{"id":3123707,"date":"2023-10-01T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/lawrence-tjossem\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T03:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:49:09","slug":"lawrence-tjossem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/lawrence-tjossem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Tjossem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tjossem<\/strong>\u2014<em>Lawrence Tjossem<\/em>, de 93 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 4 de abril de 2023 en Barthell Eastern Star Assisted Living en Decorah, Iowa. Naci\u00f3 el 14 de noviembre de 1929 en Primghar, Iowa, hijo de Merle y Ellen Moffitt Tjossem. Lawrence creci\u00f3 en una granja en la comunidad cu\u00e1quera de Mapleside, Iowa. Sus padres lo criaron en la tradici\u00f3n cu\u00e1quera de una reuni\u00f3n de adoraci\u00f3n no pastoral, hablando el lenguaje sencillo de <em>thee<\/em> y <em>thy<\/em>. Vivi\u00f3 su vida ejemplificando esta influencia por la verdad, la paz, la igualdad y la justicia social. Se acercaba a los dem\u00e1s con el principio operativo de \u201chay algo de Dios en cada uno\u201d, respetando y defendiendo al oprimido y al desfavorecido.     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence asisti\u00f3 a la escuela secundaria en Paullina, Iowa, donde sobresali\u00f3 en lo acad\u00e9mico, los deportes y la m\u00fasica. Luego sigui\u00f3 la tradici\u00f3n familiar de asistir a Olney Friends School en Barnesville, Ohio. Este entorno fue una experiencia bienvenida donde encontr\u00f3 a personas de herencia y creencias comunes. Continu\u00f3 en William Penn College en Oskaloosa, Iowa, donde estudi\u00f3 administraci\u00f3n de empresas. Aqu\u00ed es donde conoci\u00f3 a su futura esposa, Kathryn White.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En este momento ten\u00eda la edad para registrarse en el servicio militar. Debido a que fue cu\u00e1quero de toda la vida, se le concedi\u00f3 el estatus de objetor de conciencia. Habr\u00eda tenido la oportunidad de trabajar en un hospital o lugar de beneficio comunitario. Lawrence cre\u00eda que cualquiera, no solo los de las iglesias de paz designadas, deber\u00eda poder elegir, seg\u00fan su conciencia, si registrarse o no en el servicio militar. \u00c9l no se registr\u00f3. Debido a esta convicci\u00f3n, cumpli\u00f3 nueve meses en la prisi\u00f3n federal en Springfield, Missouri.     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence se cas\u00f3 con Kathryn White en 1950 y cultiv\u00f3 durante un corto tiempo con su padre en Paullina. Se mudaron a Decorah, donde Lawrence trabaj\u00f3 para su suegro, Bernard White, para White Transport. Lawrence asisti\u00f3 a Luther College en Decorah y construy\u00f3 la casa familiar durante 72 a\u00f1os. Lawrence y Kathryn criaron a cuatro hijos: Judy, Cindy, Greg y Steve. Se apoyaron y complementaron mutuamente en todos los aspectos de su vida juntos.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence desempe\u00f1\u00f3 un papel integral en el establecimiento y el \u00e9xito continuo de Hawkeye Stages, una empresa de alquiler de autobuses ch\u00e1rter y autocares. Proporcion\u00f3 liderazgo durante 55 a\u00f1os, trabajando con sus cu\u00f1adas, Bunni White Cooper y Myrna White Mardock; sus cu\u00f1ados, Ed Wells y Marv Cooper; y otros miembros de la familia. Su influencia contin\u00faa hasta el d\u00eda de hoy. Despu\u00e9s de la jubilaci\u00f3n, disfrut\u00f3 de la oportunidad de volver a sus ra\u00edces, cultivando nuevamente en su granja de \u00e1rboles de Navidad, Evergreen Hills.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence brind\u00f3 sabios consejos a su familia y a muchos que lo conocieron. Disfrutaba entablar conversaciones con amigos y extra\u00f1os por igual. Mostr\u00f3 inter\u00e9s en la historia de vida y las creencias de cada persona. Su continuo disfrute en la vida era estar con Kathryn.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence fue precedido en la muerte por su esposa, Kathryn White Tjossem; sus padres, Merle y Ellen Moffitt Tjossem; un hermano, Wilmer Tjossem (Joan); dos hermanas, Mary Ellen Tjossem Barnett y Ardith Tjossem; algunos miembros de la familia de Kathryn; un yerno; y un bisnieto.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le sobreviven cuatro hijos, Judy Tjossem, Cindy Tjossem Mychajlysyn (Roman), Greg Tjossem (Karen) y Steve Tjossem (Kari); cinco nietos; y nueve bisnietos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tjossem\u2014Lawrence Tjossem, de 93 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 4 de abril de 2023 en Barthell Eastern Star Assisted Living en Decorah,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9829],"tags":[11068,10915,9778,15686],"fpb_issue_category":[10707],"class_list":["post-3123707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hitos","tag-casa","tag-comunidad","tag-cuaquero","tag-kathryn-white","fpb_issue_category-amigos-ecumenicos-e-interreligiosos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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