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Passing the Torch to the Next Generation

For some Reformed Presbyterian families, passing the torch to the next generation includes attending Geneva like their forebears did

  —Heidi Filbert | Features, Agency Features, Geneva College | July 08, 2008

The Philip and Michelle LaMay family, who have just received the torch from Pastor Titus Martin (College Hill RPC).


Alice Price originally thought it would be a great idea for her 95-year-old mother, Frances Montini, to carry the torch during Geneva College’s 160th anniversary celebration. Then Cheryl Johnston, director of marketing and public relations, suggested that three generations of Geneva women participate. So Frances, Alice, and her daughter, Jennifer, all agreed. It was fitting they should carry the torch. For three generations, nearly everyone in Alice’s family has gone to Geneva College.

Family Tradition

When Alice’s mother, Frances Montini (then McCready), came to Geneva in the 1930s, Dr. McLeod M. Pearce was president. To raise money for tuition, Frances worked as a chauffeur and a live-in cook. She had grown up in the Associate Presbyterian Church, which merged with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America in the 1960s. Frances is a member of the First RP Church of Beaver Falls, Pa., and was a member of the Geneva RP Church—where ...