Elizabeth Catherine (Bessie) Wilson left us and went to be the Lord in the early morning of September 18, 2010. She passed at her Moscow home with her family by her side at the age of 91.
Bessie was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on May 4, 1919. She had five older brothers and one older sister. Her mother died when she was five years old.
Two of her brothers were killed in World War II. Her father also died during the War.
She received Christ in January of 1935 when she was almost sixteen. She was subsequently active in Interschool Christian Fellowship during high school.
When she was nineteen, she went to Prairie Bible Institute, graduating in 1942. For several months she was a missionary in homestead country in northern Alberta.
Following this, she went on staff with Interschool Christian Fellowship, first in Toronto, and then in Calgary, Alberta. In December of 1946, at the International Student Missionary Convention in Toronto, she dedicated herself to foreign missions.
In December of 1948, she arrived in Japan in order to reopen and be the headmistress of the Kyoritsu Bible Training School for Women in Yokohama.
In 1952, she married her husband, Jim, an American naval officer, in Yokohama, who was in Japan during the course of the Korean War. After the war, in 1956, they became missionaries to the U.S. service academies and served in that capacity for the next 12 years with Officers Christian Fellowship. For the majority of that time, they were based in Annapolis, Maryland.
They then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to work with students at the University of Michigan and Concordia College, which they did for three years.
In 1971, they moved to Moscow, Idaho, to work with students at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
At all of these locations, Bessie had a major ministry to women in Bible teaching, personal counseling, and as an example. Having received Christ in 1935, she lived as a faithful Christian woman for 75 years. What she meant by "receiving Christ" was trusting and personally relying upon the fact that God gave Himself to us in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. This Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life, and died on the cross, was buried, and rose again from the dead so that all who trusted in Him might die with Him, be buried with Him, and rise again from the dead through Him. In this faith, Bessie Wilson lived and died, and because of our shared hope in the resurrection of the dead through Christ, we all look forward to meeting her again on that great and glorious day.
The family suggests memorials be made to Community Christian Ministries for Literature Distribution, PO Box 9754, Moscow, Idaho 83843.
Bessie was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on May 4, 1919. She had five older brothers and one older sister. Her mother died when she was five years old.
Two of her brothers were killed in World War II. Her father also died during the War.
She received Christ in January of 1935 when she was almost sixteen. She was subsequently active in Interschool Christian Fellowship during high school.
When she was nineteen, she went to Prairie Bible Institute, graduating in 1942. For several months she was a missionary in homestead country in northern Alberta.
Following this, she went on staff with Interschool Christian Fellowship, first in Toronto, and then in Calgary, Alberta. In December of 1946, at the International Student Missionary Convention in Toronto, she dedicated herself to foreign missions.
In December of 1948, she arrived in Japan in order to reopen and be the headmistress of the Kyoritsu Bible Training School for Women in Yokohama.
In 1952, she married her husband, Jim, an American naval officer, in Yokohama, who was in Japan during the course of the Korean War. After the war, in 1956, they became missionaries to the U.S. service academies and served in that capacity for the next 12 years with Officers Christian Fellowship. For the majority of that time, they were based in Annapolis, Maryland.
They then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to work with students at the University of Michigan and Concordia College, which they did for three years.
In 1971, they moved to Moscow, Idaho, to work with students at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
At all of these locations, Bessie had a major ministry to women in Bible teaching, personal counseling, and as an example. Having received Christ in 1935, she lived as a faithful Christian woman for 75 years. What she meant by "receiving Christ" was trusting and personally relying upon the fact that God gave Himself to us in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. This Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life, and died on the cross, was buried, and rose again from the dead so that all who trusted in Him might die with Him, be buried with Him, and rise again from the dead through Him. In this faith, Bessie Wilson lived and died, and because of our shared hope in the resurrection of the dead through Christ, we all look forward to meeting her again on that great and glorious day.
The family suggests memorials be made to Community Christian Ministries for Literature Distribution, PO Box 9754, Moscow, Idaho 83843.
Elizabeth Catherine (Bessie) Wilson left us and went to be the Lord in the early morning of September 18, 2010. She passed at her Moscow home with her family by her side at the age of 91.
Bessie was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on May 4, 1919. She had five older brothers and one older sister. Her mother died when she was five years old.
Two of her brothers were killed in World War II. Her father also died during the War.
She received Christ in January of 1935 when she was almost sixteen. She was subsequently active in Interschool Christian Fellowship during high school.
When she was nineteen, she went to Prairie Bible Institute, graduating in 1942. For several months she was a missionary in homestead country in northern Alberta.
Following this, she went on staff with Interschool Christian Fellowship, first in Toronto, and then in Calgary, Alberta. In December of 1946, at the International Student Missionary Convention in Toronto, she dedicated herself to foreign missions.
In December of 1948, she arrived in Japan in order to reopen and be the headmistress of the Kyoritsu Bible Training School for Women in Yokohama.
In 1952, she married her husband, Jim, an American naval officer, in Yokohama, who was in Japan during the course of the Korean War. After the war, in 1956, they became missionaries to the U.S. service academies and served in that capacity for the next 12 years with Officers Christian Fellowship. For the majority of that time, they were based in Annapolis, Maryland.
They then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to work with students at the University of Michigan and Concordia College, which they did for three years.
In 1971, they moved to Moscow, Idaho, to work with students at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
At all of these locations, Bessie had a major ministry to women in Bible teaching, personal counseling, and as an example. Having received Christ in 1935, she lived as a faithful Christian woman for 75 years. What she meant by "receiving Christ" was trusting and personally relying upon the fact that God gave Himself to us in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. This Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life, and died on the cross, was buried, and rose again from the dead so that all who trusted in Him might die with Him, be buried with Him, and rise again from the dead through Him. In this faith, Bessie Wilson lived and died, and because of our shared hope in the resurrection of the dead through Christ, we all look forward to meeting her again on that great and glorious day.
The family suggests memorials be made to Community Christian Ministries for Literature Distribution, PO Box 9754, Moscow, Idaho 83843.
Bessie was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on May 4, 1919. She had five older brothers and one older sister. Her mother died when she was five years old.
Two of her brothers were killed in World War II. Her father also died during the War.
She received Christ in January of 1935 when she was almost sixteen. She was subsequently active in Interschool Christian Fellowship during high school.
When she was nineteen, she went to Prairie Bible Institute, graduating in 1942. For several months she was a missionary in homestead country in northern Alberta.
Following this, she went on staff with Interschool Christian Fellowship, first in Toronto, and then in Calgary, Alberta. In December of 1946, at the International Student Missionary Convention in Toronto, she dedicated herself to foreign missions.
In December of 1948, she arrived in Japan in order to reopen and be the headmistress of the Kyoritsu Bible Training School for Women in Yokohama.
In 1952, she married her husband, Jim, an American naval officer, in Yokohama, who was in Japan during the course of the Korean War. After the war, in 1956, they became missionaries to the U.S. service academies and served in that capacity for the next 12 years with Officers Christian Fellowship. For the majority of that time, they were based in Annapolis, Maryland.
They then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to work with students at the University of Michigan and Concordia College, which they did for three years.
In 1971, they moved to Moscow, Idaho, to work with students at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
At all of these locations, Bessie had a major ministry to women in Bible teaching, personal counseling, and as an example. Having received Christ in 1935, she lived as a faithful Christian woman for 75 years. What she meant by "receiving Christ" was trusting and personally relying upon the fact that God gave Himself to us in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. This Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life, and died on the cross, was buried, and rose again from the dead so that all who trusted in Him might die with Him, be buried with Him, and rise again from the dead through Him. In this faith, Bessie Wilson lived and died, and because of our shared hope in the resurrection of the dead through Christ, we all look forward to meeting her again on that great and glorious day.
The family suggests memorials be made to Community Christian Ministries for Literature Distribution, PO Box 9754, Moscow, Idaho 83843.
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