Rebecca (Becky) Beachy Felton was born in Hutchinson Kansas on May 12, 1953 and lived her early years in Yoder, a small town south of Hutchinson. She attended and graduated from Goshen College in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion and took a job working at the Goshen location of Provident Bookstores, a religious book store chain.
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Peter J Dyck was born in Lysanderhöh, Russia on Dec. 4, 1914 and died January 4, 2010 of cancer at the age of 95 at his residence in Scottdale, Pa. When Peter was a young child during a famine and typhoid epidemic in Russia, he was on the brink of death when a shipment of food relief from North American Mennonites saved his life.
Elfrieda embodied compassion -- everybody with whom she interacted felt marked by her caring and gentleness. She listened actively and remembered people's names, relationships and problems.
This scholarship was set up by James and Linda Dintaman Martin. The Martins recognize tensions can exist between values held by members of the sciences and those of Christian service, and would like to support students who are participating in this struggle.
Margaret Ann (Peg) Detwiler graduated from Goshen College in 1943 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music. Four years earlier, in 1939, she graduated from Goshen High School where she played in the orchestra (violin), band (trombone) and sang in the chorus as well as a vocal trio.
Esther decided to make a scholarship available because of her deep appreciation for Goshen College and the faculty members. She wants the scholarship earnings to benefit education majors since that was her field of work.
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Thanks to his continued support of Goshen College, Cross can give back to his alma mater, and also provide others the means to a quality education. "To me, the things that are important are the fact that I came from this community and I want to give opportunities to other students. My appreciation of Goshen is something I want to make available to other students as well."
The Cocanowers had planned for Goshen College to receive funds from estate. Their daughter, Lynette Schmidt, wished to set up a scholarship in their names with the funds in honor and memory of her parents.
