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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2015 13:41:53 GMT -5
Obituary for Horace Doyle Copeland Horace Doyle Copeland passed away January 13, 2015 in Eureka Kansas. Doyle was the oldest of seven children born to Horace and Edith Copeland on a farm near Severy, Kansas on July 1, 1916. Doyle was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Ted and Bill Copeland and a sister Marge Hebb. After attending college in Emporia, Kansas Doyle and his father were in the farming and cattle business. After several years of farming Doyle went into missionary work. He dedicated the rest of his life in service to the people of his church, traveling to many states. Doyle retired in 2012 and spent several happy years at Red Bud Rest Home in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Doyle recently returned to Howard, Kansas as his health deteriorated. Doyle is survived by three sisters: Marcia Dean, Wilma Cooley and Virginia Coble, 12 nieces and nephews and numerous great- nieces and great- nephews. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 16, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Countryside Funeral Home in Howard. Internment will follow at Cresco Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Red Bud Rest Home in Guthrie, OK and can be left with or mailed to Countryside Funeral Home in Howard. Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com. Services are entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home 206 E. Washington., P.O. Box 1233, Howard, KS 67349.
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Post by Lee on Jan 19, 2015 2:40:59 GMT -5
I liked Doyle, what I knew of him the year he was in and out of my parents' home, I'm guessing around 1990. I challenged him once, "Why did he think the Gospel's ideals weren't intended to be realized in the context of this life?" Why was he presenting a gospel that deferred these to the vague state of heaven? He replied with saintly poise, But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. I couldn't argue with his scriptural retort.
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Post by Alan Vandermyden on Jan 25, 2015 17:11:19 GMT -5
I liked Doyle, what I knew of him the year he was in and out of my parents' home, I'm guessing around 1990. I challenged him once, "Why did he think the Gospel's ideals weren't intended to be realized in the context of this life?" Why was he presenting a gospel that deferred these to the vague state of heaven? He replied with saintly poise, But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. I couldn't argue with his scriptural retort. I met Doyle when he visited California for special meetings in the spring of '81. Dale Bors and I had been assigned to Sacramento that year (my first year as a worker), and we were delegated to meet Doyle's plane at the San Francisco airport. Doyle, then in his mid-sixties, had never seen the ocean, and it was fun to see his amazement at its immensity, as viewed from segments of California's coastal highways. I have often told this story to children on the atolls of the Marshall Islands, who (along with many of the adults!) have never seen mountains, snow, a river, or the vastness of the plains (which I haven't seen either!). I don't remember too many "sermons" that I have heard through the years, but Doyle spoke - I believe it was at Cloverdale special meeting - about Barnabus (in the Book of Acts), whose name means "son of consolation." Doyle proceeded to speak of three instances in which Barnabus stood up for someone who was at the time doubted by others - Saul/Paul, John Mark, and I don't remember the third right now. I have always appreciated that message, as Barnabus was never much "in the limelight," and in time "took a back seat" to Paul (and I value Paul's work and love his theology!). Doyle was later invited to work in California, and according to him it was because of his outlook on divorce and remarriage. Even in California, he became known as somewhat of a "loose cannon," seeming to work rather independently of other workers. Looking back now, I can appreciate his willingness to stand for what he believed and understood, even though I didn't necessarily agree with all of his views. No one of us has things entirely "figured out," but openly speaking of what we believe (as Lee mentioned Doyle doing) is vital, and I can appreciate Doyle in that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 18:19:55 GMT -5
Whenever I hear, read, notice, observe a partial quote of "Eye hath not seen...etc." I cannot help but wonder why the rest of it has not been added. Lack of knowledge, care, concern? I have no idea. It is just that I enjoy the lesson in the entire quote, not intending in any way to devalue the first part of it, rather to add what was intended by the composer.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2015 19:18:46 GMT -5
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