Gone to Be With the Lord Report (2025)

An updated list of Foursquare credentialed ministers who have recently passed away

January 15, 2026

We honor Foursquare servants who went to be with the Lord. The following list reflects data compiled through January 15, 2026.

December 2025

William C. Brandt

Deceased: December 4, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Central District in Loveland, Colo.

Shadrick Ronald Hamrick

Deceased: December 4, 2025
Last appointment: assisting minister, Grace Church (Camas Foursquare Church) in Vancouver, Wash.

Perry Daniel Stevens

Deceased: December 9, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Central District from Platte, S.D.

Germain Dwight Messerschmidt

Deceased: December 14, 2025
Last appointment: assisting minister, New Life Church (Bakersfield Southwest Foursquare Church) in Bakersfield, Calif.

John William Copus Jr.

Deceased: December 19, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District from Wooster, Ohio.

Nolan Ray Rubottom

Deceased: December 22, 2025
Last appointment: assisting minister, Valley Community (El Monte Valley Community Foursquare Church) in West Covina, Calif.

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November 2025

Robert Ogden Fetters Sr.

Deceased: November 14, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Western District from Mesa, Ariz.

Dean M. Greer

Deceased: November 17, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Western District from Pittsburg, Calif.

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October 2025

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September 2025

Angelina M. Mascari

Deceased: September 1, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District from Laconia, N.H.

Ralph L. Faul

Deceased: September 13, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District from Lynchburg, Va.

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August 2025

Carole A. Hamilton

Deceased: August 4, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District from Laconia, N.H.

Roger Alan Evey

Deceased: August 21, 2025
Last appointment: senior pastor, The Gathering Place (Morro Bay Foursquare Church) in Morro Bay, Calif.

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July 2025

Rebecca Marie Hald

Deceased: July 10, 2025
Last appointment: assisting minister, Restoration Church (Thousand Oaks Foursquare Church) in Westlake Village, Calif.

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June 2025

Eldon Wayne Hickman

Deceased: June 29, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Central District, from Colorado Springs, Colo.

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May 2025

Garald Dale Nielsen

Deceased: May 1, 2025
Last appointment: licensed minister, Northwest District, from Twin Falls, Idaho.

Esther L. Fox

Deceased: May 8, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District, from Dallas, N.C.

Glenda L. Smith

Deceased: May 11, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Western District, from Ridgecrest, Calif.

Mae R. Holoman

Deceased: May 11, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District, from Portsmouth, Va.

Donald J. Noonan

Deceased: May 13, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District, from Philadelphia, Pa.

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April 2025

William W. Stafford

Deceased: April 24, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Atlantic District, from West Palm Beach, Fla.

Bernard Benedict Carreira

Deceased: April 30, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Northwest District, from Emmett, Idaho.

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March 2025

Alvis Pete Adcock

Deceased: March 21, 2025
Last appointment: senior pastor, Texarkana First Foursquare Church In Texarkana, Texas

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February 2025

Ronald Keith Poore

Deceased: February 27, 2025
Last appointment: licensed minister, Northwest District, from Neotsu, Ore.

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January 2025

Harry W. Poling

Deceased: January 1, 2025
Last appointment: ordained minister, Central District, from Pleasant Valley, Iowa

Paula D. Flores

Deceased: January 10, 2025
Last appointment: assisting minister, Meadows Christian Fellowship (Las Vegas 6 Foursquare Church) in Las Vegas, Nev.

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If a Foursquare credentialed minister in your life has passed away, and you are looking to notify the Foursquare One Team, please contact us by email.