REMEMBERED

Beverly Arlene (Laird) Minnich, 85, of Moundridge, Kan., passed away on Jan. 3. She was part of the Church of the Brethren community in Ecuador for three years, beginning in 1966 when her husband, Dale E. Minnich, worked as executive secretary of the United-Brethren Foundation (FBU). She was a committed member of the Church of the Brethren, serving in volunteer leadership roles at the local, district, and denominational levels. She served a term in Brethren Volunteer Service at Williamson Road Church of the Brethren in Roanoke, Va., half time with the church kindergarten and half time as secretary for Annual Conference moderator Earl K. Ziegler. During her three-month BVS training at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., she met Dale, and they married on June 16, 1962. In addition to Ecuador, their ministry and life together took them to Ohio, Illinois, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Kansas.

Throughout, they both were active in church work including on her part serving as a youth leader, child care organizer, Disaster Child Care worker, and Sunday school teacher. Find a full obituary at www.wigginsfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Beverly-Arlene-Minnich