Life Stories

UPDATE: Memorial Service for Takura Carlos Rukuni

   Agenda | Posted on October 11, 2025
The memorial service for Pastor TC Rukuni will be held this Sunday, Oct. 12, at 9 a.m., at the Village Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Berrien Spring, MI. To read more about Pastor Rukuni and... read more

Notification of the Death of Takura Carlos Rukuni

   Agenda | Posted on October 10, 2025
Oct. 6, 2025 Dear campus community, It is with sorrow that I share with you the heartbreaking news of the death of Takura Carlos Rukuni, an Andrews University MDiv student.... read more

Memorial Service and Remembrances for Micah Harris

   Life Stories | Posted on October 9, 2025
We are saddened to inform our community of the tragic death of our University student Micah Harris on Oct. 4, 2025, following a swimming accident in Lake Chapin. Micah graduated from Spring Valley Academy before joining us at... read more

Death of Jacqueline Wright

   Life Stories | Posted on October 2, 2025
Jacqueline "Jackie" Marva Cook Wright was born Oct. 1, 1935, in Dayton, Ohio, to Rev. Charles and Elizabeth Cook. Raised in the Baptist church—her father as pastor and her mother as organist—Jackie grew up surrounded by faith and... read more

Memorial Service for Russell Staples

   Life Stories | Posted on September 25, 2025
Friends and colleagues are invited to a memorial service for Russell Staples, former chair of the Department of World Mission and longtime member of the Andrews University community. The memorial will be in the Seminary Chapel at 2... read more

Death of Victor Hilbert Jr.

   Life Stories | Posted on September 18, 2025
Victor Charles Hilbert, Jr., 86, of Delta Township passed peacefully on Jan. 29, 2025, at Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI. Victor (Vic) was born on May 7, 1938, in Stoneham, MA, to Victor C. Hilbert, Sr. and Sara E.... read more

Celebration of Life for Maxine D. Pittman

   Agenda | Posted on September 18, 2025
Maxine Dowden Pittman, born Jan. 19, 1939, in St. John's, Newfoundland to Theresa Rose Jones Dowden and Malcolm Earnest Dowden, died on Sept. 10, 2025, in Berrien Springs at home. Those who knew her... read more

Death of Daniel Drazen

   Life Stories | Posted on September 11, 2025
Daniel Joseph Drazen, a man whose kindness and generosity were as unfailing as his commitment to his faith and service to his community, passed away on June 24, 2025, in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Born on Dec. 29, 1951,... read more