Death Notices

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Dorothy Armstrong Mattson	May 10, 2010	Herbert W. Armstrong's daughter. David Robinson's book Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web exposed absolute shocking allegations about the incestuous relationship between Armstrong and his daughter. Herbert Armstrong never issued any statement discounting the charges of incest, nor did Stan Rader. Dorothy Mattson, Herbert Armstrong's daughter, never came forward to deny the allegations. And Garner Ted Armstrong had also refused to deny the charges. Died after a long illness. Mrs. Mattson was 89 years old. Survived by her husband Vern Mattson.
William D. Gordon	Aug. 11, 2009	Bill served as a ministerial trainee in Bakersfield, California, until he was given his first pastorate in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1970. He also pastored four other churches: Duluth, Minnesota; Joplin, Missouri; Independence, Kansas; and Cookeville, Tennessee, before retiring in 1991. Of complications from surgery.
Raymond McNair Carl McNair	October 11, 2008 April 14, 2004	TEMECULA, Calif. -- Raymond F. McNair, 78, died Oct. 11, 2008, in Southern California. According to early reports, Mr. McNair, a 1953 graduate of Ambassador College, Pasadena, and an early evangelist in the Radio/Worldwide Church of God, died after an illness that had lasted about two and one half years. He had suffered with prostate cancer. He was a pastor rank minister while he was in the Milwaukee area back in the early 1980's. He became a leading minister in the Global Church of God after he was disfellowshiped by Joe Sr. Cancer. Besides Raymond, Carl's other brother Marion McNair was a member of the Worldwide Church of God who attained to the highest rank of Evangelist back in the 1950's and was author of "Armstrongism Religion Or Ripoff"
Fred Brogaard	June 22, 2008	Husband of Betty Brogaard. Fred, as a WCG pastor, oversaw churches in Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia, and Sedro-Wooley, WA.
Orlin Grabbe	March 15, 2008	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Orlin_Grabbe
John Kennedy	2006	John Kennedy, former pastor of Pasadena West PM, and most recently pastor in the Maine congregations, died as a result of, I think, prostate cancer. It's sad, really. This was a guy that ... I dunno, on the one hand I liked him because I don't think he ever actually drank the Kool-Aid, but at the same time, he encouraged (almost) everyone else to go ahead and take a big gulp. I was one of the ones that he never pushed the Kool-Aid on, though. I think that he expected I would wind up like him - a minister, cynical, etc. He died sometime in 2006, I can't remember when.
Art Docken	3/29/06	Based on testimonials from some WCG survivors, Mr. Docken was a rarity in WCG -- a minister who actually cared about his flock.
Herman L. Hoeh	11/21/04	Benson and Stabler would love this guy! Widely described as the "architect" of church doctrine, "Doctor" Hoeh spent much of his life preaching against the evils of masturbation, yet reportedly had secrets of his own. Oddly, after nearly half a century of designing and preaching Armstrongism, Hoeh apparently had no trouble turning his back on it when the Tkach empire flushed it down the toilet. To his credit, he didn't start his own mini-cult
David Jon Hill	11/2003	Hi! I haven't seen a notice on your website re: David Jon Hill's death which occurred in November, 2003 (you may have posted it, however, and I might have missed it--even though I frequently check for new material from you). Anyway, if you and other readers are interested, you could go to Ken Westby's website at: http://www.godward.org. Jon Hill was in the process of writing a 4-part historical/autobiographical article for Westby's ACD magazine, but only completed 2 before he died
Garner Ted Armstrong	9/15/03	What can we say? An icon has passed?
Becky Rush	8/2/03	You probably never heard of Becky Rush; she was one of the "little people". A survivor of the WCG, she found The Painful Truth and joined the PT Forum, where she captured our hearts. Of all the names listed on this page, her name is easily the most important. We wouldn't trade one Becky for all the snakes in Pasadena. Becky Rush was precious. If there really is a heaven, Becky is the only person on this page to get in...and she didn't have to pass through a metal detector to do it. We still miss her.
Dean Blackwell	4/14/03	Dean Blackwell, died at about 8:30 a.m. this morning, as a result of his recent strokes.
Howard Clark	10/14/02	Howard Clark passed away at age 72. Clark was so badly crippled by a hand grenade in the Korean War that he could move nothing but his little finger. He recovered so completely that the only indication of an injury was a slight limp when he walked. He was a dynamic speaker and had a wonderfully deep voice when leading songs.
Gerald Waterhouse	9/4/02	Left speechless
Stanley Robert Rader	7/2/02	Stanley Rader Assumes Room Temperature!
Eugene Noel	April 12th 2002	UCG pastor Eugene Noel died this morning (Friday, April 12) at the James Cancer Hospital at around 8:00 A.M.
Bill McDowell	January 2002
Raymond Cole	9/25/01	Mr. Cole had suffered nearly complete paralysis and general deterioration of health following a stroke several years ago. He was receiving extensive therapy for this in his home, but apparently to no avail.
Ernest Martin	1/16/02	Apparently, he'd had a heart attack some days previously, had come out of hospital, and was sitting at his computer the other day, and collapsed with a massive cardiac. Whatever one thinks of Martin's theology, he must be admired for standing on principle. He was one of the first to leave when the cult refused to correct doctrinal error.