her activities because of Alzheimer’s disease. We never suggested she quit doing anything. She decided when to stop shopping, paying bills, keeping financial records, driving, cooking, laundry, and dishes. After falling twice and having increased difficulty in dressing and bathroom care, she asked, “Do you think it would be okay if I went to Friendship Manor?” My sons, their wives, and I assured her that her decision was a good one. I am doing OK. I don’t mind being alone and having a quiet house. I am thankful for 69+ years of marriage, the nearness and support of family and church, and the good care Flemmie receives from the nurses and staff at Friendship. I didn’t know, over 40 years ago, when I helped decide to build the initial 276‐bed care unit, that it would provide for our care — nearly six weeks of rehab time for me after joint surgeries on both knees and my hip, and now continuous care for Flemmie. Fred and Nancy Swartz Bridgewater, Va. We have been privileged to have both of our mothers for more than 75 years. Nancy’s mother died March 15, 2015, at age 96. Fred’s mother is still living at 101. These last years have been difficult since both mothers suffered from dementia. We also have been busy keeping up with grandchildren. The granddaughters are all excelling in various forms of dance. Fred plans to attend his 54th consecutive Annual Conference this year. Loyal and Sue Vanderveer Williamsport, Md. We have enjoyed our years of retirement. This past June we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary, traveling by train from Martinsburg, W.Va., to Washington and Oregon. What a beautiful country we live in. Sue is involved in the “Reading Café” at a local school, meets with the “Prayer Shawl” ministry of local church, was a “Big Sister” to a little girl, meets with a “Spiritual Direction” group, and enjoys reading. Loyal serves on the local church board and worship commission, sings in the choir and the men’s chorus called “The Backrow Singers,” serves on the Fahrney‐ Keedy Home and Village Board of Directors, and chairs the Fund Development/Marketing Committee. He also serves on the Micah’s Backpack steering committee in the local community. Guy and Linda Wampler Lancaster, Pa. Finally facing the reality of our age, we sold our house 24 and moved to Brethren Village in June 2014. Since over 60 members of the Lancaster COB live at BV, we are surrounded by friends. To our delight, BV made available a small plot in their fenced‐in garden. There is room for asparagus. The flower beds around our cottage are large enough for us to plant over a dozen roses and five azaleas. All but one of the young rose plants survived the cold of winter, although according to the local newspaper, the first three months of this year were the coldest on record. Two of the Hershey‐ red azaleas gave up the struggle in late February. We still sing in our church choir. We take turns with Gene and Fern Bucher driving to choir practice on Wednesday evening. We know, without being told by our director, to keep the volume low so that the wavering vibrato of our aging voices does not ruin the blend of our 52‐voice choir. Our two daughters planned a pleasant celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary in May. Since we were ages 30 and 27 when we got married, we were not sure that we would reach that milestone. We love and are proud of our four grandchildren, but we will spare you our bragging about their significant academic and athletic accomplishments. Life goes on, and we still think more about the future than about the past. Richard and Marjorie Wenger Lancaster, Pa. Dick has been diagnosed with non‐Hodgkins lymphoma, and has received chemo treatments. Fortunately, they have not made him weak or sick. He lives in the skilled nursing area here at Brethren Village, and I live in a small apartment. I visit with him daily. Maurice and Margaret Wright Roanoke, Va. I have had a bad year, health‐wise. I took Margaret to the hospital with a bad infection in February 2014, and from there, three months in rehab, and then to Assisted Living. She hasn’t been home since February 2014. During that time, I had knee joint replacement, a bad reaction to my medicine, pneumonia, and now I’m getting over a back injury. Thank the Lord I am better, and in April will continue my interim pastorate at Copper Hill Church of the Brethren. Thanks also for all the prayers. David and Joan Young Ephrata, Pa. Joan and I continue on our two missions of family and church renewal. Our older son has entered an outstanding outpatient neuro‐rehab program at Good Shepherd campus in Allentown. Andrew continues for 16 years at the Lighthouse, an Anabaptist workshop in New Holland with 185 workers, and where I continue on the board for 15 years. Joan is very busy with all the supportive services and a real partner in all the Springs of Living Water Church renewal work. The Springs Academy for pastors over the phone has been well received. We have a new volunteer administrative assistant and many partners out in districts. Norma Sue (formerly Oldenburg) and Fred Young Woodstock, Ill. Celebrated our second wedding anniversary in 2014. Have 15 grandchildren and one great‐grandchild. Will be 84 years old in 2015. Levi and Helen Ziegler Lancaster, Pa. Life for Levi and Helen continues to offer excitement, challenge, opportunity, and change. Helen’s eyesight is stable but it does limit her in activity being that she is legally blind. To accommodate her needs, we made a major change in April when we moved to a two‐ bedroom apartment in Brethren Village, which will enable both of us to walk indoor or outdoor to the activity of choice. Our youngest son is now a five‐year, cancer‐free survivor. Our only granddaughter was married in June 2014 at Camp Ithiel, Fla. Levi continues to be active in the ministry in various ways, according to opportunities given to him. God is good to us all the time. 25 Words of Wisdom Jesus is never in a hurry … but He’s always on time. — Dr. Lester and Lucia Altermatt A belief is not an idea that is taken over by the mind, but an idea that takes over the mind. Understanding that adage can help us understand religious, political, or cultural extremism. — Floyd and Alta Bantz Look for the beautiful, look for the true … — Carl and Carrie Beckwith Wisdom: 1. Learn how to enjoy where you are on your way to where you are going. 2. God does not always flatten the mountain, but he has promised to help us climb it. (Unknown) — Ethel May Block Keep making good memories as long as you can. — Lester and Esther Boleyn “Anything you decide will be all right with me, Lord, because I trust You.” From Prayer of Relinquishment by Catherine Marshall — Kay M. Bowman Be kinder than is necessary. We may not know the heavy burden someone is carrying. — Ruth Bowman “Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you will sleep alone.” This is a new saying for me, recently shared here at Hillcrest. — Shirley Boyer Do what you can, when you can. — Earlene Bradley and Earl Foran Each day is a blessing. This is a St. Louis Cardinals World Series year. Hope springs eternally for you Cub fans. — Gordon Bucker “What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” From Helen Keller. — Marjorie Burton Life is good … as God intends it to be for those of us who believe in, and do our best to follow Him. — Jack Byers Do your best and leave the results with God. — Jimmy O. and Betty Cannaday It isn’t where you come from, it’s where you’re going that counts. — Avis Dadisman When God created us, He designed us with a forward look. What is behind is history, what is ahead is faith, hope, and a promise of Eternal Future. — James E. Daughtry When the spirit stirs and doors open, it is time to move. — Roger Eberly Keep on keeping on. — Wendell and Sonya Eller Life brings a new challenge every day. Accept it and keep going. — W. Ethmer and Kathryn Erisman Live every day unto the Lord and it will have great potential. — Lerry Fogle The family of God (regardless of Branch) is special! — Martin and Edith Gauby A definition of “grace” that is very dear to my heart is: “God’s divine empowerment to do what He has called you to do.” — Elsie Hall 26 Words of Wisdom We have learned that change can come upon us quickly, often with painful consequences. However, what doesn’t change is God’s love and grace and the support we feel from the sisters and brothers in our congregation. — Allen Hansell Trust in the Lord with all your heart. He always guides and directs our paths. — Donald and Marilyn Hittle There are times when prayer is the only gift we can give one another. — John and Sue Huffaker The most valuable resource we have is friends. Love helps acquire them. — Clyde Hylton Proverbs 3: 5‐6 — Jeffrey and Jody Johnson “You can see God when His word is lived out, as Jesus said, ‘Look at me.’ Go show God to others by your love.” — Edward and Anna Lou Kerschensteiner Use your time doing for the good for others. “VOLUNTEER.” It’s good for you and another person. — Barbara Kesselring Wherever we are, God is, and all is well! — Joann Kilmer Don’t put too much stake in the answers that are given. Life is discovered in asking the questions. — Jim and Libby Kinsey Always be yourself. Don’t try to be somebody else. Remember Flip Wilson: “What you see is what you get.” — Gerald and Karen Klaus Try to do some worthwhile volunteer work. Do what you enjoy doing, and be ever thankful for the life you have. — Donald L. Kline Thank God every day for His goodness. Always let your spouse know by your way of living that you value his/her Christian living. — Jack Kline Be thankful for phones and Internet that can keep us in touch with family and friends far away. — Verne and Phyllis Leininger God is good all the time! — Norm and Marie Long “Love One Another.” — Ron and Ila Lutz The greatest moments of my life come with the discovery of the Spirit at work! — Mary M. Mason and Chester Peckover Peace starts with a smile! — James and Letha McKinnell Your quality of life may not be what you want, but you need to make it the best it can be. — Matt and Virginia Meyer “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. SING ANYWAY!” (Emory Austin) — Howard Miller Stay physically and mentally active! Socialize! — Gerald and Lois Neher 27 Words of Wisdom Be very careful what you pray for — you just might get it. — Madaline Nelson Prayer is the spiritual battlefield all Christians face no matter our age. — Harry and Susie Paterson At our age especially each day is a gift. Live it wisely and well. — Ron Petry God’s creative work is marvelous. — Bob Patalano “Not ability, but availability.” “Don’t follow the crowd, follow the cloud.” — Joseph Quesenberry “We experience happiness in life not by grabbing, grasping, and getting, but by loving, serving, and giving.” — Jimmy and Betty Ross God laughs when you tell him your plans. — Hal and Sandi Sonafrank By the grace of God, keep going as long as possible, or until it hurts too much. — Glenn Stanford “Make up your mind to make more of your mind.” — Paul and Donna Forbes Steiner “Dear Jesus, my journey through life has not been easy. When I feel like I’m ready to quit, uplift me with your grace and mercy. Flood my heart with your joy and show me how to share it with others.” (Woman of God Devotional) — Carol and Duane Strickler God uses the bad things of life to help us appreciate the good things of life. — Owen and Flemmie Stultz Love and you will be loved. — Nancy and Fred Swartz There is a plaque that hangs in our bathroom that states: “Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end the faster it goes.” — Loyal Vanderveer Where there is hope, there is life. — Guy and Linda Wampler Don’t put off things you can do today. — Maurice and Margaret Wright In spiritual discernment, it takes longer than you want, but not as long as you fear, and things turn out more right than you ever know. — David and Joan Young Yesterday is history; tomorrow is in the future, and today is the present given by God. Open each day as a gift from Him and enjoy it. — Levi and Helen Ziegler 28 In Memoriam Annola Allread Betty Jane Barber Hector Benalcazar Charles M. Bieber C. Wendell Bohrer James C. Boitnott Lois D. Brown H. Dale Brubaker Carl G. Burket Wanda L. Callahan Philippa Cook Kathryn Erisman Anne Hanes Price Fike Mabel Flora Lena C. Garber Linda K. Gerber Barbara D. Gosnell Hazel B. Guyer Theresa Harbold Mildred P. Harding Rebecca M. Harding Esther H. Hartman Roy E. Heinlen Paul S. Hersch Judith A. Hess 29 In Memoriam Anne B. Hobbs Mary Ziegler Houff Yvonne S. James Channie Belle Johnson Dorothy M. Keller June Kindy Sydney Elizabeth King Robert M. Latshaw Frank Benjamin Layman Julie Liggett Donald N. Link Glenn N. Lippy Ercell V. Lynn Noah S. Martin George McClay Jewel McDaniel Frances Merkey Edith Merkey-Kiester Bob Mikesell Wilbur E. Mullen Gerald A. Neher Loretta M. Osborne Ira Buford Peters Jr. Mary G. Petre Margaret Mayo Petry 30 In Memoriam Louise R. Pippin Edwina Pote Raymond F. Redding Norbert (Pete) Roudebush Eleanor J. Rowe No photo available Donald W. Rummel Marjorie A. Salyards Gaynell W. Sayre Diane J. Schmidt Colleen A. Smith Mary Jane Stengle Irven F. Stern Peggy J. Stoner Doris M. Swope R. Jan Thompson Mazie K. Wampler Mary Ward-Walker Wolfgang K. Wendland Sara G. Wilson William Kit Woofter Wayne B. Zook Alvin P. 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