Obituary by David Lord
Essie Tremewen was the matriarch of The Grove Uniting Church – that is not in doubt. According to her daughter, Margaret Tremewen, I was her ‘toyboy’, the difference in our ages was a mere 14 years. In ringing the Tremewen home, I would simply say ‘toyboy here’.
By Nigel Tapp
One of Australia’s most respected religious leaders and Christian media pioneers, Rev Dr Gordon Moyes AC, passed away peacefully last month surrounded by his family.
Ordained in 1959 as a minister of the Churches of Christ, Dr Moyes was later ordained in the Uniting Church and served for 27 years as the Superintendent ...
Jean McKendry-Paterson
19/1/1928 – 9/3/2015
North Melbourne has lost a much loved and respected senior citizen in Jean McKendry-Paterson. The March service of thanksgiving for Jean’s life at St Mary’s Anglican Church was conducted by Rev Dr Craig Thompson of the Uniting Church (Curzon Street) where Jean had been a member for more than 70 years.
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Rev Kenneth Alban Allen, BA, BEd, DipEd, DipRE
Born Essendon Victoria 12/11/1932, died Mornington Victoria 19/12/2014
Compiled by Dr David Allen
Ken, an ordained Uniting Church minister, spent the majority of his working life in chaplaincy positions in Uniting Church schools. His legacy will be those students whom he inspired to love God, and show care and compassion for ...
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015
Salvation Army General Eva Burrows (Rtd) 15 September 1929 – 20 March 2015
Two Australian giants in their respective callings died on the same day late last month, leading to an outpouring of commentary across the political, religious and community sectors.
Bishop Barbara Darling
17/10/47 – 15/02/15
The outpouring of shock and grief following Bishop Barbara Darling’s sudden and untimely death on 15 February has confirmed that Barbara was a very special person who exercised a significant ministry.
Barbara notched up many significant ‘firsts’: the first woman to be given tenure as a theology lecturer at ...
Joyce Irene Trudinger’s life was exceptional.
Being born of Australian missionary parents in 1924 in North Korea and beginning boarding school at age seven in Chefoo, Northern China, was different enough for an Australian child.
However when you add in the trips home on holidays that included, on one occasion, being captured by pirates who thought their boat was carrying ...
Mary (pictured) was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. She was an outstanding student and was awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Korowa Girls School where she continued to excel.
On leaving school Mary studied accountancy and worked for a number of years as a secretary/bookkeeper.
She entered Rolland House to train as a Presbyterian Deaconess because “I ...
BILL Gillard’s ministry was shaped by the life, the energy and vision of John Wesley. Bill was born into a staunch Methodist family in Maffra. His father was a tailor by occupation; his mother, Emily, came from Tasmania. Bill caught rheumatic fever when he was seven and nearly died; throughout his life he recognised God’s hand in ...
The Rev Max O’Connor (pictured) died on 8 April 2014. Born in 1923, he spent his life as a minister in rural and urban congregations across Victoria. Max recognised that understanding and enlightenment could come from people from all walks of life and he had a particular compassion for the poor and those whom life had dealt harsh blows.
...Sonorous Hebrew poetry and the skirl of highland pipes were cameo moments at the memorial service for Robert Anderson. Although born in Clifton (Queensland), Prof Anderson was intensely proud of his Scots ancestry and of his Edinburgh wife Jean (née Beveridge) whom he married in 1956.
After four years as a cadet midshipman in naval college, Robert qualified as ...
Edith was a devoted member of both the Presbyterian and Uniting Church in the Yarram Parish. Before her marriage to Angus Kay, Edith was a member of the Anglican Church in the Yarram area. Her marriage to Angus Dougal Kay in the Presbyterian Church Yarram on 4 September 1943 was not appreciated by the Anglican minister in Yarram at ...
