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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

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 11-15, 2015. Mike Courtney , 85, of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away April 16. He was a minister, previously serving in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida, and

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 4-8, 2015. Ernest "Ernie" Daniels , 84, of Paulding, Ohio, passed away May 4. He was a member of the Paulding, Ohio, Church of the Nazarene, serving as a church

Pastor Salvador Ofilanda of the Salcedo Church of the Nazarene passed away last week after a lengthy medical struggle, including heart ailment. Salvador was an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene for more than 30 years. His wife, Rylin, now pastors the church. The Ofilandas barely

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 27 - May 1, 2015. Roger Brown , 83, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away April 26. He was a retired song evangelist, serving in Illinois, Florida, and Indiana.

Daniel Mita Ayala, a pastor and former district superintendent, passed away April 13 after a four-year battle with intestinal cancer. He was 65. "He was a fighter up to the end," said Macedonio Daza, rector of Seminario Nazareno del Área Central in Bolivia. "He always attended national and district