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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1988-10-05, Page 24{v?Vii * T/lIIZ2[X'*Z3W iJEESUTTJ STJT PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988. Presbytery rejects United Church policy Perth Presbytery have joined the rebellion against the United Church of Canada’s policy that allows ordination of ministers regardless of their sexual orienta tion. At a meeting in Wingham, Sept. 27, the 69-church Presbytery affirmed a policy that said: “We expect members of the United Church of Canada and most certainly our ministers to believe, practise and promote fidelity within marriage. Therefore we believe that self-declared, practis Grey Twp. native dies at age 80 FLORENCE MARY CARDIFF Florence Mary (Bremner) Car diff passed away at her home, Maple Villa Apts, on September 25. in her 81st year. Born in Grey Township, she was the daughter of William Bremner and Catherine Pearson. She is survived by two daugh ters: Isabel, Mrs. George Pearson, Ethel; Jean, Mrs. Robert Wolfe, Vernon, B.C.; three sons Jack and Jim, Brussels and Gerald, Petro lia. Eighteen grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren and two sis ters, Ida, Mrs. Joe Cooper, Brussels and Kathleen, Mrs. Frank Lawless, Alliston. One brother, Andrew, Ethel, also survives. She was predeceased by her husband Albert in 1980and one sister Isabel, Mrs. Irvine Hewitt and her parents. She was a member of Brussels United Church. Funeral Services were held at the M. L. Watts Funeral Homes, Brussels, Wed nesday, September 28 at2p.m. with Rev. Charles Carpentier officiating. Pallbearers were grandsons, Robert, Don and Bill Pearson. Allan, Stewart, Robert, and Aaron Cardiff. Interment in Mount Pleasant Murray, Gregory and Steven Cardiff. Flower bearers were great-grandsons Steven Fischer Cemetery, Ethel. -ing homosexual persons are unac ceptable and unsuitable as mini sters in the United Church of Canada.” Three southwestern Ontario presbyteries have now come out in opposition to the church’s decision made at the 32nd General Council meeting in August. The Middlesex Presbytery representing 73 churches in the London area opposed the church policy at a meeting Tuesday of last week and the Oxford Presbytery voted a week earlier against the policy. Some churches in the Kent and Essex area have voted to break away from the United Church over the issue and have formed their own church out of the rift. One minister from the London confer ence said that the decisions by the presbyteries should show “the light at the end of the tunnel” for church members unhappy with the church’s decision. “It’s a message for those ready to abandon ship: hang in there,” he said. Business & Professional Directory Obituaries MARGARET JEAN LEIPER Margaret Jean Leiper of RR 1, Londesboro died Saturday, Sept. 24,1988 at Clinton Public Hospital. She was in her 72nd year. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Leiper. She lived on the family farm with her brothers William and Thomas and sister Agnes in Hullett township. Also surviving are her brothers John and Robert of Toronto. Another brother, Guy, predeceas ed her. The funeral service took place Tuesday, Sept. 27 from the Tasker Funeral Home, Blyth. Interment was in Burns Cemetery, Hullett township. Donations to Clinton Public Hospital or the Canadian Cancer Society are being accepted as tokens of sympathy. VIOLA VIVIAN CAMPBELL Viola Vivian Campbell of RR 2, Bluevale passed away Saturday, Oct. 1, 1988 at Wingham and District Hospital. She was 87 years of age. She was married to Charles Graham Campbell who predeceas ed her in 1968. Surviving are two sons, Allan of RR 2, Bluevale and Harris of Bluevale, six grandchild ren and one great-grandchild. She was predeceased by one sister Christina, Mrs. Andy Turnbull. The funeral service was held Monday, Oct. 3 from the Brussels Chapel of the M. L. Watts Funeral Homes with Rev. Bonnie Lamble officiating. Interment was in Wingham Cemetery. C.A.M.C. - Bookkeeping - Income Tax Preparation - Experienced Staff Wednesdays 9-12; 1-5 Alan Campbell 328 Josephine Street WINGHAM 357-3687 or 887-9451 Wanted! Livestock barbecue pigs, ruptures, rhinitis, poor doers, feedlot rejects. Also sows & boars fit to butcher CALL 335-3151 Frank Workman Electric 20 years serving Brussels & area •Farm ‘Home • Commercial R.R.3, BRUSSELS 887-6S Henry F. 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