FOR: In Memoriam
Reverend Joan M. Haner, 80, a member of FOR since July 7, 1987, passed away on March 5, 2013 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA.
Born in Grove City, Pennsylvania, on March 9, 1932, Joan was a graduate of Hiram College and then Oberlin Seminary, and was ordained
in Warren, Ohio on July 27, 1958. Her early service included positions as Director of Christian...
Arthur “Art” Wiser, 92, a much-loved pastor of the Bruderhof communities and advocate for interfaith reconciliation, died surrounded by his family on March 26, 2013 at the Maple Ridge Community in Ulster Park.
The first child of American missionaries, Art was born on July 22, 1920 in India, where he finished high school. This childhood instilled in him an abiding commitment to the downtrodden and to Ghandhi’s way...
Melvin Norris Leasure, 91, member of FOR since 1998, died on January 21, 2013. Leasure was a Quaker and lived in Lexington, KY.
Callie Shaver Stone, 84, a member of FOR since 1986, died on November 14, 2012. Callie was born in Scranton, PA on February 19, 1928, was married to the Reverend Winthrop Stone, and resided in Pleasantville, TN. She was affiliated with the United Church of Christ.
Dr. Harry Elwood Yeide Jr., 82, a member of FOR since March 30, 2006, died February 6, 2013 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, MD. 
A native Washingtonian, Yeide was a 1949 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He received a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in Williamstown, MA in 1953 and then studied for a year at the University of Cologne in...
Rev. Milton P. Andrews, 90, member of FOR since December 17, 1968, died February 14, 2013 at Wesley Homes retirement community in Des Moines, WA. He was well known as an activist minister who championed civil rights, protested the Vietnam War and pushed for nuclear disarmament from the pulpit.
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Dr. Paul Andrew Wolf, a member of FOR since 1944, died in Sun City, Arizona on October 12, 2012. He was 100 years old. 
Born on Feb. 18, 1912 in Terre Haute, the eldest son of George and Susie Wolf, Paul’s work ethic was formed early in life when, as a fifth grader, he delivered milk in a wagon in Millersburg, Indiana. During the depression, his father moved the family to W. Lafayette,...
Arlie Waggy, 92, a member of FOR since 1943, died at Loyola University Hospital in Chicago on July 9, 2012. 
Waggy was born Sept. 26, 1919, on Shenandoah Mountain, Pendleton County, WVa. One of twelve children, he graduated from Franklin High School (WVa) and attended Bridgewater College (VA) for one year. When the United States entered WWII, he registered as a...
Dennis Edward Bricking, 70, member of FOR since 1978, died at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, KY on January 12, 2013.
Driven by a passion for humanity and having a sharp legal mind, Bricking was dubbed “the best lawyer that money can’t buy” for his tireless advocacy for the needy. He was raised in Southgate, KY, attended Newport Catholic...
It would be hard to find someone active in or closely connected to the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the past four decades who does not know the name, if not the face and voice, of long-time FOR leader Richard Deats. Richard has served FOR in countless capacities, including two stints as executive director, a long tenure as editor of Fellowship magazine (for which he is editor emeritus), director of interfaith relations, FOR-USA representative to the International FOR, and much more.
So, for those friends of Richard who have not yet heard, we are sorry to report that he is in recuperation from a serious head injury suffered last month. In mid-December, Richard fell one late evening when exiting a music rehearsal, and his head hit the ground. As he had discussed with me at length earlier that day, he had been experiencing macular...
Mary Blocher Smeltzer, a member of FOR since 1942, died at home in La Verne, CA on October 8, 2012.
A member of the Church of the Brethren and an educator, Smeltzer’s long life of service and peace witness included teaching in the Manzanar internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II with her late husband Ralph Smeltzer. The...
Roland Bartel, a member of FOR since 1940, died on September 20, 2012. He was 93. 
Bartel was born on February 17, 1919, in Hillsboro, Kansas. He graduated from Bethel College in 1947 with a bachelor of arts degree and earned his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1951. During WWII, Bartel was a conscientious objector and served in the Civilian Public Service from 1941 to 1945. After...
Jesse Maxwell Corum III, 88, a member of FOR since January 31, 1980, died peacefully at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, FL on April 17, 2012.
Corum was born on October 7, 1923, and grew up in Norristown, PA. After a year at Bowdoin College, he joined the Army, married his high school sweetheart, completed Officers Candidate School,...
Walter Wink, 76, one of the most creative and influential scholars of our day, died peacefully at his home in Sandisfield in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts on May 10, 2012. His health had been declining since he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia.
Wink was born in Dallas, Texas. He was a graduate of Southern Methodist University, after which he received Master of Divinity and Doctor of Theology degrees at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was assigned as pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Hitchcock, Texas for five years. Then, for nine years, he served at Union Seminary as professor of New Testament, followed by becoming professor of biblical interpretation (1976-2005) at Auburn Theological Seminary, also in New York City. Outspoken against the Vietnam war, from 1967 to 1976 he served on the national steering committee of Clergy and Laity Concerned...
John Schuder, 90, a member of FOR since 1951, died in Columbia, MO on April 7, 2012.
Born on March 2, 1922, in Olney, IL, Schuder spent much of his life as a peace activist. In 1961, he helped found both the Columbia 
Friends Meeting and Columbia Fellowship of Reconciliation. Along with others in Columbia, he counseled conscientious objectors to war and started...
Mary Agnes Chubb, 82, a practitioner and supporter of the arts, passed on February 11, 2012 in Santa Barbara, CA. She had been a member of F.O.R. since 1983.
Born in London, England, on March 21, 1929, Chubb’s family moved to Scotland during WWII where her father supported the war effort. At the age of 20, she immigrated to Canada and later settled in Santa Barbara to enjoy a long career as secretary to the City Library Director.
Chubb became engaged with fiber arts after her retirement from the Library and was active in the Fiber Arts Guild. She also enjoyed the Santa Barbara Symphony as well as writing and sharing her poetry.
As a member of the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, Chubb served on the Library Committee and took part in dramatizations. She was also a member of the Santa Barbara Chapter of Health Care for All.
Activist, educator, politician, great father and husband, Scott died in his sleep of natural causes on November 19, 2011, at age 62.
Scott was born in Nebraska in 1948, grew up in San Jose, California and went to public schools, including Willow Glen High School, where he met his soulmate and future wife, Kristin Champion. Scott...
Verna Rapp Uthman, 83, a member of FOR since February 21, 1950, died on November 19, 2011 at St. Lukes VNA Hospice in Lower Saucon Township, PA.
Born in Elverson, PA in 1928, Uthman was raised in a God-centered family that taught her that all human beings are God’s children. Her many and varied experiences with different cultures...
Sister Rosemary Lynch, 93, a highly regarded international speaker and leader for peace, passed away in Las Vegas, NV on January 9, 2011. She had been a member of FOR since October 1, 1984.
Born on March 18, 1917 in Phoenix, AZ, Rosemary attended St Mary’s Parish schools in Phoenix. She determined to join the Sisters of St. Francis upon graduation from...
William (Bill) Lytle, 87, a powerful preacher and active member of FOR since 1969, died in Los Gatos, CA, on May 27, 2011. 
Born July 3, 1923 in Pittsburgh, PA, Lytle followed in his father’s...
Richard May, 93, a member of FOR since 2004, died at home in Nyack, NY on July 1, 2011. 
May was an urban planner who was Rockland County’s first planning director in the 1950’s. His career included local, regional, and international planning, teaching and advocacy in public affairs. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University’s School of...
Dorothy Tredennick, 96, a member of FOR since April, 1949 and a highly respected Professor of Art at Berea College in Kentucky, died on February 9, 2011.
Born a Connecticut Yankee, Tredennick was a member of the Berea community for more than 60 years having arrived as a student at Berea College in 1943 and then returning as a faculty member after obtaining a Masters in Art from the University of Michigan...
Robert Carlton Delk, 90, activist and educator, and member of FOR since August, 1940, died peacefully at home in Bloomington, Indiana on February 26, 2011.
A native of Ontario, Canada, Delk earned his degrees in the United States and taught at colleges and universities all over the country. His field of study was European history, and his expertise was the Middle East at and around the time of the Ottoman Empire.
As an activist for peace and social justice, Delk was a pacifist conscientious objector during WWII, a mediator during the student unrest of the late 1960’s, and an activist during the Civil Rights Movement when he had the opportunity to work with, among others, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers. As an advocate for the poor and working class, he supported the united workers and the right to form strong labor unions. He also served on governing boards and supported a variety of arts and...
Rev. Melvin R. McGaughey, 96, Methodist minister, hospice volunteer, and peace activist, died on December 5, 2010 in Saratoga Springs, NY.
McGaughey, son of a Methodist minister, was born August 14, 1914, in Big Springs, Neb. After graduating from Midland College in Nebraska and Boston University School of Theology, he met and married Grace Taylor. The couple was accepted into the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and served churches in Ellenburg, Hoosick Falls, Peru, and Schenectady in New York, and Morrisville and Bennington in Vermont. As a clergyman, McGaughey was known for his good humor and his commitment to social justice, ecumenism and peace.
In retirement, McGaughey and his wife served as missionaries in the Island Kingdom of Tonga, and he served as a temporary pastor of the East Arlington (VT) Federated Church. The couple also became very committed to volunteering at hospice, at...
MARION CRISSEY, beloved teacher, Civil Rights activist, humanitarian, and artist, passed away peacefully at home in Albuquerque, NM on Feb. 8, 2011. She was 104.
Crissey was born in 1906 in Illinois and lived with her grandparents after her parents died when she was six. She graduated from the University of Illinois and...
Dr. Martha “Bobby” MacGuffie, 87, pioneering surgeon and founder of SHARE, died in Nyack, NY on March 7, 2011. Known as “Domtila Awiti” or “the grandmother picking up children by the side of the road,” MacGuffie founded the Society for Hospital and Resources Exchange (SHARE) to bring help and hope to Kenyan children...
Barbara Morris Steinkraus, 84, a member of FOR since1944, passed away on January 11, 2011 in Oswego, NY.
Barbara Morris graduated from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio in 1948, and married Warren Steinkraus, a professor of philosophy at SUNY Oswego. Interested in organizations that promoted peace and justice, Steinkraus helped found the Oswego branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom where she was credited with being a “whiz” at assembling the Peace & Justice newspaper. She was also a member of the Syracuse Religious Society of Friends and participant at Faith United Church of Oswego, and was active with the American Friends Service Committee. Steinkraus was an artist, an avid bird watcher, loved gardening and the color purple, and was a member of the Oswego Festival Chorus and Oswego Art Guild for many years. She is survived by a...
Lillian K. Clark, 92, a member of FOR since September 1941, died on June 7, 2010 in Aitkin, Minnesota. 
Clark was born July 25, 1917 in Minneapolis where she grew up, attended school, and completed Nursing School at the University of Minnesota. In 1944, she married Harold A. Clark in Minneapolis and moved to North Carolina where she worked at Duke University; and in the 1950’s, she raised a family of four...
Dr. James C. Allen, age 82, a strong supporter of FOR, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at his home in Madison, WI.
Following his service in the U.S. Army Signal Corp from 1952-1954, Allen graduated from Marquette University Medical School in 1959 and spent his career at the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and the Veterans Administration Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Kathryn; and sons, John and David.
