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Edinburgh, UK farmer and mother, faithfully taught Sunday
November 7-11, Bible Readings held in the Faith School, and led her six children to the Savior.
Mission Conference Centre, 548 Gilmerton Road. She joyfully shared the gospel with those she
The passages will cover all of 1 Timothy. Bible met, and used her gift of music to praise and
Readings: 10:30am-12 noon, Ministry: 7:30-9pm. glorify Christ. Mary is dearly missed by her
The subject of the ministry will be Studies in children Jim (Judy), Linda (Don) Bowden, Da-
the Life of Joseph (Genesis 27-49). For more vid (Heather), Sharon (late Harri) Ollila, Grace
information and accommodation options, please (Wayne) Aldred, and Stephen (Linda), and many
visit https://www.edinburghbiblereadings.com. grandchildren. Predeceased by her husband
Ronald of 72 years just five weeks earlier, they
Conferences Previously Published: were buried on the same day. Grandson Kevin
DeLand, FL - February 6-8 Minnett took the service.
Arlington, WA - February 14-15 Mark Albert of Ottawa, ON, on August 1, 2025,
Jackson, MI - February 14-15 age 88. He was born in Pelletiers Mill, NB. He
served in the military in both Canada and the
Brampton, ON - February 28
United States before joining the police force
and serving in Quebec and New Brunswick.
He was born again on September 6, 1981, while
observing a breaking of bread meeting at Lansing
Gospel Hall in Toronto, ON. He and his wife,
Ronald Minnett of Charlton, ON, on March 29, Carol, were married for 61 years and enjoyed
2025, two days before his 93rd birthday. Born assembly fellowship in Lansing, Sydney, NS,
March 31, 1932, in Hamilton, ON, he was saved Pape Avenue in Toronto, and lastly North River
at age eight when his Sunday School teacher Road in Ottawa. Mark was a gifted woodworker
impressed upon him the urgency of salvation. and used his talents for the benefit of several
Ron met Mary Cooper in Fenelon Falls, ON. gospel halls and individual Christians. He is
They were married in 1953, and then moved greatly missed by Carol and the saints in Ot-
north in 1961 to Charlton, where they raised tawa. The funeral was taken by Ken Kember,
their six children. In 1968, they began attending Phil Morton and Aaron Kember.
the local assembly, where Ron served faithfully Lorne Mitchell of Oil Springs, ON, on Septem-
as an elder. He lovingly looked after Mary as ber 8, 2025, age 92. He was born on February 26,
her dementia progressed. In September 2024, 1932. In the spring of 1960, Lorne went to visit
Ron relocated to live with family and fellow- his farmer neighbor. In the barn that day was
shipped at the assembly in Kirkland Lake, another man, John Kember, who asked him to
ON. He is survived by his children Jim (Judy), read John 3:3,7 from the Bible. They spoke a bit
Linda (Don) Bowden, David (Heather), Sharon about the verses that stated, "Ye must be born
(late Harri) Ollila, Grace (Wayne) Aldred, and again," and as Lorne drove the two or three miles
Stephen (Linda), many grandchildren, and his home, God convicted him that "whatever this
brother Stanley (Elaine). His oldest grandson man is talking about I don't have, but would
Kevin Minnett took the funeral service for both sure be worth knowing." In September of 1960,
himself and Mary. Lorne and his wife Edna (predeceased in 2020)
Mary (Cooper) Minnett of Charlton, ON, on were saved by the grace of God. He spent a good
May 7, 2025, age 95, after patiently suffering with part of his life spreading the gospel throughout
dementia for numerous years. Born in Toronto Canada and the US, and was in fellowship for
on November 4, 1929, she became concerned 65 years with the saints that gathered in the Oil
about her soul as a young girl. Mary was saved Springs Gospel Hall.
when her recently saved friend suggested that Yvonne Rawlings (née Taylor) of Taylorside,
she insert her name into John 3:16. She attended SK, on October 31, 2025, age 88. She was saved
Toronto Bible College, became a loving wife, at the age of 19 and received into assembly
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