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Milestones

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

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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.


Thompson Vail Palmer Jr.

Palmer—Thompson Vail Palmer Jr., 93, on February 5, 2021, at his home in Albany, Ore. Vail was born on June… Staff

Kenneth A. Preston

Preston—Kenneth A. Preston, 89, on January 22, 2021, peacefully at home in San Francisco, Calif., surrounded by family. Born Hans… Staff

Hugh Stewart Barbour

Barbour—Hugh Stewart Barbour, 99, January 8, 2021, calmly in his sleep while a resident of Kendal on Hudson in Sleepy… Staff

Mary Lou Goertzen

Goertzen—Mary Lou Goertzen, 91, Oct. 20, 2020, at home in “the blue schoolhouse” in Deadwood, Ore. She was buried next… Staff

Thomas (Tom) Lowes Kenworthy

Kenworthy—Thomas (Tom) Lowes Kenworthy, 84, December 28, 2020, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Tom was born on April… Staff

Jeffrey Meyer

Meyer—Jeffrey Meyer, 82, on December 17, 2020, at home with wife Cathy and son Joel by his side, in Davidson,… Staff

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
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