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Mary Porter \u00abJuanita\u00bb West, de 97 a\u00f1os, residente de Bethany, Oklahoma, falleci\u00f3 el 8 de octubre de 2026. Era una misionera jubilada y sirvi\u00f3 durante 41 a\u00f1os en Puerto Rico, Nueva Zelanda, Venezuela y Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mary Juanita Blake naci\u00f3 en Telephone, Texas, el 1 de marzo de 1929; hija de Frank y Evah Blake, siendo la menor de tres hijas. Fue bendecida con padres piadosos que le ense\u00f1aron desde temprana edad la importancia de amar y servir a Dios.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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El sue\u00f1o de esta joven familia, que sal\u00eda adelante tras la Gran Depresi\u00f3n, era que sus tres hijas aprendieran a tocar piano (aprendieron lo suficiente como para poder tocar en iglesias nazarenas locales) y asistieran a Bethany Peniel College (ahora, Southern Nazarene University).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Vieron este segundo sue\u00f1o cumplido, ya que todas sus hijas asistieron a BPC. Juanita se gradu\u00f3 en 1949. All\u00ed, conoci\u00f3 a William \u00abBill\u00bb Porter y se cas\u00f3 el 24 de agosto de 1948.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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A lo largo de los a\u00f1os, Juanita sirvi\u00f3 como compa\u00f1era del ministerio de su esposo; adem\u00e1s de destacarse como buena cocinera, pianista, anfitriona atenta, secretaria competente y eficiente administradora de las finanzas. Juanita y Bill ten\u00edan el don de acompa\u00f1ar y orientar a parejas j\u00f3venes en su crecimiento. Bill, presb\u00edtero de la Iglesia del Nazareno, sirvi\u00f3 por primera vez como pastor en Galveston, Texas, de 1950 a 1951; luego, en el Spanish American Bible Institute en San Antonio, Texas, hasta 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

En 1954, Bill y Juanita fueron nombrados misioneros de la Iglesia del Nazareno. En julio de ese a\u00f1o, fueron a Puerto Rico con su hijo de cinco a\u00f1os, Jerry Porter. Su hijo John naci\u00f3 en 1955.<\/p>\n

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Bill y Juanita sirvieron en Puerto Rico durante 22 a\u00f1os y, posteriormente, durante cuatro a\u00f1os en Nueva Zelanda. En 1982, fueron nombrados para abrir la obra de la Iglesia del Nazareno en Venezuela, donde sirvieron durante nueve a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Despu\u00e9s de jubilarse y establecerse en Bethany, Oklahoma, en 1992, sirvieron un a\u00f1o como misioneros interinos en Espa\u00f1a. En Oklahoma, permanecieron activos en su iglesia, especialmente en los ministerios hispanos. Juanita tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00f3 a tiempo parcial durante 15 a\u00f1os en la oficina del Distrito Southwest Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bill falleci\u00f3 en 2004. M\u00e1s adelante, el 13 de febrero de 2010, Juanita se cas\u00f3 con Ralph West, expastor y superintendente durante muchos a\u00f1os del Distrito Louisiana. Juntos, sirvieron en la Asociaci\u00f3n de Ministros y Misioneros Jubilados (ARMM), ministrando a ministros nazarenos jubilados.<\/p>\n

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A Juanita le precedieron en la muerte su esposo, Bill Porter, con quien estuvo casada durante 56 a\u00f1os; Ralph West, con quien estuvo casada durante 10 a\u00f1os; sus hermanas, Velma Cotton y Wilma Mahannah; y su nieta, Amy Jo Porter.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Le sobreviven sus hijos, Jerry Porter y John Porter; cuatro nietos y seis bisnietos.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tambi\u00e9n, le sobreviven familiares de Ralph: su hijo Larry West, su hija Cindy Cagle, cuatro nietos y cinco bisnietos.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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El servicio f\u00fanebre se llevar\u00e1 a cabo el viernes 16 de octubre a las 10:00 a. m. en la Iglesia del Nazareno Oklahoma First, en Bethany. El velatorio tendr\u00e1 lugar antes del servicio, de 9:00 a 9:45 a. m. Sus restos ser\u00e1n sepultados en el cementerio de Bethany.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Una transmisi\u00f3n en vivo del servicio f\u00fanebre estar\u00e1 disponible en el siguiente enlace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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