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02 Mar

March 2, 2015 |

Marshall Woods, Jr., passed away the morning of Saturday, February 28, 2015. He is the father of Marshall Woods III (right), pastor of Mill Chapel UB church in Reedsville, W. Va. Marshall is also a cluster leader.

Viewing time: 4-8 pm Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Viewing location: Smith Funeral Home, Burlington, W. Va.
Funeral: 3 pm Wednesday, March 4
Funeral location: Knobley Church of the Brethren, New Creek, WV 26743-9712

Pastor Woods’ address:

704 Pensinger Blvd.
Oakland, MD 21550

09 Feb

February 9, 2015 |

mary-ellen-caley110Mary Ellen Caley, 82, passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2015. She had been in hospice care for about a week. She is the mother of two persons known by many United Brethren: Rev. J. Michael Caley, pastor of Banner of Christ UB church (Byron Center, Mich.), and Jane Seely, who works at the national office as Resource Manager. Jane interacts regularly with UB churches to process and ship Sunday school materials. Another sibling, Cindy Kreps, works at Huntington University, and youngest son Bob works for the City of Huntington.

Mrs. Caley was also known to hundreds of Huntington University students during the 1970s, when she was “Ma HUB,” the director of the Huntington Union Building. She was a member of College Park UB church in Huntington, Ind.

Funeral details:

Viewing time: 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm on Thursday, February 12.
Viewing location: Myers Funeral Home, 2901 Guilford Street, Huntington, IN 46750.
Funeral time: 11 am Friday morning, February 13. Viewing 1 hour beforehand.
Funeral location: College Park UB church, 1945 College Ave., Huntington, Ind. 46750.

Condolences can be sent to:

J. Michael Caley
1111 68th St SW
Byron Center, MI  49315

Jane Seely
2456 College Avenue
Huntington, IN 46750

06 Jan

January 6, 2015 |

Rev. Carus Campbell, 91, passed away January 3, 2015, at a medical center in Clarksburg, W. Va. He served in the European theater during World War 2, and went on to become a pastor, serving churches in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Visitation: 5-7 pm Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Funeral: 10am Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
Visitation and funeral location: Tomblyn-Whitescarver Funeral Chapel, Buckhannon, WV 26201.

05 Jan

January 5, 2015 |

ginnykopp200Virginia Kopp, wife of former bishop Clarence A. Kopp, Jr., passed away Friday, January 2, 2015. She is the mother of Dan Kopp, pastor of NorthPointe UB church (Lewis Center, Ohio), and of three other children–Debra, Denise, and Dale. Bishop Kopp passed away in 2007. She has been living in Columbus, Ohio.

Viewing time: 6-8 pm Friday evening, January 9; and 10 am to noon on Saturday, January 10.
Funeral time: 12:00 noon on Saturday, January 10, 2015.

Both the viewing and funeral will be held at:

O.R. Woodyard Funeral Home & Chapel (South Chapel)
1346 South High Street
Columbus, 43207.

A meal will follow at approximately 1:30 at the nearby Living Word United Brethren Church, 145 Obetz Road, Columbus, Ohio. Clarence and Ginny were pastoring this church (then called Redeemer UB) when he was elected bishop in 1981.

Notes can be sent to Rev. Dan Kopp at this address:

Dan Kopp
7509 Storrington Place
Lewis Center, OH 43035
Email: [email protected]

02 Jan

January 2, 2015 |

ginnykopp200Virginia Kopp, wife of former bishop Clarence A. Kopp, Jr., passed away Friday, January 2, 2015. She is the mother of Dan Kopp, pastor of NorthPointe UB church (Lewis Center, Ohio), and of three other children–Debra, Denise, and Dale. Bishop Kopp passed away in 2007. She has been living in Columbus, Ohio.

Funeral details will be posted when available.

30 Oct

October 30, 2014 |

Barbara Enfield, a longtime Women’s Missionary Fellowship president in the former Michindoh Conference, passed away on October 29, 2014. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant UB church in Angola, Ind.

24 Oct

October 24, 2014 |

Rev. Howard Munn, 92, passed away October 23, 2014. He was ordained in 1945, and went on to serve as a UB conference superintendent for 23 years in the former Sandusky Conference. He pastored UB churches for 41 years:

  • Bethel UB in Elmore, Ohio (7 years)
  • First UB in New Castle, Pa. (8 years).
  • Mt. Zion UB in Wayne, Ohio (26 years).

After retiring in 1988 he became Pastor of Visitation at Mainstreet UB church in Walbridge, Ohio. His wife, Dolly, whom he wed in 1941, passed away in 2011.

Visitation: 5-8 pm Thursday, October 31.
Visitation location: Dunn Funeral Home, 408 W. Wooster Street, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Funeral: 11 am Friday, October 31, 2014.
Funeral location: Mt. Zion UB church, Wayne, Ohio (corner of Bays and Reynolds Roads).

Rev. Kenneth Graham will officiate at the funeral.

17 Oct

October 17, 2014 |

Rev. Dave Stephens passed away Thursday night, October 16, 2014. He was an ordained United Brethren minister, former UB pastor, and for 25 years, director of Camp Cotubic in Bellefontaine, Ohio.

Dave’s son, Scott, wrote the following on Facebook:

With his family at his side, dad passed away on October 16th at 8:00 pm. He’d battled cancer for a year and fought the good fight right up to the end. Dad was such a great man and had a way of making everyone he came in contact with feel like they were family. He was truly a man with the heart of Christ….

God blessed him with a great stage in Camp Cotubic to simply love on people, and that’s what he did every day. He loved the camp so much and gave his heart and soul to it every day for 25 years. God gave Dad a vision 25 years ago, and he worked hard to see that vision come to pass. A couple years ago, Dad sat down and tried to figure out the number of kids that have come through the camp. He quit counting once the number of kids reached a number that would fill Ohio Stadium.

Dad has left us with a great example we all should follow in how to treat others. He always left people better than he’d find them. As I sit here I can’t help but imagine what Dad is seeing right now. He understood this earth isn’t home and looked forward to seeing his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and he also looked forward to seeing his earthly father who passed away in 1984.

We, the Stephens family want to thank everyone who has shown us so much love. It has truly been overwhelming to see the number of people Dad has touched come and love on us over the last year of his battle with cancer. We love you all so much and couldn’t have made it through this without you. Know we’re doing fine and are celebrating as we know where Dad is and who he’s with now! No more pain, no more tears, and no more cancer.

Funeral details will be posted when available. Tentatively, the viewing will be held Monday, October 20, with the funeral on Tuesday in Bellefontaine, Ohio.

15 Sep

September 15, 2014 |

Deb VanArsdalen’s father, Emil Schock, passed away last week. His memorial service was held on Saturday, September 13. Deb’s husband, Dan, is senior pastor of Alvordton UB church (Alvordton, Ohio). Cards can be sent to:

Deb VanArsdalen
201 Lakeview Drive
Bryan, OH 43506