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Brief Notes, Feb. 2011

   | News, Congregational News | February 01, 2011



Births

Morton, Peter Thomas, Jan. 27, to Jonathan and Megan Morton. Grandparents are Pastor Ray and Heather Morton of Sparta, Ill., and Thomas and Mary Hughes. (First [Beaver Falls, Pa.] RPC)

O’Hara, Scarlett Jennie, Dec. 1, to Ryan and Elizabeth O’Hara. Joins sister Kady Mor. (Hazleton, Pa., RPC)

Olivieri, Eli Joshua, Oct. 20, to Seth and Michele Olivieri. Joins sisters Johanna and Mara and brother Adam. (Hazleton, Pa., RPC)

Stahl, Avery Noel, Jan. 17, to Levi and Frankie Stahl. Joins brother Greyson. Grandparents are John and Jacque Stahl. (College Hill [Beaver Falls, Pa.] RPC)

Willson, Matia Faith, born March 21, 2002, adopted Dec. 23 by Kevin and Valerie Willson. Joins sisters Samantha, Elizabeth and Josephine. Grandparents are Don and Sarah Lee Willson (College Hill [Beaver Falls Pa.] RPC) and Bruce and Betty Mazur. All were among witnesses. (First [Phoenix, Ariz.] RPC)

Baptisms

Landon, David Nicholas, son of David Landon and Melinaanne Kelley, Nov. 21, by Pastor Andrew Schep. (Syracuse, N.Y., RPC)

Landon, Natalee Grace, daughter of David Landon and Melinaanne Kelley, Nov. 21, by Pastor Andrew Schep. (Syracuse, N.Y., RPC)

Mason, Luke Andrew, son of Joel and Sara Mason, Jan. 23, by Pastor Titus Martin. (College Hill [Beaver Falls, Pa.] RPC)

Neiswinger, Ella Katherine, daughter of John and Lauren Neiswinger, Jan. 30, by Duncan Lowe, Ella’s great uncle. (College Hill [Beaver Falls, Pa.] RPC)

O’Hara, Scarlett Jennie, daughter of Ryan and Elizabeth O’Hara, Jan. 23, by Pastor Paul Brace. (Hazleton, Pa., RPC)

Olivieri, Eli Joshua, son of Seth and Michele Olivieri, Oct. 31, by Pastor Paul Brace. (Hazleton, Pa., RPC)

Willson, Matia Faith, daughter of Kevin and Valerie Willson, Dec. 26, by Pastor Jon Maginn. (First [Phoenix, Ariz.] RPC)  

Graduations

Cerbus, Anne, with a B.S. in elementary and special education from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. (Southside [Indianapolis, Ind.] RPC) Dart, Daniel, with a B.A. in English from Indiana University. (Southside [Indianapolis, Ind.] RPC)

Hovee, Amy, with a B.A. in French from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. (Southside [Indianapolis, Ind.] RPC)

Sturm, Daniel, with a B.S. in building construction management from Purdue University. (Southside [Indianapolis, Ind.] RPC)

Marriages

O’Neill, Jason and Baumgardner, Michelle, Jan. 1, at the Southside RP Church, by Pastors Michael LeFebvre and John Tweed. Parents are Jay and Cindy O’Neill and Jack and Karen Baumgardner; grandparents are John and Alta Tweed. (Southside [Indianapolis, Ind.] RPC)

Deaths

Clark, Maxine, age 88, Jan. 7. Pastor Keith Magill officiated at funeral services at the Southside RP Church. Maxine was the senior founding member of the congregation. (Southside [Indianapolis, Ind.] RPC)

Scoby, Louise Ellen, age 53, Nov. 12, following a courageous battle with cancer. Pastors John Tweed and J. Edward Hindman officiated at the funeral service in Sabetha, Kan. The burial was in Albany Cemetery. She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Jim; two sons, Andrew Scoby (Jessica), and Eric Scoby, all of Sabetha; three daughters, Jacque Scoby, of Aberdeen, S.D., Martha Scoby and Lydia Scoby, both of Sabetha; two grandchildren, Michaela and Ransom Scoby; her parents, Dale and Kathleen Blackwood of Denison, Kan.; two sisters and their families, Wanda Armfield of Topeka, Kan., and Janet Tippin of Shawnee, Kan. (Denison, Kan., RPC)