2012 Yearbook of the PRC - Protestant Reformed Churches in ...

Necrology
Rev. George LANTING
Born: Lansing, IL—July 28, 1922
Died: South Holland, IL—October 18, 2004
Ordained: October 1953
Served in the following churches:
Grand Haven, MI—1953-1959
First, Holland, MI—1959-1966 Loveland, CO—1974-1979
First, Edgerton, MN—1966-1974 Pella, IA—1981-1986
Emeritus: 1986
Rev. George C. LUBBERS
Born: Blendon Township, MI—August 6, 1909
Died: Grand Rapids, MI—April 13, 2001
Ordained: September 1934
Served in the following churches:
Doon, IA—1934-1937;
Pella, IA—1937-1943
Randolph, WI—1944-1950
Creston, Grand Rapids, MI—1950-1954
Home Missionary—1954-1964
Southwest, Wyoming, MI—1964-1970
Missionary in Jamaica—1970-1975; Pella, IA—1975-1978
Emeritus: 1978
REV. GEORGE M. OPHOFF
Born: Grand Rapids, MI—January 25, 1891
Died: Grand Rapids, MI—June 12, 1962
Ordained: September 1921
Served in the following churches:
Hope Christian Reformed, Grand Rapids, MI—1921-1924
Hope Protestant Reformed, Walker, MI—1924-1929
Byron Center, MI—1929-1945
Protestant Reformed Seminary—1924-1959
Emeritus: 1959
REV. MARINUS SCHIPPER
Born: Holland, MI—February 8, 1906
Died: Grand Rapids, MI—January 2, 1985
Ordained: January 1937
Served in the following churches:
Grand Haven, MI—1937-1939
Second, Grand Rapids, MI—1939-1945
South Holland, IL—1945-1954
Southwest, Wyoming, MI—1954-1962
Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI—1962-1978
Emeritus: 1978
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