Word has been received that Mary Elizabeth Lingenfelter, 87, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 19, 2005.
Mary was the wife of Homer Lingenfelter, who died in February, 2004. Homer was the founding pastor of the Grace Brethren Church at Everett, Pennsylvania, which was organized in 1951 with 18 charter members.
He pastored the Everett church from 1951 to 1982, at which time Kurt A. Miller became pastor. The Everett congregation helped start mission points at Westernport, MD; Pittsburgh, PA; and Milroy, PA.