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], by fax to (215) 568-1377, or by postal mail to Milestones Editor, Friends Journal, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. There is no charge for Friends Journal milestone listings.

Elizabeth (Betsy) H. Call Wolgast

Wolgast – Elizabeth (Betsy) H. Call Wolgast, 91, on October 13, 2020, from complications following a stroke, in a convalescent… Staff

Nagendran “Gulen” Gulendran

Gulendran—Nagendran “Gulen” Gulendran, 85, on January 6, 2021, in his sleep at home in Philadelphia, Pa. Gulen was born on… Staff

Martha Perry Gwyn

Gwyn—Martha Perry Gwyn, 96, on September 5, 2020, following a short battle with COVID-19 at the Carol Woods Retirement Home… Staff

Edwin Dudley Hale

Hale—Edwin Dudley Hale, 86, January 6, 2020, from complications related to Parkinson’s disease, in Mountain View, Calif. Ed was born… Staff

Margine (Mardi) Copeland McVey Holland

Holland—Margine (Mardi) Copeland McVey Holland, peacefully on Sept. 17, 2020. Mardi was born to H.B. and Margine McVey on June… Staff

Blaine William Nelson

Nelson—Blaine William Nelson, 77, on Sept. 28, 2020, from pancreatic cancer, at home in El Paso, Tex. Nancy Neptune Nelson,… Staff

Elizabeth R.S. Richards

Richards—Elizabeth R.S. Richards, 98, on June 18, 2020, while residing in Friendship Village Tempe, Tempe, Ariz. Elizabeth was born on… Staff

Virginia Joyce Schurman

Schurman—Virginia Joyce Schurman, 79, on September 26, 2020, at Broadmead, a Quaker-guided continuing care community in Cockeysville, Md. Virginia was… Staff

Anne Thomas (Walker)

Thomas—Anne Thomas (Walker), 76, on September 4, 2020, at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia,… Staff

Theodora “Dody” Elkinton Waring

Waring—Theodora “Dody” Elkinton Waring, 93, on August 23, 2020, peacefully at the home of her daughter, Abby, in Brunswick, Maine.… Staff

Annette L. Benert

Benert—Annette L. Benert, 78, on June 3, 2020, at Moravian Hall Square in Nazareth, Pa., peacefully with her daughter and… Staff

Michael Benjamin Buonaiuto

Buonaiuto—Michael Benjamin Buonaiuto, 73, on June 29, 2020, peacefully in his sleep in Rogers, Ark. Michael was in a coma… Staff
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