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Episcopal News Service. October 26, 1989 [89210K]
Karen Graves, 41, a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, was killed in an automobile accident near Cadillac, Michigan, on Friday, October 20, on her way to the annual diocesan convention being held in Boyne Mountain, Michigan. Graves was an active member of St. Philip's Church in Grand Rapids, representing St. Philip's at diocesan convention for many years. Graves was also an active member of the Union of Black Episcopalians and worked to establish a diocesan department of minority concerns. She was elected a deputy to the 69th General Convention in Detroit and was elected to Executive Council from Province V last spring.
The Rt. Rev. Walter D. Dennis, Jr., suffragan bishop of New York, has accepted the position of Episcopal Visitor to the Brotherhood of St. Gregory, a religious community of the Episcopal Church. Dennis will succeed the Rt. Rev. Paul Moore, Jr., who had been the brotherhood's visitor from 1972 until his retirement last June.
James Rosenthal, communications officer of the Diocese of Chicago and editor of the Anglican Advance, has accepted a communications post with the Anglican Consultative Council in London, England. Rosenthal, 38, will be a part of the communications strategy of the council, which is the common link for the 28 autonomous geographic provinces of the Anglican Communion.
Retired bishop Edwin B. Thayer, 84, died Sunday, October 8, at his home in Denver. He had been in poor health for several years. Thayer spent his early ministry in Iowa, Illinois, and as a U.S. Army chaplain in the Pacific before moving to Colorado. He was elected and consecrated suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Colorado in 1960. Following the retirement of Bishop Joseph S. Minnis, Thayer was elected the seventh diocesan bishop of Colorado in May 1969 and was installed the following September. He retired in 1973 and was succeeded by William Frey. Funeral services were held on October 11 at St. John's Cathedral in Denver.
Jane Hargate of Flyria, Ohio, was honored recently by the Presiding Bishop for life-long commitment to Christian Education at the local, diocesan and national level. "Not only were your contributions in the area of Christian education, but also in children's, youth, and adult ministries," Bishop Browning said in a letter. Hargate started the publication Trial Balloon about 20 years ago, a diocesan Christian education publication that shared ideas and resources on education. She also served as editor of the Aware Notebook, a publication of the Episcopal Church that shared ideas, resources, and models of Christian education as it was happening at the local level. Hargate was the Episcopal representative and chair of the Joint Educational Development, an ecumenical venture to develop Christian education curriculum for several Protestant Churches. Hargate now retired, is involved in ministry with the aging, helping them explore new levels of involvement in church life.