Judy Mills Reimer, mai shekaru 73, wanda ya cika wasu manyan ayyuka na jagoranci a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa ciki har da hidima a matsayin tsohon babban sakatare kuma mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara, ya mutu da safiyar ranar 13 ga Nuwamba a wani asibiti a Charlottesville, Va. Ta sha wahala. jerin bugun jini a cikin 'yan makonnin da suka gabata.
“Mutuwarta rashi ce ga dukan Cocin ’yan’uwa, wanda ta ba da yawancin rayuwarta, kuzari, sadaukarwa, da sha’awarta,” in ji wata sanarwa daga babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stanley J. Noffsinger.
Reimer ta zama babban darakta na darikar a shekarar 1998 kuma ta yi aiki a wannan matsayi har sai da ta yi ritaya a watan Yulin 2003, inda aka sauya matsayinta zuwa babbar sakatariya a shekarar 2001. Ta kasance shugabar taron shekara-shekara a shekarar 1995. Ta yi aiki a babbar hukumar gudanarwa ta darikar (General Board). yanzu Hukumar Mishan da Ma'aikatar) daga 1985-90, kuma ya kasance shugaban hukumar daga 1988-90.
An haife ta a ranar 5 ga Satumba, 1940, ɗiyar Gladys da Mike Mills, kuma iyayenta sun rene ta cikin bangaskiya tun tana ƙarama da Hollins Road Church of the Brothers a Roanoke, Va. Ta ji an kira ta zuwa hidima a cikin ƙarshen 1950s, bisa ga wani tunawa daga gundumar Virlina, amma sai a 1991 ta sami lasisin hidima. An nada ta a cikin 1994, bayan kammala karatun ta daga Bethany Theological Seminary inda ta sami babban digiri na allahntaka.
Hidimarta a gundumar Virlina ta haɗa da aƙalla shekaru 11 a matsayin memba na hukumar gundumomi inda ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Hukumar Kula da Jiyya da kuma shugabar ma'aikatar Waje, tare da shugabanta ko kuma ta kasance mataimakiyar shugabar kamfen ɗin kuɗi na gundumomi biyu, kuma ta jagoranci gundumar Virlina. Kwamitocin sake fasalin a shekarun 1970 da 1980, da sauran mukamai.
A matakin ɗarika, ta kasance ma'aikacin filin don Cire Alkawari a Gundumar Atlantika ta Arewa maso Gabas da Tsakiyar Pennsylvania a ƙarshen 1980s da farkon 1990s, ta kasance a cikin kwamitin Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugaban da aka zaɓa na ABC kwamitin, ya jagoranci Majalisar Kiwon Lafiya da Jin Dadin Jama'a da Majalisar Deacon na darika a farkon shekarun 1990, ya jagoranci kwamitin sake fasalin fensho a 1986-87, yana cikin rukunin da ke nazarin Divestiture na Afirka ta Kudu a 1985-86, ya kasance mai kula da bautar matasa na kasa na 1994 Taron da kuma mai ba da shawara ga majalisar matasa ta kasa, ya kasance memba na kungiyar 'yan kasuwa ta Brothers, ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC) da Majalisar Majami'un Duniya, kuma a madadin NCC ya kasance dan majalisa. jami'in sa ido a zaben kasar Nicaragua a shekarar 1990.
Tun da farko a rayuwa, ta yi wa'adin hidimar 'yan'uwa a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa a Bethesda, Md., da Hessish Lichtenau a Jamus. Bayan shekaru biyu a BVS, ta zama malamin makarantar firamare a Kanada sannan a Roanoke, Va. Daga baya, ita da mijinta, George, su ne masu Harris Office Furniture Co. Inc. a Roanoke.
Rayuwarta ta kasance "abin al'ajabi kuma abin koyi," in ji labarin mutuwar gundumar Virlina, wanda ya lura cewa ta sami raunin zuciya daga kamuwa da cuta a 1967 "wanda zai rage ƙarancin mutum. Judy ta zaɓi yin amfani da kowace rana a matsayin kyauta daga Allah. ”
“Ina mafarkin ranar da membobin Cocin ’yan’uwa suka mai da hankali ga ‘babban’ hoto na Yesu Kristi,” ta rubuta a cikin wata talifi na Manzo a watan Oktoba 1994, a shekarar da ta yi hidima a matsayin mai gudanarwa na Taron Shekara-shekara, “yana neman don gane ta hanyar nassi, addu'a, da rayuwar al'umma yadda Allah zai so mu yi rayuwarmu a matsayin ɗarika. Batutuwa da tambayoyi za su kasance tare da mu koyaushe. Amsoshi za su zo yayin da muke tattaunawa da juna kai tsaye cikin kauna da girmamawa…. Farin cikin bangaskiyarmu shine haskakawa cikin duk abin da muke yi da faɗi. Don rayuwa kowane lokaci zuwa cikakke. Domin a rayu domin daukakar Allah da daukaka”.
Judy Mills Reimer ta rasu da mijinta na shekaru 49, George Reimer, da dansu Troy (Kristen), da jikoki biyu. Iyayenta da danta Todd ne suka rasu.
Iyalin za su karbi abokai daga karfe 2-5 na yamma ranar Lahadi, Nuwamba 17, a Oakey's North Chapel tare da taron tunawa ranar Litinin, Nuwamba 18, da karfe 11 na safe a Williamson Road Church of Brothers a Roanoke, Va. Fasto Connie Burkholder. zai gudanar. Entombment zai biyo baya a Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum da karfe 2:30 na rana ana karɓar kyaututtukan Tunawa ga Cocin of the Brothers Mission and Ministry Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; ko zuwa Camp Bethel, 328 Bethel Rd., Fincastle, VA 24090.