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Robert Purvis: Friend of the Friends

Across the road from Byberry Meeting in the 19th century, on the northeast edge of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, stood Harmony […]

Margaret Hope Bacon

Owen J. Newlin

[…] J. Newlin, 92, on July 12, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. A birthright Friend, Owen was born on February 6, […]

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Vignettes of an Antiwar Vet

[…] I was serving as superintendent of Quakerdale Farm, New Providence, Iowa, a home operated by Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends […]

Lyle Tatum

Milestones November 2014

[…] attended worship groups and meetings wherever he lived, including Wisconsin, Iowa, Vermont, Chapel Hill, and Lopez Island. He was an […]

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The Little Museum that Could: Documenting My ‘Neighbors’ Fate-and My Own

[…] with him for decades. In a classroom at Clear Lake (Iowa) High School, 1979: While discussing Elie Wiesel’s Night in […]

Michael Luick-Thrams

Dear Hal . . . A Journey across Miles, Years, and Prison Walls

[…] system" involved letter-writing to oppose capital punishment, support for an Iowa prison-awareness walk, and financial support for a grassroots criminal […]

Bill Deutsch

Milestones November 2013

[…] He graduated from Red Oak High School in Red Oak, Iowa, and graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa […]

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The Experience of Friends Meeting

[…] questionnaire to members and attenders of Friends meetings in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, and New York—communities where I have lived or […]

David E. Drake

Donald William Mott

[…] COVID-19, at the Village, a WesleyLife retirement community in Indianola, Iowa. Don was born to Francis Mott and Frances (Binns) […]

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Milestones March 2014

[…] future wife, Arkansas novelist Mary Elsie Robertson, at University of Iowa, where he earned a doctorate degree. After publishing his […]

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