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Rev. Allen F. Acor, of Buckhorn Road, Bloomsburg, Pa., Retired, died Tuesday, February 24, 2015, in Geisinger- Bloomsburg


Health Care Center,


Bloomsburg, Pa. Memorial Services were held Friday, February 27, 2015, in Dean W. Kriner Inc. Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Bloomsburg, Pa. Interment was in Dutch Hill Cemetery, Madison Township, Pa.


Rev. Dr. Gary W. Bumbarger, of Scenic Drive, Lewistown, Pa., died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at the home of his mother and step-father in Morrisdale, Pa. Among his survivors is his wife, Jean M. (Dole) Bumbarger. Interment with military honors was in Philipsburg Cemetery, Philipsburg, Pa.


Pastor Brian Lee Judy, of Garbrick Lane, Centre Hall, Pa., part-time local pastor, died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at home. Among his survivors are his wife, Laurie (Oakes) Judy, and son, Pastor Ross A. Judy, part-time local


pastor serving Trinity, New Freedom, York District. Memorial Services were held Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Mt. Nittany United Methodist Church, State College, Pa. Interment was in Graysville Cemetery, Spruce Creek, Pa.


Mrs. Theresa A. (Dannettel) Molter, of Indian Run Road, Danville, Pa., wife of Pastor Gregory L. Molter, part-time local pastor serving St. Paul’s-Emmanuel UMC, Danville, Pa., died


Saturday,


March 7, 2015, at home. Memorial Services were held Saturday, March 14, 2015, in St. Paul’s Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Danville, Pa.


Mrs. Violet C. Willson, widow of Rev. C. Wesley Willson, died Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in Senior Commons at Powder Mill, York, Pa. Memorial Services were held Monday, February 16, 2015, in Chapel United Methodist Church, Red Lion, Pa. Interment was in Heiland View Cemetery, Red Lion, Pa.


UMCOR celebrates 75th Anniversary donor. “... to open eyes that are blind, to free


captives from prison, and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness ....” Isaiah 42:7


At the service of celebration, the Rev. Denise Honeycutt, UMCOR Deputy General Secretary, preached a sermon entitled, “Now That’s Worth Celebrating.” She focused on Isaiah 42:5-9. Jean Norris was touched by the event in a variety of ways. “As a United Methodist, I was extremely proud to be there to see what we have been doing for seventy- five years as a connectional church, to be able to see the help we have been able to provide around the world to folks in need. I’ve always supported UMCOR, but this just kind of cemented my respect for what we are doing as a denomination.” Norris was also grateful for the opportunity to meet and talk with some of the UMCOR


leaders.


Being in Atlantic City on the heels of Hurricane Sandy and hearing them talking about how UMCOR almost immediately gave them a huge grant, which they used to form a partnership organization called A Future with Hope, was very meaningful to


Norris. That organization is now


responsible for the restoration in Atlantic City and the whole coast of New Jersey. They reported that


through February


2015, they had completed the repairs on 134 homes in New Jersey, returned more than 300 people to their homes, and have been working with more than 9,000 volunteers. The work is still in progress, and UMCOR will stay for the long haul to the end.


Norris gained greater understanding and appreciation of the tie between Mission Central and UMCOR. “To be there to


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represent Mission Central and to know that we are an arm of UMCOR, being one of the seven relief supply depots across the U.S., is pretty impressive.” They also had the chance to meet and talk with representatives from a Mission Central HUB in Northfield, New Jersey; the Good Shepherd HUB, who funneled all the supplies from Mission Central in Mechanicsburg to aid people who were in need in New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy.


Bishop John Schol of the Greater New Jersey Conference and Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, who currently heads UMCOR’s board of directors, also attended the service, along with United Methodist missionaries, both current and retired, from New Jersey and elsewhere. “Bishop Schol personally came up to us and asked us to bring gratitude back, because he knew that the Susquehanna Conference had given $40,000 to aid the folks after Hurricane Sandy. To be there and be part of that was pretty neat,” said Norris. “It was our pleasure to Park, the


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