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Howard Albert Pasel died August 29, 2007; he was 93. Pasel enjoyed a 35-year career as pastor of small United Methodist churches in New York and Tennessee before he retired in 1979. For the last six months of his life he lived in a nursing home in Lenoir City, TN. His daughter Gretchen writes that "He loved Houghton College and was still looking at his old yearbooks the week before he died!"

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Vernon Saunders, 95, died January 2. Born in Caneadea in 1912, Saunders went to Belfast High School, then to Houghton. In 1937 he married Gertrude (Wolfer '35), who survives. He taught mathematics at Perry Central High School for 39 years and was chairman of the math department. He earned a master's degree from St. Bonaventure University. In 1946, he and his wife joined Perry Baptist Church, where he served as superintendent of the Sunday school, was a deacon and chaired the board of trustees. He is survived by four sons, including Stephen Saunders '63; by eight grandchildren; by two great-grandchildren and by many nieces and nephews.

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Robert Luckey died October 25, 2007 in Houghton; he was 89. Born to James Seymour and Edith Bedell Curtis Luckey, Bob grew up in Houghton as it did—he was a boy and his father was president when the state of New York granted the college its charter. In his college years, Bob was a serious student, an athlete and a member of the college choir. He earned his doctorate from Cornell in 1942 and became a professor of mathematics at Houghton. While teaching at Houghton he met and married Ruth (Brooks '45), who survives, in 1945.

Speaking at Luckey's funeral, Dick Alderman '52 recalled how the professor would teach his students (of which Alderman was one) to "attack a problem with the best solution." Clarence "Bud" Bence '66 recalled that Luckey, as an advisor to the class of 1966, "mentored and molded our feistiness into leadership." He also found time to develop a style of accomplishing things that his son James Luckey '68 said he learned from his dad: "It's OK to be behind the scenes." Said Alderman: "[Luckey] lacked one thing that most of us have in abundance: He could not see why something could not be done."

Luckey's "lasting contributions to Houghton College are beyond counting," said former Houghton College President Daniel R. Chamberlain at the funeral, citing Luckey's 34 years of working for Houghton College. Among those years was one spent as acting president, as Luckey moved into administration, where he also served as vice president of development. It was in that position that Luckey oversaw the creation of the Milieu by Dean Liddick '60, and approved its name. In 1976, Luckey became president of Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University, or IWU), a position he held for nine years.

Chamberlain noted Luckey's "encyclopedic knowledge," and praised his leadership by saying, "He stressed substance over style." He recalled that Luckey would often ask: "What are we going to do about it?" and summed up by saying that Luckey had "joyfully pursued three loves: his Lord, his family and Wesleyan higher education." Bence, a professor at IWU, said "Our institution thanks God for the leadership we have had from Dr. Bob Luckey."

Luckey himself turned regularly to God for guidance. Thomas Luckey—youngest of Bob and Ruth's six children—recalled coming downstairs in the morning to see his dad on his knees, praying, in the corner of the darkened living room. Even when his body and mind were failing, recalled Tom, his dad "still knew he was a friend of God."

"We're supposed to be God's hands and feet," Liddick said, "He was."

In addition to his wife, Luckey is survived by their six children and spouses, including James Luckey '68, John and Camilla (Dayton '73) Luckey '71, Linda (Luckey '73) Reed, and Peter and Nancy (Clow '74) Luckey '74; by 10 grandchildren and their spouses, including Clifton "Rob" and Melissa (Smith '01) Luckey '00, Blair and Lucile Danielle (Luckey '05) MacDonald '05, William "Jim" Luckey '08, and Peter "Tom" Luckey '10, and by a greatgrandchild. Luckey was predeceased by his son Daniel, his brother, James Harold Luckey ‘18, and his sister, Ruth (Luckey '21) Welch.

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John Arthur "Art" Mann went home August 11, 2007, one week before his 88th birthday. Born in 1919, Mann graduated with a degree in music, then served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot from 1941-46. After Captain Mann's military service he became a d a i r y a n d fruit farmer in Ransomville and, later, Lockport, NY. He was active on the Farm Credit Board, Cooperative Extension and Dairy Herd Improvement Association during his 55 years of farming. Mann devoted many years of service to the Lockport Christian and Missionary Alliance Church as a song leader, Sunday school teacher, elder, trustee and volunteer. Mann was predeceased by his younger brother and a son (in 1969) and by his wife, Helen (Seefeldt '45) Mann, in 1994. He is survived by his wife Ruth; his sister Margarette (Mann '42) Markell; three daughters and their spouses, Bonnie (Mann '67) Muck '67, Peter and Molly (Mann '77) Spear '77 and Rachel (Mann '85) Will; and by two sons and their spouses, including, Jack and Evie (Faulkingham '69) Mann '69. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren and their spouses, including Megan Mann '02, Jeremy and Erin (Spear '03) Gorham '03, Dan and Laura (Mann '06) Kilpatrick '04, Ryan and Christie (Tanner, Faculty/Staff) Spear '07 and Jonathan Spear '11; by six great-grandchildren and by several nieces and nephews.

Kenneth Townsend Potts, died December 2, 2007; he was 91. Born in 1916 in Vestal, NY, Potts worked as a gravedigger and at other odd jobs in his teens to help support his family during the Depression. After graduating from high school, he worked for three years on a railroad section gang to earn money for college, attending night classes at the Syracuse University Extension (now SUNY Binghamton) for two years' credits at the same time. He was the first in his family to attend college. With money saved, Potts came to Houghton, where he waited on tables and ran trap lines—selling the mink and beaver he caught—to pay his way through the rest of his education. He majored in chemistry and history, taking a position after graduation as an analytical chemist for a fledgling company called International Business Machines, better known today by its initials. He worked for IBM for 35 years before retiring. He was an avid outdoorsman, and loved to study Civil War history. He also enjoyed carpentry, baseball, traveling, reading and gardening. At 72, he took up oil painting. "He credited Houghton College with teaching him what the Bible and Christianity were truly about," his daughter Judy Potts- Sinicki writes, "He loved the school. No one who knew him could doubt his quiet but steadfast faith." Potts was predeceased by his wife. He is survived by his daughter, a granddaughter, three step-grandchildren and numerous sisters- in-law and brothers-in-law.

Helen (Reynolds) Smith died November 5, 2007; she was 90 years old. Born in the Philadelphia Women's Hospital, the first of two daughters, she grew up as a city girl. After Helen graduated from high school, her mother was recruited to work for Houghton as a dormitory mother and cook—positions that included the benefit of her daughters' tuition to the college. While at Houghton, Helen met Herman, her husband of 64 years. They were ordained in The Wesleyan Church and married in 1942. Convinced of the value of ministries to children, she took music and Bible study to many children, including the children of coal miners in rural New York. They pastored several churches in New York before taking a pastorate in Ottawa. After several years in Canada, they returned to the U.S., taking a pastorate in Portland, OR. She loved reading, gardening (especially her roses) and canning produce from the garden. Smith is survived by her two children, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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James Stuart Campbell died November 17, 2007 from heart failure at his daughter's home in Redlands, CA. He was 86. Campbell was born January 27, 1921, in Troy, NY. After high school, Campbell went into the U.S. Air Force and was stationed near Cambridge, England, for two years. After leaving the Air Force, Campbell graduated from Houghton in 1944, then attended the New York State College for Teachers, from which he graduated in 1945. That same year he moved to Redlands and began teaching. Campbell taught for four years at Redlands High School and for 35 years at San Bernardino Valley College. He received his master's degree from Stanford University in 1951. Campbell directed more than 250 plays at Footlighters Theatre and at the college, beginning in 1949. He met his wife Betty at Footlighters; she was an actress. She died in 1999; they had been married for 46 years. Campbell is survived by a son, a daughter and two grandsons.

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Virginia (McGarvey) Harr died July 31 in Carlisle, PA; she was 84. The youngest of 11 children, Harr attended Nyack High School and received a diploma from the Missionary Training Institute (now Nyack College). In 1946 she married James B. Harr and they attended Houghton together. She earned a bachelor of arts, magna cum laude. She was a supporter of her husband as he pastored a church in New York; she was involved in the women's ministry and taught Bible classes. Harr was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by three sons and two daughters, 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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MaryAnna (Gerhardt) Adams joined the church triumphant on November 13, 2007. Adams was a long-time professional pianist and teacher. She was church organist for the Falconer (NY) First United Methodist Church and the First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown, NY. Adams was also a long-standing board member of the Falconer Public Library. She is survived by two daughters, including Nancy (Adams '78) Mason. Her husband Harold predeceased her.

Harriett Pease, 86, went to be with her Lord and Savior September 7, 2007. After graduating, Pease became a registered nurse and served in the U.S. Navy for two years. Following her discharge, she was a missionary in Japan for the Conservative Baptist International Mission from 1951 until her retirement in 1986. Pease is survived by a sister, Dorothy (Pease '50) Bloom; by two brothers, including Doug and Sophia (Andrychuck '50) Pease '52; and by many nieces and nephews, including Shelly (Pease '79) Woodward.

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Richard Follette moved peacefully into the presence of his Lord on January 22; he was 80. Born in 1927 in Vale, SD, Follette served in World War II with the U.S. Navy before coming to Houghton. After graduating, he and his wife, Helen (Smythe '54), served pastorates in Wesleyan churches in Toledo, OH; Lansing, MI and Denver, CO. Follette is survived by his wife; by a son, Jarrett Follette '82 and by a daughter and son-in-law, Kevin and S. Beth (Follette '83) Oakes '84; by three grandchildren, including Erika Oakes '08 and Erin Oakes '08 and by two brothers. Three brothers and a sister predeceased him.

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Janis (Hildebrandt '55) Angell Kinyon, 76, died November 25, 2007 at her home in Mitchell, SD. Kinyon studied at Miltonvale (KS) Wesleyan College, then earned her degree from Houghton. She married Duane Strand in 1955. She was an accomplished violinist and taught for many years. In 1979 she married Edward Angell H'87 and together they ministered in Virginia and Maryland for 12 years. She worked in administration for human resources at the Calvert Group in Bethesda, MD, for several years. She married Daniel Kinyon in 1997. She was a member of the Black Hills Orchestra in Rapid City, SD, and had a passion for missions and volunteer work. She is survived by her mother; one brother; one sister; five sons, including Jonathan Strand '90 and Jonathan and Sharon (Heritage '66) Angell '66; three daughters; 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, her husbands Edward Angell and Daniel Kinyon, a brother and a sister.

Nancy (Reist) Grayson died May 28, 2007; she was 75. Grayson was born in Chester, PA, and graduated from high school there. She earned her degree in early childhood education from West Chester State University in 1976. She was a purchasing specialist for Scott Paper in Chester and a purchasing agent for Widener University, from where she retired. Grayson also played piano and organ for several churches. Her hobbies included sewing, crochet, knitting and music. She is survived by her husband; a daughter; two brothers, including Irwin Reist '57 and John Reist '58 and a sister.

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Shirley (Dye) Hammond ended her earthly journey on October 19, 2007 at the age of 71. Born the first of nine children on a dairy farm in Monticello, NY, she graduated as valedictorian of West Winfield High School before earning her bachelor's in English, classics and Latin—with honors—at Houghton. She went on to get a master's in education from Salem (MA) State University in 1962. In 1958 she had married John "Pete" Hammond '59, her high school sweetheart. She taught in schools in New York, Massachusetts, Georgia, Virginia and the Philippines before serving for over 20 years in the Madison (WI) schools. She wrote two booklets on serving needy children and was a member of the American Association of University Women and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Hammond held positions of leadership in the churches where she and her husband lived, including children's storyteller, Sunday school teacher, librarian, women's ministry leader and newsletter editor. She is survived by her husband, by three children and by 10 grandchildren.

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Bonnie (Boggs) Mills of Seabrook Island, SC, went to be with the Lord on January 30. Born April 14, 1937 in Arnold, PA, Bonnie Boggs earned a double major in English and Bible at Houghton, then married Paul Mills '61, who survives. Together, right out of college, they served Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University) for 22 years, then Bartlesville Wesleyan College (now Oklahoma Wesleyan University) for 19 years, Southern Wesleyan University for one year and their alma mater for the last five years. She helped pioneer the CYC program for children in The Wesleyan Church while serving as an editor and layout technician at the Wesleyan International Center. All through her married life her energy went into her children, but she also contributed to students at each of the colleges/universities she and Paul served. She served as an associate dean of students at Marion College, alumni director at Bartlesville Wesleyan College and assisted students with their studies and study habits. She gave them confidence and always shined as a spiritual model. Her love of scripture and her devotion to the Lord were evidenced all throughout her life in everything she did. The Mills moved to Seabrook Island after their retirement from Oklahoma Wesleyan University in 2002. Surviving in addition to her husband are a son, a daughter, two grandsons, her twin sister, another sister, two brothers and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son.

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Ronald Arnold went home to be with the Lord July 15, 2007, after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 68. Arnold was born in Little Britain, Ontario and attended Houghton for two years, where he met and married Jean (Dunbar '61) in 1960. They served together at Elim Lodge Christian Resort, after which Ron taught heavy equipment at a community college for 35 years. He also founded and built a trailer park that became part of Elim Christian Ministries. He was a longtime member of Calvary Pentecostal Church in Peterborough, Ont., where he was known for his sense of humor and love for life. Arnold is survived by Jean, his wife and best friend of 47 years; by two daughters and a son; by six grandchildren and by his sister, Deanna (Arnold '60) Henderson.

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John R. Brown, Jr. died January 23 of infections related to a liver transplant three years earlier; he was 44. Brown was raised in a devoutly Christian home in Westmoreland City and attended Houghton to prepare for youth ministry. He worked at churches in New York state for a few years while singing in the summers with the Continental Singers. While trying to cope with turmoil in his personal life, however, he developed a fierce addiction to alcohol. He entered recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, relapsed, then made a lasting recovery. Along the way he graduated from the Pittsburgh Beauty Academy, becoming a hair stylist. He was a member of the leadership team at Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community and was instrumental in the church's rapid growth. "He was a sponsor in AA to a whole bunch of guys," one of the pastors said, "He was a friend and a brother and a fellow minister." Brown worked parttime with the Civic Light Opera as an artist-educator, helping the children in the Propel charter schools in Homestead and Turtle Creek put on musical productions. He is survived by one brother.

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Helen Hirsch, 88, died January 4 in Bristol, SD. Born Helen Hubbard in 1919, near Letcher, SD, she graduated from Faith Home High School in Mitchell, SD. She received her bachelor's degree from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, ID, her master's degree from Asbury Theological Seminary, and her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1960 she joined the faculty at Houghton teaching Christian education, a position she would hold until 1980. In 1968 Hubbard married Victor J. Hirsch and became the stepmother to her deceased sister Ruth's six children. Hirsch was an avid bird watcher, amateur photographer, artist and musician. Her love for travel and adventure was evidenced by her work as a missionary in Vancouver, British Columbia and a visit to the Holy Land. Hirsch is survived by her brother and her step-children, including Fredric and Valerie (Lewis '73) Hirsch and numerous step–grandchildren and step-greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brothers and her sister and their mutual husband.

In the early morning hours of December 27, 2007—through the blood of his savior Jesus Christ—Robert Mattke triumphed over sickness and death and entered into the very presence of God; he was 86. Born in Baraboo, WI, and raised on a farm, Mattke went to the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated with a degree in agriculture. During World War II, he spent three years in the armed services, working in medical labs. On October 20, 1945, he married his sweetheart, Jeanette Carolyn Bryan. After being called to ministry both Robert and Jeanette attended Marion College, and then went to Asbury Theological Seminary. After seminary, Mattke pastored a church in Hayward, WI. The Mattkes next went to Australia, providing leadership to the Wesleyan Church and Bible College in Melbourne. After seven years in Australia, the Mattke family moved to Montfort, WI, where he pastored two Methodist churches while completing his master's degree from the University of Iowa. In the summer of 1965, the family moved to Kansas, where Mattke taught Greek, Bible and theology at Miltonvale Wesleyan College. In 1969, Robert continued his teaching ministry at the then-new Buffalo suburban campus of Houghton College, where he officially retired from teaching in 1988. During that time he also served as assistant pastor of the Orchard Park Wesleyan Church. In their retirement years, Mattke and his wife joined the fellowship of believers at the West Seneca Wesleyan Church, until they moved to Henrietta in October, 2005. For the past two years, the Mattkes made their home with their oldest daughter, Sharon, and her husband, Duane. Mattke is survived by his wife; by two daughters and their spouses, including Jeff and Beth (Mattke '77) Long '78; by five grandchildren and by two great-grandchildren.

Florence B. Orser died October 3, 2007, at 99. When Orser's husband died, she followed her children to Houghton College, becoming resident director of East (now Gillette) Hall, a position she held for 17 years. Later, she volunteered her time in the Churchville-Chili Elementary School District, also for 17 years. She is survived by two daughters, including Janet (Orser '61) Fleth and her son and daughter-in-law David and Edna (Lovestrand '64) Orser '64. She is also survived by her grandchildren, including Donald Orser '87, Linda (Fleth '88) Thompson, Thomas Orser '89 and Edward and Linda (Geiger '90) Fleth '90 and 20 great-grandchildren.