The Word of Life Experience: Summer 2023

Alumni Updates 1970’s

Claudiu '04 & Andrea '05 Nazarie

Stephen Maxam ‘78 and his wife, Barbara, live in Massachusetts. Steven is a nursing home administrator and is involved in his local church. 1980’s Loretta (McDonald ‘80) Crider lives in Pennsylvania. She and her late husband, Rick, have three adult sons (Ryan, Hudson, and Trent) and three granddaughters. John Maynard ‘81 and his wife, Linda, live in Amsterdam, New York. John and Linda have served for over 42 years as area missionaries with Word of Life Youth Ministries (previously Local Church Ministries). John is currently a youth ministry coach for the Extended Region. At church, John serves as an elder, Olympian leader, and Sunday school teacher fill-in. Jackie (Murphy ‘81) Bailey and her husband, Jeffrey ‘82 (also a Bible Institute alumnus), live in Montana. They have four children and one grandson. Jackie has

been serving as an early childhood educator for the past 35 years!

Linda (Yearsley ‘71) Garrity is retired and lives in New York. She formerly worked as a dietician. At church, she sings on the praise team and heads up the fellowship team. Dianne (Cottrell ‘73) Lee lives in Texas and is married to George. She is retired and got married in December 2021 for the first time at 69 years of age! Barbara (Thomson ‘76) Frazeur and her husband, Donald, live in New Jersey. They have five adult children and six grandchildren. Barbara is retired from working in retail sales. Debra (Johnson ‘77) Mader lives in Montana. She and her late husband, David, have two adult sons (Christopher and Jacob) and three grandchildren. Debra is retired and works in the children’s ministries at church.

Carole (Muller ‘82) Hebler and her husband, Wesley, live in New Jersey. They have two adult children and six grandchildren. Carole teaches language arts and history to seventh and eighth grade students at South Jersey Christian Academy. Kim (Keefer ‘82) Williams and her husband, Troy, live in Arizona. They have three adult children and two grandchildren. Kim works remotely as a transaction coordinator for a real estate team based in Oregon, where she and her husband lived before relocating to Arizona. Jon Perry ‘82 and his wife, Tonya (Sellers ‘83) , are both Bible Institute alumni and live in Ohio. They have two daughters, (Caroline and Dedie), and one in heaven. They also have two grandchildren, Annabell and Levi. Jon works for Chewy and is on the mission committee at church.

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