Deaths Of HAC Students

Shirley M. Bousman (77)​

Wife of Robert (Bob) Bousman

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Born: January 19, 1947
Died: December 12, 2024

Shirley graduated from Hyles Anderson College
 
Jim Binney passed away on Christmas day. He was in the Philipines. His funeral is today.
 

Elaine Ann Whetstone​

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Born: August 11, 1954
Died: December 17, 2024
Elaine earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Hyles-Anderson College.
She was a beloved teacher at Faith Christian Academy in Berne for over 30 years.
 

Hans Alexander Nikoley​

Husband of Mary Helen Nikoley

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Born: 03/05/1939​

Died: 12/23/2024 ​

Bro. Nikoley attended Hyles Anderson Bible College, graduating in 1977.

He pastorered for over 45 years, first at Mid-Valley Baptist Church
in Turlock, CA and then at Pomerado Road Baptist Church in Poway, CA

He also
He later served as a college professor at Golden State Baptist College in Santa Clara, CA.
 

Kyle Allen Rader (70)​

Husband for Mrs. Carla Rader

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Born: November 25, 1954​

Died: January 10, 2025​

He graduated for Hyles Anderson College

Brother Rader proudly served in the Navy for 10 years on the USS Savannah and the USS Vulcan.
 
Kimberly Sue Truesdell (41)

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Born: February 6, 1983
Died: January 22, 2025

Kim attended Hyles Anderson College
 
IFB X-Files said:
I am humbled to be in the presence of one so holy. I myself, have been "an embarrassment" several times in the past and no doubt will have Jesus shaking His head again in the future.
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If you want to put yourself in the same category as a child molester go ahead.
 
Justice1976 said:
His life is undoubtedly a tragedy. However, I agree with you that those of us so blessed by the grace of God understand that ALL of us, like sheep have gone astray and bought shame and reproach on the cause of Christ. The Apostle Paul called himself 'the chief of sinners." It is God and God alone who will be the final arbiter of His righteousness on judgment day. So, may we strive to be worthy of that crown.

I like the quote of a novelist who died over a hundred years ago, H. Rider Haggard, who said "I am a Christian because I believe that Jesus Christ embodies the mercy of God to people like me, who have lived lives that inevitably have some terrible things in them."
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There’s definitely categories to this. I wouldn’t put myself in the category of Dave Baker the child molester.
 

Deborah Joy "Debby" (VerStrate) Snyder (69)​


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Born: July 11, 1955
Died: February 6, 2025

She attended Hyles-Anderson College.
 
Ron Thompson 1962 - 2025

Obituary: Ronald (Ron) Thompson
10/21/1962 - 2/23/2025

Ron Thompson was born in Huston, Texas to the late Tommy Thompson and Barbara Capron. Ron loved spending time with his family, and was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. In his free time he enjoyed writing and sharing his wealth of knowledge with others.

Surviving are his wife Jeanne Thompson, children Melody Loder, and Austin Thompson (Shelby), and his grandson Rune Loder.

My dad, Ron Thompson, was a good man. He spent his life working to help others be it social work, spreading the gospel, or just sharing his life experiences. He taught me at a young age to love all people no matter their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. As well to help people who may be less fortunate or not have a voice. I loved him dearly, and have taken those
lessons into adulthood. I know I will have more to say later, but for now let me leave you with a section from one of our favorite songs, The Impossible Dream from The Man of La Mancha.

“To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause
And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest”
 

Saretha Annette Riley​

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Born: May 24, 1971​

Died: February 24, 2025​


Saretha graduated from Hyles-Anderson College.
 
I heard that Tom Wing passed away. Don't know when or how. He was married to Carol Pearson. Carol's mother Rose Pearson passed away a few weeks ago.
 
Starlifter said:
This will be a shocker for my wife who really liked miss belinda.
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She was on my floor in college you either liked her or never cared for her. She never spoke to me so I'm sad for her family. She was married several times. I know she broke several men's hearts.
 
Sherryh said:
She was on my floor in college you either liked her or never cared for her. She never spoke to me so I'm sad for her family. She was married several times. I know she broke several men's hearts.
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Her first husband left her for another woman, his secretary, in 1993. Her husband was my division leader in Bible college. The ink wasn't dry on my diploma when I heard that.
I thought she remarried to a Hispanic man several years later who ended up passing away.
Her third husband would have been the gentleman with the name of Petropolis.
Miss Belinda was exactly as you said, you either liked her or you didn't care for her.
My wife was Division 5 before we got married, so she would have known Miss Belinda well.
When we got married, my wife came over to my Division which was 12, still under Miss Belinda and Roger.
Over the years, they never lost touch, though they were not close either.
She kind of reminded me of an Iron Maiden!
 
Sherryh said:
She was on my floor in college you either liked her or never cared for her. She never spoke to me so I'm sad for her family. She was married several times. I know she broke several men's hearts.
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Even though we were from the same area, she never spoke to me either. Read into that what you will.

I knew people who knew her well as a teenager, prior to her enrolling at HAC, who said she hardly spoke a word in high school. Very shy. I guess she really found her place at HAC. I did not realize that she and her first husband were married so long - like, close to 15 years.

Then she married a guy from FBC named Bob Gaona, who had been a Chicago firefighter. They were married 18 years before he passed away. Then she married the man she remained married to until her death last week (Petropolos). She never had children.

I don't blame her for remarrying. Life is very difficult to do alone.

What I do find incredulous is that this girl from Alabama went to HAC in 1975 and stayed in that area for the rest of her life -- fifty years. I can't imagine that life as my story.

They will have the viewing of her body at the college chapel on Friday and a funeral service in the chapel on Saturday. She will be interred at Memory Lane, which you can almost see from the college. I find this all very fitting for her. She spent thousands of hours in that chapel and probably rode by Memory Lane tens of thousands of times. In a nutshell, that was her life.

RIP, Belinda.
 
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