REMEMBERING

The Illinois/Wisconsin District is remembering with gratitude the life of Judd Peter, a member of the Neighborhood congregation (Montgomery, Ill.) who had served in a variety of district and denominational roles. Judd passed away May 9 following a stay in hospice care. He had turned 90 in November. He and his wife, Kay, had four children, 13children, and 18 great-grandchildren.

A Chicago-area native, Judd was a graduate of ThorntonJunior College and Valparaiso University. His careerincluded a long tenure at Northern Illinois Gas/Nicor and service on the OswegoCommunity School District board. In the church, he served on Annual ConferenceStanding Committee, on the Illinois/Wisconsin District board and New ChurchDevelopment Committee, and on the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center board ofdirectors, as well as locally as a congregational moderator and treasurer.

Visitation, service, and lunch will be at the Neighborhood church this Saturday, May18, beginning at 10 a.m. (service at 11 a.m.). The full obituary can be found at www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kendallcountynow/name/judson-peter-obituary?id=55069844.

Our prayers are with Judd’s family and congregation in this time of loss.

Gary Alfred Dill (77), a former president of McPherson (Kan.) College, passed away on March 20. Over the course of his career in higher education, he also was a member of the faculty of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, a senior vice president of Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas, and president of University of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico. For over five decades, he served as a pastor in Church of the Brethren, Baptist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian churches, including the York Center congregation in Lombard. He enjoyed filling the pulpit in other denominations, worked to foster interfaith dialogue, and discovered a passion for being a teaching elder, which led him into academics. A memorial service was held in San Antonio on March 23. The full obituary cab be found at neptunesociety.com/obituaries/san-antonio-tx/gary-dill-11720619.