Staying Connected
Harry G. Titcombe (ThM, 1950) celebrated his 102nd birthday on August 11!
While serving with Entrust, Dan (ThM, 1989) and Marge Hopkins visited with Arthur (ThM, 2010) and Olga (ThM, 2008) Alard and Steve (ThM, 2004; DMin, 2019) and Tanya Brix in South Africa. Arthur serves as International Bible College’s Principal, and Steve is the Academic Dean. Olga also teaches at the college. Together they attended worship services at Westlevern Chapel in Johannesburg with Pastor Doug (ThM, 1988) and Anne (MABS, 1988) Forsyth.
Garden Community Church in Heston, Kansas hosted a men’s ministry conference this September, bringing together four friends of DTS: Dizzy Murphy (a last-year student), Dr. Paul Pettit (ThM, 1996; DMin, 2007), Will Groben (MABS, 2008; ThM, 2011), and Loyal Martin.
Events
Alumni Centennial Dinner with the President in Chicago, Illinois
Alumni Centennial Dinner in Fort Worth, Texas
In Memory
Dr. Dwight W. Young (ThM, 1956) died on August 27, 2024. Dwight served as a Marine during World War II and received his BA in Greek from Hardin-Simons University before attending DTS. After graduation, he taught Greek and Hebrew for three years at the seminary before moving to Philadelphia to pursue an advanced graduate degree at Dropsie College. He worked at a bank, supporting his family, while meeting his professors’ demands. At Dropsie, Dwight met Dr. Cyrus Gordon, an accomplished linguist, who challenged Dwight to master ancient language after ancient language. Young expanded his repertoire to include Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Coptic. When invited by Gordon to join the faculty of Brandeis University, Young was repeatedly asked to teach additional languages, sometimes with only a few weeks to prepare. He took a brief break from Brandeis to teach at Cornell as a visiting professor before returning to Brandeis to join the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department, where he served until his retirement in 1987. During retirement in Arizona and then Chicago, Young engaged in scholarly publication with works on Mesopotamian mathematics and the lifespans of the patriarchs. His real passion lay in publishing works on the Coptic of Shenute, an Egyptian Monk who wrote during the days of the early church. Young’s legacy will last through the scholars he trained, his Coptic studies, and his love for his wife, Barabara, and their children.
Lillian Lamb Williams passed away on August 25, 2024. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, she eventually followed her big sister Martha to Wheaton and received her BA in Christian Education. Lillian met her husband Richard Williams (ThM, 1957; ThD, 1966) at DTS in 1956, and she and Dick supported the seminary afterward. Lillian loved others, serving as a teacher, homemaker, and pastor’s wife. She especially loved visiting with family and friends over a cup of tea. The epitome of southern hospitality, Lillian delighted in hosting a meal served on fine china. She also enjoyed traveling the world to support missions and ministry. Praise God for Lillian’s life.
Frank L. Wiederrecht (ThM, 1985) passed away on February 2, 2022, from esophageal cancer. Born in Iowa on May 12, 1956, Frank was born again on October 8, 1974. He attended the University of Iowa, receiving a BA in Anthropology and Religion, before attending DTS, where he earned his ThM. Frank pastored a church in Iowa City, Iowa and two churches in Douglas, Wyoming for a total of thirty-three years. He loved others and invested his life in the people who surrounded him, leading many to Christ and strengthening disciples.
