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Milestones

Notices of births, adoptions, marriages/unions, and deaths of Friends.

Instructions and a form for submitting Milestones to us.

You may also submit by email to [email protected] or by postal mail to Milestones Editor, Friends Journal, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. There is no charge for Friends Journal milestone listings.


Joan Eloise Hammerly Tjossem

Tjossem—Joan Eloise Hammerly Tjossem, 100, on December 26, 2021, in hospice care at WesleyLife’s the Village, a senior living community… Staff

Herbert Leslie Kinney

Kinney—Herbert Leslie Kinney, 98, on December 23, 2020, at home in Eugene, Ore. Herb was born on April 26, 1922,… Staff

Catherine Louise Anderson

Anderson—Catherine Louise Anderson, 65, on June 21, 2021, peacefully, in the presence of her brother, Allen Anderson, at Bruns House… Staff

Lois Agnes Forbes Sexton

Sexton—Lois Agnes Forbes Sexton, 96, on June 24, 2021, at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, Md. Lois was born on May… Staff

Shawna Lee Thompson

Thompson—Shawna Lee Thompson, 52, on May 20, 2019, peacefully, from pancreatic cancer, in Tucson, Ariz. Shawna was born on June… Staff

Alma Ward Wood

Wood—Alma Ward Wood, 99, on December 14, 2020, in Pacific Grove Calif. Alma was born on July 19, 1921, the… Staff

Mary Elizabeth Wyse

Wyse—Mary Elizabeth Wyse, 76, on November 19, 2021, in Monte Vista, Colo., where she and her husband, Richard Wyse, had… Friends Journal

Miles Luca Navarro Burger

Burger—Miles Luca Navarro Burger, on February 17, 2022, in Santa Cruz, Calif., ancestral land of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.… Staff

Frances Nicholson Beer

Beer—Frances Nicholson Beer, 90, on March 25, 2021, following a fall in her home at Kendal-Crosslands in Kennett Square, Pa.… Staff

John Joseph Beer

Beer—John Joseph Beer, 94, on October 2, 2021, at Kendal-Crosslands in Kennett Square, Pa. Born in St. Ingbert, Saarland (now Germany),… Staff

Ellen Dumonceau

Dumonceau—Ellen Dumonceau, 77, in 2021 in Hawaii. Ellen attended the Windward Worship Group of Honolulu (Hawaii) Meeting regularly and was… Staff

John Harvey Griffith

Griffith—John Harvey Griffith, 99, on March 27, 2022, in his home in Gladstone, Mo. John was born on December 12,… Staff
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