FOR: In Memoriam
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
