APPENDIX C
RESIGNED MINISTERS OF THE WORD / WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION
Note that since the last meeting of the Synod in 2013 the persons named hereunder
resigned from the ministry of the Uniting Church in Australia and their recognition as
Ministers of the Word were withdrawn on the dates indicated:
Ministers of the Word
Rev Matthew McBurney
Recognition Withdrawn
17 October 2013
MINISTERS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER SYNODS
Ministers of the Word
Rev. Ann Perrin
Rev. Chris Paine
Rev. Helen Paine
Rev. Herman Nienaber
Rev. Joan Francis
Rev. Mary Jane French
Rev. Ronald French
Rev. Nicholas Cole
Rev. Veneeta Singh-Lucas
Rev. Wesley Hartley
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Victoria and Tasmania
Northern Synod
Northern Synod
Western Synod
Victoria and Tasmania
Queensland Synod
Queensland Synod
Western Synod
Queensland Synod
Western Synod
1 November 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2014
31 January 2014
1 October 2013
1 September 2013
1 September 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2014
1 September 2013
MINISTERS OF THE WORD WHO HAVE DIED
Ministers
Rev. Daniel Mistry died 16 July 2013
Rev. Dieter Tieman died 12 August 2013
Rev. Dr John McCarthy died 11 July 2014
Rev. Dr Moira Laidlaw died 27 November 2013
Rev. Dr Robert James Brown died 19 July 2013
Rev. Dr Tuikilakila Waqairatu, President of the Methodist Church of Fiji and
Rotuma, died 11 February 2014
Rev. Ian Tanner died 27 December 2013
Rev. Kelvin Russell died 5 June 2014
Rev. Jack Sharp died 13 September 2014
Rev. Leslie Pearson, Father of the Rev Ian Pearson, died 15 October 2013
Rev. Lettie Ellen Abraham died 7 March 2014
Rev. Lloyd Phillips died 21 March 2014
Rev. Maxwell Fox died 20 January 2014
Rev. Neville Guthrey died 3 January 2014
Rev. Roy Nash died 20 May 2013
Rev. Russell Thompson died 7 August 2014
Rev. Sandy Murray died 1 May 2014
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DEATHS OF SPOUSES OR WIDOWS OF MINISTERS LISTED
Mr Glen Watts, husband of Mrs Jacki Watts, died 6 July 2013
Mr Neal Gates, husband of Rhoda Gates, died 21 August 2013
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Mrs Enid Sykes, wife of the late Rev. John Sykes, died 29 November 2013
Mr Graham Pearce, husband of the Rev. Merle Pearce, died 15 January 2014
Mrs Kathleen Steele, wife of the late Rev. William Steele, died 26 January
2014
Mrs Janice Pricter, wife of Pastor Grahame Pricter, died 25 February 2014
Mrs Joan Hubbard, wife of the late Rev. Roy Hubbard, died 27 February 2014
Mrs Pat Page, widow of Rev. Robert Page, died 29 April 2014
Margaret Laura Dominish, wife of Rev. Dr Clyde Dominish, died 2 July 2014
MrsNoelene Martin, wife of the Rev. John Martin, died 29 August 2014
Mrs Val Nash, widow of the late Bill Nash, died 4 September 2014
Mrs Betty Hicks, widow of Rev. Peter Hicks, died 25 March 2010
Mrs Joan Hayes, widow of Rev. Edward Hayes, died 30 April 2010
Mrs Ervyn Whitehead, wife of the Rev. Dr John Whitehead, died 21 June
2010, following a long illness
Mrs Joyce Weiss, wife of the Rev. Ray Weiss, died 23 June 2010
Mrs Mavis Price, wife of Rev. Gordon Price, died 24 July 2010
Mrs Jennifer Gardiner, wife of Rev. Graeme Gardiner, died 31 July 2010
Mrs Fran Cummins, wife of Rev. Dr Geoff Cummins, died 8 October 2010
Mrs Hazel Hely, wife of Rev. Dr Jack Hely, died 10 November 2010
Mrs Emilie Uidam, widow of the Rev. Cornelis Uidam, died 25 December
2010
Mrs Olive J Howard, step-mother of Mrs Lyn Matthews, wife of Rev. Phil
Matthews, died 11th February 2011 in Western Australia
Mrs Hilary Webster, wife of Rev. David Webster, died 5 March 2011
Mrs Betty Ford, wife of Rev. Dr Colin Ford, died 28 May 2011
Mrs Bobbie Johnstone, wife of Rev. Barry Johnston, died suddenly on 31
August 2014
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DEATH OF LAY LEADERS OF THE CHURCH – PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXERCISED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE LIFE OF THE SYNOD
Mr David Holden died 26 January 2014
Mr Peter Tebbutt diet 26 February 2014
Mr Graham Rendell died 2 June 2014
Ms Thelma Scoble died 16 July 2014
Miss Margaret Somerville died 30 July 2014
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