Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Spring 2013 | Page 6

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about 15 feet away. As the reception came to a

planning to go to Africa as a missionary.

interested in native affairs over the years, but

close, he surveyed the room and announced

We remembered her laugh, her sunny

until this article, Wheaton appears to have

they were about to move to Barrows

disposition, and her love for the Lord’s work.

given little attention to natives.

Auditorium. He glanced over at me with a

All these years later, it brings such

What I have learned to see in the past

puzzled look on his face, then broke out in a

sadness to my heart to think of what

nearly 20 years is the tremendous impact of

wide grin and walked over, offering his hand to

happened to Margie.

natives on this hemisphere and that I and

me. “Good morning, I’m Billy Graham. Thanks

Lynn Ekblad Stolar M.A. ’82

most everyone around me has much more to

for helping us out today,” he said.

Cary, Illinois

learn. I hope Wheaton will address Indians
with a better set of responses than much of

His accessible and caring demeanor is not
simply a Southern quality or an affectation from

Grateful for Dr. Chappell

the past 500 years have offered. 

years of ministry. He has a genuine desire to

Thank you for sharing Mollie Trager’s ’13 story

Dave Abrahamson ’65

meet and share with everyone, and his

and the hope and compassion poured out in

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

message has been constant.

the midst of the sorrows and loss in her family.

Marshall True ’80

As I was facing graduation and the “end”

A Lifesaving Connection

of Wheaton in 1984, I felt it was also the

Bravo to the Alumni Association for selecting

“end” of my Christian life. I was making

Omaha, Nebraska

Dr. William C. Wood to receive the 2012

Margie Bowers, Remembered

preparations to go back home to my

Distinguished Service to Society Award!

Thank you so much for the lovely piece about

nonbelieving family.

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at

my sister Ma