NECROLOGY REPORT Whenever we gather as the church militant we do so under the larger panoply of the church triumphant.

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1 NECROLOGY REPORT Whenever we gather as the church militant we do so under the larger panoply of the church triumphant. Listed below are the names of clergy and specific lay leaders from our congregations who died in this past year. We remember with gratitude their witness and their service in the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. Those listed, along with their countless unnamed colleagues, our brothers and sisters in Christ, are remembered in special prayers at our Annual Meeting. We commend them to your memory and offer our prayer: Oh God, our strength and our redeemer, giver of life and conqueror of death, we approach you in this moment with humbled hearts. With faith in your perfect mercy and wisdom, we commit your servants to your keeping. We praise you for your loving kindness to them throughout the days of their earthly life and for all they were, by nature and grace, to those who loved them and to the Church of Jesus Christ. We thank you that for them all sickness and sorrow are ended and death itself is past, and they have entered into the rest that remains for your people. Keep us in fellowship with your church triumphant, that we may rejoice together in your presence both now and ever more. Amen. Departed Lay Leaders Rose M. Barnes, passed away July 7, 2014 at age 77. She was a member of Salem, Columbia, and served her church with outreach, as a youth worker, money counter, usher, greeter, crafting, kitchen staff, Bazaar, community breakfasts, Women s Guild and church picnics. In Columbia, she volunteered at Hempfield schools, and served on her class reunion committee. Chet Frey, 74, from Salem UCC, Columbia, died March 14, He served Salem as an usher, teller, youth leader, driver, Bible Study participant, helped at church breakfasts, and did yard maintenance. Chet was ready to help anytime a need arose, but never made a big deal about it. He regularly helped community members with any needs, keeping his good deeds quiet. He had served in the military, and was a band booster. Marilyn Carol Frey, was also a member of Salem UCC, Columbia, and passed away June 7, 2014 at age 73. She was active with the outreach council, Homes of Home, Winter Shelter and Day Shelter, Knitting and Crochet ministry, usher, nursery, Prayer shawl ministry, Road to Vitality, PPR, Search & Call, and Christian Education. In her community, she was a PTA president, school board secretary, Community Life Network, Neighborhood Advocate, band booster, Girl Scout volunteer, and helped with the needy clothing ministry. Jean Homer Guillard, a member of Shiloh UCC, York, had served as a deacon on Consistory. She passed away on May 5, 2014 at age 87. Adriana E. "Betty" Light, 96, died Sunday, November 9, She was retired from the Penn Central Conference of the United Church of Christ, where she was Conference Office Manager. She was a member of the Colonial Park United Church of Christ, where she was active as a Kindergarten Department teacher, Lay Support Ministry, Choir and Consistory member, and Foose School Book Project. She was a former Judge of Elections, Lower Paxton Township, a member of Lower Paxton Alumni Association, and a member of the AARP Chorus, "The Sentimentalists." 1

2 James C. Poff passed away April 1, 2014 at age 66. He served at Shiloh UCC, York, as an elder on consistory, and volunteered many, many hours setting up and servicing the church s computer and phone system. Karl J. Reddig, age 95, passed away March 22, As a faithful member of Bethany UCC, Ephrata, Karl had served as a deacon and an elder, as well as chairman of the building committee. Jim Shipman passed away October 3, 2014, at age 77. A member of Faith UCC, York, Jim was a member of consistory, member of the Vitality Team, Sunday School participant, active in Outreach ministry, mentor to the youth. In the wider church he was a member of the PCC Board of Directors, the PCC Vitality Ministry. Jim was a constant support and partner to his beloved wife Sandy Shipman. Jim also had served in the U.S. Naval Air Squadron, VW15, as an electronics technician. Following discharge, he worked for Bendix Corporation, Baltimore, Md. before entering college. He graduated from Millersville University in He worked for 29 years as a social studies teacher, coach and athletic director at Kennard-Dale High School. Jim volunteered for many organizations including Devers Elementary, Our Daily Bread, Habitat for Humanity and the W.E.L.L. He enjoyed history, reading and sports, especially the Baltimore Orioles. He also loved traveling, hiking, and camping at Hartman Center with his grandson, Daniel. Mary & Richard Yingst: St. Thomas UCC Mary E. Yingst 83, of Harrisburg, died October 4, She was a retired crossing guard and farmer. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Linglestown Fire Co. She was a life-long member of St. Thomas UCC in Linglestown, where she had served as a Sunday School teacher, Elder and Deacon, and was very active in the Ladies Fellowship. She was especially famous for her delicious pies! Her husband, Richard Yingst, Sr., also a member of St. Thomas, passed on November 26, Departed Clergy Rev. Brian Philip Adams, 35, of Greencastle, PA, passed away, Saturday, January 24, 2015, at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD. He had no known medical conditions. Brian graduated from Mercersburg Academy in Brian continued his education at Haverford College in Haverford, PA, where he received a BS in Psychology, after graduating he furthered his education at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, KY, where he graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in Brian was ordained in the Disciples of Christ Church on June 11, 2005 at his home church, First Christian Church in Hagerstown, MD. He had worked with numerous churches including First Christian Church in Madison, IN, Monterey Christian Church in Monterey, KY, Christian Temple in Catonsville, MD, Lansdowne Christian Church, Lansdowne, MD, Mt. Rainier Christian Church in Mt. Rainier, MD, and served at Grace United Church of Christ in Greencastle, PA. He was the former minister for economic justice, and current minister for justice education at the Disciple Center for Public Witness. Brian was passionate about many things, including social justice and the poor. On the lighter side Brian was an avid Baltimore Ravens fan, and enjoyed music, board games, playing the kazoo and serving as a camp counselor at church camp. Brian's true joy was spending time with his family, especially his wife Emily and was so looking forward to being a dad. 2

3 Rev. Wallace J. Bieber, 89, from The Phoebe Home, Allentown, formerly of Whitehall, joined the church triumphant, Sunday, April 26, 2015 while attending morning worship at Jordan United Church of Christ, Allentown. He faithfully and honorably served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. Rev. Bieber attended Muhlenberg College, but graduated from Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster in 1957 with a Master of Divinity Degree. He was employed by the United States Bureau of Naturalization & Immigration Services for three years prior to becoming ordained. After becoming ordained in 1957 from the Evangelical and Reformed Church, Rev. Bieber was called to the Utica Charge, Frederick MD until He became the Senior Pastor of St. Stephen's U.C.C. in Lebanon, where during his tenure of 34 years, a new church was built. From , he became the Associate Pastor for Visitation at Jordan U.C.C., Allentown where he was a faithful and beloved member. Rev. Bieber served as Director of U.C.C. Homes, Annville, Lebanon County from , Board of Trustees of The Phoebe Home, Allentown from , served two consecutive sessions of the House of Delegates, State of Maryland, in the "Old State House", Annapolis, MD, and was past President of the Lebanon Association of the Penn Central Conference of the United Church of Christ. He was currently serving as Vice-President and Board Member of the Pennsylvania German Society. Rev. Francis Rodman (Frank) Daugherty, age 94, of Lancaster, PA passed away on January 14, Francis graduated from Ursinus College in 1942, and The Lancaster Theological Seminary in 1945 and was ordained in He furthered his studies at Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, Temple School of Theology and Drexel University School of Library Science. While serving as Assistant Librarian at Lancaster Seminary, Francis served as Interim Pastor on sixteen occasions from for churches in Lancaster, Dauphin and York Counties (St. Luke's E&R, Wilkes- Barre, , Grace E&R/UCC, Lebanon, , Willow Street UCC, , Conestoga UCC, ). In retirement, he served the Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society as Technical Librarian for two years and as Curator for one year in the 1990's. Rev. Joseph H. Heiney, 88, of Lititz, passed away April 22, 2015 at Luther Acres in Lititz. Joseph graduated from the East Stroudsburg State Teacher College and also the Lancaster Theological Seminary. He retired in 1989 as pastor of the Salem United Church of Christ in Reamstown. Previously he taught school in NJ before entering the ministry where he served in the Upper Dauphin Charge in Lykens and the Auburn Charge in Schuylkill County. During WW II he served in the US Navy at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia and he also served in the Marines as a medic. He enjoyed hunting, traveling and antiquing, and treasured time with family and friends. He was a member of Bethany UCC, Ephrata. Rev. Luther George Heist, Jr., 89, of Jackson Township, went home to his Heavenly Father on June 6, After graduating from high school in 1943, Rev. Heist entered the army and was assigned to the 18th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division. He saw active duty in Germany during WWII, and earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service. After graduating from Ursinus College in 1950, Rev. Heist 3

4 entered Lancaster Theological Seminary, earning a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1953; he was subsequently ordained at the Fourth Evangelical and Reformed Church in Harrisburg. Reverend Heist served at St. Luke's "County Line" UCC in Timberville, VA from 1953 to 1957; Grace UCC in Greencastle, PA from 1957 until 1967; Abbey Reformed UCC in Huntingdon, PA from 1967 until 1969; and St. Jacob's UCC in York New Salem from 1969 until his retirement in 1987, where he was conferred the title of Pastor Emeritus. Rev. Heist also served as a Parish Pastor for Trinity UCC in Hanover, PA for several years. In addition to his ministerial work, Rev. Heist served as a substitute teacher in the Spring Grove Area School District from 1970 to He was a member of St. Jacob's UCC in New Salem, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5625, Mt. Pisgah Lodge 443, F&AM, and the Harrisburg Consistory. Rev. Glenn Jerohn Rader, 83, of Lancaster, Pastor Emeritus of Church of the Apostles, died on June 16th, 2014 in the Apostles Center for Care of Homestead Village, Lancaster. In 1953 he graduated with a B.A. degree, cum laude from Franklin and Marshall College, and in 1956 with a B.D. degree from Lancaster Theological Seminary. Work in the family grocery store and other places like dairy, highway construction, steel mill, and camp caretaking supplemented his academic preparation for ministry. In 1956 Glenn was ordained to the Christian ministry in his home church, Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Allentown. Glenn used the gifts that enabled him to be an effective and beloved pastor with generosity and enthusiasm. His first call was to be Assistant Minister in Salem UCC in Allentown. While there he also was the adviser to the entire denominational youth work in the Lehigh county area. In 1958 he was called to serve as a mission pastor to organize the Church of the Redeemer UCC in Hershey PA. In that same year he married Janet SantaMaria of Allentown. Soon after accepting the pastorate of St. John's UCC in Lancaster in 1964, Glenn and Janet worked together to found St. John's Community Preschool, later to become Apostles Community Preschool. In 1969 the whole family went to Hawaii for a year as part of a pastoral exchange with Lihue Christian Church, UCC in Kauai, Hawaii, an experience that widened horizons for both pastors, as well as both congregations. In 1973 Glenn received the Master of Divinity degree from Lancaster Theological Seminary. In 1975 Glenn became, with the Rev. Nevin Shellenberger, co-founding pastor of the Church of the Apostles, a venture with St. Paul's UCC Church, Lancaster, that further testified to vision and commitment to serve the wider community. The far-ranging plan included the founding of Homestead Village. Under Glenn's leadership, Church of the Apostles became a Just Peace Church. A deep sense of the world-wide nature of the church led to a summer pastoral exchange with Eden Street United Reformed Church in Kingston-upon-Thames, England in 1980, and a month's sabbatical at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Gose, New Zealand in While in Gose, Glenn assisted in developing a partnership with a congregation there of the United Evangelical Church of Germany, with whom the United Church of Christ has a special relation of church fellowship. In 1990 Glenn s wife Janet died. Glenn received the Meck Award for Excellence in Parish Ministry from Lancaster Theological Seminary in A faithful alumnus, Glenn supported the seminary in many ways, including serving in various capacities on the Alumni/ae Council. After his retirement in 1996, he continued using his gifts by carrying out interim pastorates in a number of congregations. 4

5 In 1992, Glenn married Kay Shenk Carter, who later graduated from Lancaster Theological Seminary. Glenn and Kay served as co-pastors of Maytown Reformed UCC Church, Maytown, PA for four years. Glenn's service in the wider church over the years included being a member of the Board of Directors of Penn Central Conference, in which he was chair of the search committee for a new Conference Minister. He also was a member of the Lancaster Association Church and Ministry Committee and the Outdoor Ministries Committee. His ecumenical spirit and many years of service in the community led to his being asked to serve in as Interim Executive Director of the Lancaster County Council of Churches. Lifelong involvement in church camping included, as well as being Camp Mensch Mill caretaker for a summer, counseling in and leading camps and conferences, leading recreation and singing, and starting the Music and Arts Camp at Hartman Center. Service in the community included the Homestead Village Board, the Lancaster YMCA Board, the Chaplaincy Committee for Barnes Hall for Youth, the Hempfield Township Recreation Committee, the Lancaster Interfaith Housing Coalition, and Resettlement of Refugee Families. Music was always important. Along with two of his brothers, Glenn was a member of the Rader Brothers Trumpet Trio for 72 years. In junior high, high school and college he played in the band. As a student at F&M he sang in the Glee Club, and as an alumnus, sang in the Blue and White singers. In retirement he played in the Rohrerstown Band, the Lancaster Senior Orchestra, and sang in the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra Chorus. He was an avid member of the Hymn Society of the US and Canada. Glenn was always involved in games and sports. In college and seminary he played on intramural teams. In the churches he pastored, he started teams on which he also played. And later he cheered his grandchildren from the sidelines whenever possible. Many of his post-retirement activities Glenn carried on at full tilt even though dealing with the chronic leukemia that eventually took its toll. Rev. James P. Reed died June 8, He was a 1939 graduate of Albright College, in 1942 he received his Masters of Divinity from the Evangelical Theological Seminary at the Albright campus. He continued his education with a Master s Degree from Penn State University in Ordained in 1943, Rev. Reed enlisted with the US Army and served as a chaplain during World War II in the European Theatre. He arrived after midnight on Omaha Beach, Normandy, and assisted treating the wounded and burying deceased soldiers. He was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star and was discharged in He had served various churches as pastor before enlisting, and upon his discharge he was assigned to the Liberty Charge in Lycoming and Tioga counties, where he met his wife, Mary. In 1949 he was reassigned to St. Johns Evangelical United Brethren Church, State College, where he pastored until From 1956 to 1960 he was circulation manager for the Centre Daily Times during which time he was supply pastor for the Union Circuit and Pinegrove Mills charge. In October 1960 he accepted the call of the United Church of Christ and became pastor of the Paradise Charge, serving Paradise UCC and Trinity UCC in Turbotville until retiring in He was actively involved with the church choir and the Trinity Quartet there. He served as president of the Central Association of the UCC, and was a member of the Board of Directors of Penn Central Conference of the UCC, and was elected as delegate to the General Synod of the UCC on three different occasions. Following his retirement, he was a supply pastor at 5

6 various churches including Strawberry Ridge and Dutch Hill and was a school bus driver for Montgomery Area S.D. James was a member of Trinity UCC, Turbotville. He also volunteered with the American Cancer Society s Reach to Recovery, Man to Man program. He donated hundreds of hats he knitted to local Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Rev. Donald E. Reese, 87, of Mercersburg, Pa., died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, in Shippensburg, Pa., after an extended illness. He was a graduate of Phillips University and of Phillips Theological Seminary, Enid, Okla., where he received his Master of Divinity in An ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Rev. Reese served pastorates in Oklahoma, Kansas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. He also held association standing in the United Church of Christ, and recently was recognized on the 65th anniversary of his ordination. He has held several regional and national offices in the Christian Church organization and served in many denominational capacities, including budget director and finance chairman for the regional church. He also served as vice moderator, consultant to congregations in transition, chairman of funds for assistance to congregations, a member of the board of directors, consultant in the establishment of new churches and chairman of youth revivals and youth work. 5/11/15 6