Obituary:
Former TWC women dean
died Friday
Miss Adola Anderson, 51, of Eagle-Bend, Minnesota, a missionary educator of the Evangelical Free Church of America in Zaire (Congo) Africa for 21 years, from 1947 through 1968, died Friday morning (Mar. 17, 1972) at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Death was caused by cancer. Miss Anderson was dean of women and assistant dean of students at Trinity Western College, Langley, B.C., Canada, prior to her becoming ill late in 1971. In Zaire she majored in the training of African young men and women, as school teachers and pastors. She was in Zaire during the unrest periods of 1960 and 1964 and was evacuated to safety. She is a graduate, of Wheaton, Illinois College and Macalester College St. Paul, Minnesota, where she earned her masters degree in education. Funeral services are tentatively set for Monday afternoon at the Rose City Evangelical Free Church In Eagle Bend, Minnesota. Survivors include her father, Arthur, of Eagle-Bend, sisters Mrs. Donald (Muriel) Dressler of Excelsior, Minn., Mrs. James (Verla) Clunes, Albany, Ore, and Mrs. Delton (Majelle) Melzer, Miltona, Minn., and one brother, Waldo, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Published in the Langley Advance
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
23 Mar 1972, Thu • Page 5
Former TWC women dean
died Friday
Miss Adola Anderson, 51, of Eagle-Bend, Minnesota, a missionary educator of the Evangelical Free Church of America in Zaire (Congo) Africa for 21 years, from 1947 through 1968, died Friday morning (Mar. 17, 1972) at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Death was caused by cancer. Miss Anderson was dean of women and assistant dean of students at Trinity Western College, Langley, B.C., Canada, prior to her becoming ill late in 1971. In Zaire she majored in the training of African young men and women, as school teachers and pastors. She was in Zaire during the unrest periods of 1960 and 1964 and was evacuated to safety. She is a graduate, of Wheaton, Illinois College and Macalester College St. Paul, Minnesota, where she earned her masters degree in education. Funeral services are tentatively set for Monday afternoon at the Rose City Evangelical Free Church In Eagle Bend, Minnesota. Survivors include her father, Arthur, of Eagle-Bend, sisters Mrs. Donald (Muriel) Dressler of Excelsior, Minn., Mrs. James (Verla) Clunes, Albany, Ore, and Mrs. Delton (Majelle) Melzer, Miltona, Minn., and one brother, Waldo, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Published in the Langley Advance
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
23 Mar 1972, Thu • Page 5
Obituary:
Former TWC women dean
died Friday
Miss Adola Anderson, 51, of Eagle-Bend, Minnesota, a missionary educator of the Evangelical Free Church of America in Zaire (Congo) Africa for 21 years, from 1947 through 1968, died Friday morning (Mar. 17, 1972) at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Death was caused by cancer. Miss Anderson was dean of women and assistant dean of students at Trinity Western College, Langley, B.C., Canada, prior to her becoming ill late in 1971. In Zaire she majored in the training of African young men and women, as school teachers and pastors. She was in Zaire during the unrest periods of 1960 and 1964 and was evacuated to safety. She is a graduate, of Wheaton, Illinois College and Macalester College St. Paul, Minnesota, where she earned her masters degree in education. Funeral services are tentatively set for Monday afternoon at the Rose City Evangelical Free Church In Eagle Bend, Minnesota. Survivors include her father, Arthur, of Eagle-Bend, sisters Mrs. Donald (Muriel) Dressler of Excelsior, Minn., Mrs. James (Verla) Clunes, Albany, Ore, and Mrs. Delton (Majelle) Melzer, Miltona, Minn., and one brother, Waldo, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Published in the Langley Advance
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
23 Mar 1972, Thu • Page 5
Former TWC women dean
died Friday
Miss Adola Anderson, 51, of Eagle-Bend, Minnesota, a missionary educator of the Evangelical Free Church of America in Zaire (Congo) Africa for 21 years, from 1947 through 1968, died Friday morning (Mar. 17, 1972) at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Death was caused by cancer. Miss Anderson was dean of women and assistant dean of students at Trinity Western College, Langley, B.C., Canada, prior to her becoming ill late in 1971. In Zaire she majored in the training of African young men and women, as school teachers and pastors. She was in Zaire during the unrest periods of 1960 and 1964 and was evacuated to safety. She is a graduate, of Wheaton, Illinois College and Macalester College St. Paul, Minnesota, where she earned her masters degree in education. Funeral services are tentatively set for Monday afternoon at the Rose City Evangelical Free Church In Eagle Bend, Minnesota. Survivors include her father, Arthur, of Eagle-Bend, sisters Mrs. Donald (Muriel) Dressler of Excelsior, Minn., Mrs. James (Verla) Clunes, Albany, Ore, and Mrs. Delton (Majelle) Melzer, Miltona, Minn., and one brother, Waldo, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Published in the Langley Advance
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
23 Mar 1972, Thu • Page 5
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