Memorials and Milestones

Memorials, Pastoral Concerns, Celebrations and Transitions

The following announcements are made regarding members of our ACPE extended community.

Please keep the families of these persons in your prayers.

Memorials

A memorial service was held for ACPE Supervisor and Past President John R. Thomas on Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison, WI 53703. John, who celebrated his 90 th birthday last May, died quietly at home. According to his wife, Margaret, he got up that morning (November 19th), showered, dressed, checked a few emails, then sat on his bed and collapsed. John will long be remembered for his camera and video, testimonies of his passion and commitment to preserving the history of the association. Expressions may be sent to his wife, Margaret, and his family at their home, 333 W. Main St, #506, Madison, WI 53703-3114. Donations can be made in his memory to one of his favorite charities - Bread for the World. Go to www.bread.org and click on “Give” to give a life tribute gift. The Foundation for CPE also has a fund for supervisory education that was just recently created by a gift from John himself. The fund is designed to provide scholarships to students in supervisory education. Send gifts in his memory to this fund to FCPE, Inc., 1549 Clairmont Rd, Suite 205, Decatur, GA 30033.

Arabella Young , the wife of the late ACPE Supervisor Don Young, died on November 6, 2008 . Arabella will be remembered for the years she served as the ACPE Conference Manager. She retired from that role after the 2006 Annual Conference in Tampa. She was the recipient of theHelen Flanders Dunbar Award that year in recognition of her faithful years of service. She was buried next to her husband Don in a private family service. Don died shortly after he and Arabella returned from the 2005 ACPE Annual Conference in Hawaii.

ACPE Supervisor Marilyn Mayse died at home on November 18, 2008 with her husband, Glenn Turner, at her side. Marilyn supervised CPE for many years at Baptist Medical Centers in Birmingham, at Shand's Hospital in Jacksonville and, in recent years, as a contract supervisor at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Originally one of the early women ordained in the Southern Baptist Church, Holy Orders were conferred on Marilyn as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1992. Marilyn was a very active member of the Southeast Region, serving in a number of leadership positions over the years. Memorial gifts be designated either for the Southeast Region Endowment Fund or to the Foundation for CPE for scholarships for Supervisory CPE. Glenn can be contacted at 4953 Apache Ave, Jacksonville FL 32210 or e-mail: marglenn@bellsouth.net .

ACPE Supervisor Emeritus Wilbur Hughey died at home on Saturday, December 6, 2008 under hospice care. His loving family, Ann, all of his children, their spouses, sister in-law, several grandchildren and some friends were with him at the end. Wilbur was an ACPE Supervisor in the North Central Region and at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines for a number of years. He supervised CPE part-time at the Iowa Lutheran Hospital and the Genesis Medical Center as well. Donations can be made in his memory to the First Christian Church, 2500 University or to the Veterans Hospital, Attn: Connie Slavin, 3600 30 th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50310. His family can be contacted at their home address: 5372 NE 9th St, Des Moines IA 50313-1544.

Percy Randle , a former ACPE Clinical Member in the Pacific Region and the first chaplain at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle died on October 22, 2008. Percy had a bone marrow transplant in 1984 for leukemia at the Cancer Center and stayed on to be the Director of Spiritual Care at there. He and his wife, Anita, moved back to Mississippi in 1999. Percy was 52 years old. A remarkable individual, who also had spinal bifida, Percy touched the lives of many during his ministry. ACPE Supervisor and personal friend Dave Wendleton conducted the memorial service.

ACPE Supervisor Carlos R. Bell's father, Rev. John C. Bell, 72, of New Bern, NC, died on Saturday, August 16, 2008, after a long and courageous battle with prostate cancer. At his father's request, Carlos conducted the funeral and intermittent in Jacksonville, NC. His parents celebrated 49 years of marriage in July 2008. Carlos can be contacted at the Baylor Health System, 3500 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246-2096. Email: carlosb@baylothealth.edu .

ACPE Supervisor Joan Murray's mother, Gladys Murray Fortner died on November 16, 2008. Joan is the ACPE Supervisor at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. She can be contacted at CHOA –Egleston Campus, 1405 Clifton Rd NE , Atlanta, GA 30322-1062. Email: Joan.Murray@choa.org .

The mother of ACPE Supervisor Mary Harrison Ragland died on December 10, 2008. Mary can be contacted at West Virginia University Hospitals Medical Center Drive, PO Box 8008 , Morgantown, WV 26506-8008. E mail: raglandm@wvuh.com .

The mother of ACPE Supervisor Steve Goss died on December 14, 2008 in Tennessee. Steve can be contacted at Harris Methodist Health System, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104-2122 . E mail: StephenGoss@texashealth.org .

ACPE Supervisor Donna Farrar's sister, Carole, died October 21, 2008 after a very brief illness. Donna received word of her sister's passing on her way to the ACPE conference. Donna is supervisor at University of Kentucky Medical Center. You may reach her at dbfarr3@email.uky.edu .

Prayers

ACPE Supervisor Art Lucas (Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis) continues to be in outpatient treatment for pancreatic cancer. Art and his wife Lu can be reached at 22 Colonial Hills Pkwy, Creve Coeur, MO 63141-7731 or via email at: a.lucas@sbglobal.net .

ACPE Supervisor Carl Towley (Altru in Grand Forks, ND) entered hospice care on December for end-stage lung cancer. For the first few weeks he continued to supervise his group via teleconferencing, but he has turned the group over to ACPE Supervisor Dixie Potratz-Lehman. Carl and his wife Sue can be contacted at home 6120 Quinwood Ln N #2105 Plymouth, MN 55442. Email: cktowley@aol.com

ACPE Supervisor David Koch (Spiritual Care and Education Center, Toledo, OH) is recovering from emergency surgery in mid-November. His email is davidckoch@earthlink.net .