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DBA Meeting
March 12, 2010

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Pastoral Voting
Last Sunday
in March, 2010

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2010 Easter Offering
March 28th or April 4th

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Western Youth Camp
June 16-19, 2010
Cedar Lakes
Ripley, WV

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Children’s Camp
June 20-25, 2010
Sprouse’s Corner, VA

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Youth Camp
June 28-July 2, 2010
Victory Mountain Camp
Sophia, NC

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Conference
POWER ‘10
July 11-13, 2010
Roanoke, VA

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Shenandoah Family Camp
August 2-8, 2010
Culloden, WV

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The Gathering
Wesleyan Ministry Conference
January 4-7, 2011
Jacksonville, FL

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General Conference
June 2-6, 2012
Lexington, KY

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Mrs. Louise Kirtz Massey

 

STAUNTON — Mrs. Louise (Kirtz) Massey, 91, wife of the Rev. W. Albert Massey, died at 5:25 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at Brightview.  She was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Augusta County, a daughter of the late Russell R. and Mary (Mowry) Kirtz.  She was a graduate of Mary Baldwin College and received her Master's in Education from James Madison University.  Before retiring from teaching, Mrs. Massey taught locally at Shelburne and Beverley Manor schools, and National Business College in Roanoke. She also taught in Pennsylvania.  She served faithfully with her husband as Pastor, Assistant District Superintendent, and District Superintendent (Pilgrim Holiness) in what is now the Shenandoah District of The Wesleyan Church. 

She was a member of Parkway Wesleyan Church in Staunton.

In addition to her husband, family includes her children, Ronald and Anne Massey of Urbanna, Beverley (Massey) and the Rev. Leland Collins of Winchester and Ray and Kathy Massey of Dallas, Pa.; three brothers and sisters-in-law, John R. and Beverly Kirtz, Paul W. and Dottie Kirtz and Phillip and Billie Kirtz; four sisters, Glenna (Kirtz) and Charles Carroll, Hallie (Kirtz) and Dr. Melvin Dieter, Katherine Gilbert and Rebecca Demasters; three grandchildren, Michelle Massey, Michael Massey and Kristin Massey; and two sisters-in-law, Ruth and Reuben Jenkins and Marie Malcomb.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Agnes Gunsalus, Jeanne Skorupski and Grace Puffenbarger.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Parkway Wesleyan Church by Pastor Barry Lawson. A fellowship luncheon will be provided following the service. Interment will be private.

The family will receive friends from 4 until 7 p.m. Tuesday at Henry Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Parkway Wesleyan Church, Building Fund, 1987 Springhill Road, Staunton, VA 24401 or to AMC Hospice of the Shenandoah, c/o Hospice House, 64 Sports Medicine Drive, Fishersville, VA 22932.

Condolences may be made online to the family at www.henryfuneral home.net.

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