REMEMBERED

Manchester University Professor of History Emeritus David A. Waas, born February 20, 1926, died mid-morning February 4, 2026, in North Manchester, Ind., days shy of his 100th birthday. David became active in the Church of the Brethren in his teens and spent a year as pastor of the Glendale (Calif.) Church of the Brethren. Deciding that pastoral work was not his calling, he chose to attend Manchester College. There he met and later married Rebecca Brightbill. David and Becky together pursued his higher education, living in student housing in Urbana/ Champaign, where David earned his Masters and PhD at the University of Illinois. David was a lifelong educator and was on faculty of Otterbein, Western State, and Cottey colleges before accepting a position in the history department of his alma mater, Manchester. Services will be held at Manchester Church of the Brethren at a date yet to be determined.