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The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received June 15-19, 2015. Daniel R. Berg , 30, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away June 12. He was recently the children's pastor at Bartlesville First Church of the

Robert “Bob” Ashley, 88, passed away June 3. Bob and his late wife, Ina, served as missionaries in Belize and St. Lucia for 28 years and were directors at Casa Robles Nazarene Missionary Retirement Center in California for many years. At age 17, Bob left high school and enlisted in U.S. Maritime

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received June 8-12, 2015. Virginia Allen , 91, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, passed away May 31. She was the widow of retired minister Robert Allen, who served in Ohio, Kentucky,

Glenn Thorne, a prominent Mount Vernon Nazarene University partner, passed away March 26. Thorne sat on the MVNU Board of Trustees for 24 years. His contributions to the university were instrumental in the construction of the Thorne Library and Resource Center, the Prince Student Union, and several

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received June 1-5, 2015. Robert Ashley , 88, of Torrance, California, passed away June 3. He was a retired missionary, serving in Belize and St. Lucia. He was preceded in

Keith Bottles, retired Chicago Central district superintendent, passed away May 25. He was 87. Bottles was born December 17, 1927, to Emery and Emma Bottles. He graduated from Trevecca Nazarene College (now University) with a Bachelor of Arts in 1951. In 1952, he married Joan and accepted his first

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 25-29, 2015. Michael Allen , 68, of Medford, Oregon, passed away May 21. He was a retired minister, serving in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and California. He is

Rob L. Staples died of pneumonia May 19 in Kansas City, Missouri. He is survived by Marcella, his wife of nearly 64 years, two daughters and their spouses, Karen and Louis Gelling and Lynda and Jerry Cohagan, and four grandchildren. Rob Lyndal Staples was born on a farm near Murray, Kentucky, June

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 18-22, 2015. Ruth Chew , 83, of Eureka, Illinois, passed away May 12. She was the wife of retired minister Robert Chew Sr., who served in Pennsylvania, New York,

Longtime Point Loma Nazarene College (now University) track & field and cross country head coach Jim Crakes passed away May 7. Crakes coached for nearly 20 years at PLNC. He worked with more than 100 All-Americans and it was his vision to have the British Olympic track and field team train at PLNC