Birth Date: 1997-02-16

Deceased Date: 2018-10-04

Obituary:
Miss Emily Astrid Adams, age 21 of Siloam Springs, Arkansas passed away Thursday October 4, 2018 in Siloam Springs from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. 

A daughter of Todd and Deborah Adams, she was born February 16, 1997 in France having lived most of her life in Indonesia and the last two years in Arkansas. She was a student pursuing a nursing degree at the John Brown University in Siloam Springs. She was a member of the First Alliance Church of Toccoa. 

Survivors include her parents, Todd and Deborah Adams of Indonesia; two brothers and sister-in-law, Sullivan and Natalie Adams and Beau Adams of Toccoa; one sister, Jordan Adams of Toccoa Falls; grandparents Virgil and Bonnie Adams and Jim and Ann Hemminger of Toccoa; a number of cousins. 

Birth Date: 1929-07-07

Deceased Date: 2015-03-23

Obituary:
Henry “Don” Anderson of Calgary, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 in his home surrounded by loved ones, after a brief battle with recurring lymphoma cancer at the age of 85 years.

 

Don was born in Brooks, AB on July 7, 1929 to parents Henry and Dorothy Anderson. He graduated from Crescent Heights High School and further received a degree in Theology from the Canadian Bible College in Regina. Don married Glenna Miller on September 20, 1952.

 

Don and Glenna pastored in Arcola, SK until God called them to missionary service in the Baliem Valley, in Irian Jaya. They spent 24 years ministering to and with the people in Irian, (known as West Papua). After some work in the new home construction field, Don was called to represent Trans World Radio in Western Canada, where he served until retirement.

 

Don is survived by his children, son Gerald (Michelle) Anderson, daughter Lenna (Kelly) Heffernan, daughter Priscilla (David) Unger, and five grandchildren Hunter, Walker, Canyon, Aniela and Hannah, sister Pat (Mervyn) Alfred, as well as numerous family and friends. Don was predeceased by his beloved wife of 62 years, Glenna Anderson, and in 1973 by his brother Gordon Anderson.

Deceased Date: 2023-11-17

Birth Date: 1926-12-05

Deceased Date: 2023-03-23

Obituary:
Mary A. Lake passed away on March 23,2023, at the age of 96 at Arbor Terrace in Rochester Minnesota. Mary Armstrong Lake was born December 4, 1926 in Utica NY to the Rev B.F. Armstrong and Margaret Denison Armstrong. During her father's pastorate, the family lived in several towns in upstate New York, including Elmira, Corning, and Johnson City. She attended high school at Houghton Academy, Houghton NY.
She was married in 1946 to Hiram “Hi” Lake of Binghamton NY; they spent two years at Nyack Missionary College, then Wheaton College in Illinois while Hi completed his anthropology degree. The family lived in Johnson City, NY until Feb 1957 when they sailed to New Guinea via Holland, Dakar, Singapore and Labuan with their two older children Larry and Karen.
Mary and Hi ministered to the Dani people of the Baliem Valley from 1957 to 1965, first at Tulem and then at Pugima.  Mary was active in language learning, Bible translation and informal ministry to village women, as well as the constant labor to maintain a home in primitive conditions with unreliable supplies, no electricity, no running water, almost no contact with other missionaries, and the frequent absence of her first two children who were at the mission’s boarding school, and home only twice a year.  Letters and packages from family members in the United States sometimes took up to 6 months to arrive.
The years in the Baliem at their station Pugima were dangerous and fraught with disease and daunting challenges: once Hi and Mary were poisoned by followers of a hostile shaman and attacked at night by a group of his warriors who threatened to burn down the grass house they were living in at the time. Mary was ill for a time with undiagnosed cerebral meningitis: lab results arrived from Holland a year after she had miraculously recovered. Over the years, Mary had survived at least eight major diseases, including polio, dysentery, malaria, and breast cancer, and attributed her recoveries to the grace of the God she served.
Son David, was born in New Guinea and a year later the family returned to the US, largely doubting that they had done much good on the mission field. The Lakes settled in New Jersey where Hi worked for RCA Laboratories and later employers, and Kevin was born there. In 1975 they moved to Rochester, Minnesota where Hi became Director of Materials Management at St. Mary’s Hospital affiliated with the Mayo Clinic. In subsequent years they learned of great spiritual growth among the Dani of the Pugima area: baptized believers in at least six village churches, all stemming from their faithful ministry to only one Dani believer in the early days who subsequently influenced his clan, and from the subsequent work of other missionaries.
Mary was a member of the Autumn Ridge Church for 47 years and led women’s Bible studies for Bible Study Fellowship for 18 years. She loved her family and enjoyed being with them.   
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hi, of almost 70 years who died in 2016 and by her siblings Ben Armstrong and Ruthie Megill. She is survived by four children Larry (MaryBeth) Lake, Karen (Rick) Foster, David (LeAnn) Lake, and Kevin (Debi) Lake, eight grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

Birth Date: 1931-08-10

Deceased Date: 2021-07-07

Birth Date: 1930-01-06

Deceased Date: 2020-04-19

Obituary:
Don R. Beiter January 6, 1930 - April 19, 2020 of Ellensburg, WA, passed away Sunday April 19 after an eleven-year battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was born in Kansas. Later his family moved to Pasadena, California. Don often spoke of how much he enjoyed helping his father extract salt from the desert and truck it to farms in southern California to be used for animal feed. 
Don also achieved the Eagle Scout rank in the Boy Scouts.
For 3 years Don played the French horn in the Pasadena City College band, marching in the Rose parade, and performing in the Rose Bowl half time show. Don and several friends sailed to Okinawa, caring for a flock of goats being sent to Japan as humanitarian aid after World War II. During his college years he joined a group that rebuilt an orphanage in Germany.
At age 23 Don was called home from college to run the salt mine business for one year after his father died. Then he was drafted to the army peace keeping forces. He served as a clerk typist in Germany for two years.
Since the age of 21 Don felt called to missions and he pursued a mission aviation degree from Moody Bible Institute. By age 31 Don was a missionary bush pilot stationed in Dutch New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia) with Mission Aviation Fellowship. There he became reacquainted with Phyllis Griffith, a Bible translator stationed on the south coast of New Guinea with TEAM. Don and Phyllis were married in Dutch New Guinea in 1962. Together they had 4 children and served God in Jungles of Indonesia, high desert of Central Asia, and on the home staff of MAF in California, until retirement in 1996. Even in retirement Don stayed busy working with his hands, building, creating, or repairing equipment. He loved to fly and use his technical skills. 
In 2002 Don and Phyllis came out of retirement briefly to survey airstrips in Central Asia for re-opening after 9/11. While there, at the age of 73, Don hiked and rode horseback over 14,000-foot mountain passes to reach the remote airstrips being surveyed. 
Don is remembered by his family as humble, loving and devoted. He always took his family into consideration when making decisions. He loved God deeply and loved learning about God and His creation. Don was purposeful about passing on what he believed with gentleness and respect, never compromising God's standards, standing firm with humility. Don faced adversity with courage and boldness he found in God.
Don was an avid reader, loved maps and traveling, and making friends in new places. He left a legacy of faith, devotion to God, love of family, and concern for people around the globe. He was quick to laugh or tell a joke, a patient teacher/mentor.
The love of Don's life was Phyllis. He believed she was a God given gift who was his true partner for life and service. He never spoke badly of her and treasured their relationship. Together they spent their retirement traveling to see their children and grandchildren, represented MAF at air shows and in churches, and promoted missions wherever they went.
Don is survived by his wife of 57 years, Phyllis Beiter; children, Carol Hennings (Jim); Paul Beiter (Cindy); Jean Lawson (Irwin); and John Beiter (Amy), 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

Birth Date: 1930-10-29

Deceased Date: 2017-07-26

Obituary:
Alice Verdelle Gibbons, daughter of Robert P. Rhoads and Gladys Alice (nee Berndt) Rhoads, was born in Glendale, California on October 29, 1930 and died on July 26, 2017 in Ripon, California.  Alice graduated from Burbank High School in 1948.  She attended the Alliance church in Glendale, CA and heard God’s call to missionary service.  In 1951 she graduated from Simpson Bible Institute (Simpson University) then located in Seattle.  Alice met Don Gibbons during a summer ministry time on Whidbey Island. Don and Alice were married on June 30, 1951 then served in Paulina, Oregon with Village Missions for two years. They were sent out as missionaries by the Christian and Missionary Alliance, setting out on an ocean freighter to Papua, Indonesia (then known as Netherlands New Guinea).  They were among the first outsiders to contact stone age tribes in the Ilaga and Beoga valleys. In their 42 years of service they saw the good news of Jesus Christ transform the lives of these tribal people. The darkness of fear, spirit worship and constant warfare was transformed into peace and forgiveness from God. Alice worked as a full partner in this ministry spearheading literacy programs, writing Sunday School curriculum and seminar presentations and personally teaching future church leaders about the Bible.

Alice wrote two books that chronicle their lives and ministry in Papua.  “The People Time Forgot” and “Where the Earth Ends.”  After returning to the USA, Alice was active in their churches and community in Paradise, and Ripon, California. Alice and Don celebrated 66 years of marriage in June. Alice is survived by her husband, Don (Donald), their daughters Kathleen Brooks (Tim), Joyce Parker, Lori Clark (Dave), Helen White (Doug), Darlene LeTexier (John); and 13 grandchilden: Christy, Matthew, Eric, Dane, Joshua, Kevin, Jesse, Aaron, Caleb, Rachel, Daniel, Jack, and Karis; and 15 great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Robert Rhoads, Ralph Rhoads and Miriam Johnston as well as nieces and nephews.  

Birth Date: 1923-04-03

Deceased Date: 2015-04-10

Obituary:
George E. Boggs, 92, of Cabot met his Savior with a smile on his face on Friday at the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia.
He was born April 3, 1923, in Pittsburgh to the late William B. Boggs and Catherine G. (Ward) Boggs.
Mr. Boggs attended Taylor University and the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. He was a Naval Aviation cadet and served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. God used his training as a fighter pilot, landing and taking off aircraft carriers to prepare him for his missionary ministry for landing on short rugged jungle airstrips.
George, with his wife Fran, was a missionary pilot with Mission Aviation Fellowship and served in Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Laos, Philippines, Kalimantan (Borneo) and Redlands, Calif. He retired on April 4, 1990.
Mr. Boggs was a member of the Calvary Church of Santa Ana, Calif., and attended the CMA Church on Freeport Road.
George is survived by one son, Barton A. Boggs and his wife, Mary Helen, of Papillion, Neb.; three daughters, Beverly J. Sasse of Butler, Brenda L. Hall and her husband, Wesley, of Irvington, Va., and Beth Ann Jones and her husband, Rob, of Hooper, Colo.; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Frances "Pinky" (Burtner) Boggs, whom he married May 20, 1946; one son, Bryan; one granddaughter; one great-granddaughter; two brothers; and one sister.