WETMORE, Lena, the daughter of George and Pearl Stauffer, was born in Unionville, Pa., November 8, 1919, and died August 21, 1964. In 1928 the Stauf­fer family was baptized in the Reading, Pa., Church by Elder A. A. Cone. Lena was eight years old at the time, and enjoyed a real experience in her youth. It was also in this city that she received her elementary and high-school education. In 1938 she enrolled in Washington Missionary College as a secretarial student. While still a student she was secretary to Dr. Floyd Rittenhouse, who was then Registrar of the College. After graduation in 1940, she became secretary to the Superintendent of the Southern Dairies. She joined the General Confer­ence Staff in 1944 when she became the secretary of W. A. Benjamin, organizer of the General Conference Insurance Department. In 1939 she met Arthur Wetmore at the College during an Ingathering campaign. They were married a year later, on September 12, 1940. Eleven years ago their son, Hollis, was born. The Wetmores began their ministry in Clarksburg, W. Va., in 1951. After completing two years of service in the Clarksburg district, they moved to Cumberland, Md., where they served for five years. She later served with her husband in various pastorates in the Potomac Conference and taught church school at Kilmarnock. Since 1961 the Wetmores have been serving in the Ilda-Warrenton, Va., Churches. She leaves her
husband, Arthur; her son, Hollis; her father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. George Stauffer; two brothers, Dr. J. Paul Stauffer and G. Lester Stauffer; and many friends. Services were conducted in the Takoma Park Church by Elders C. H. Lauda, C. J. Coon, W. J. Keith, and Stephen Paully. Interment was in the George Washington Memorial Cemetery in Adelphi, Md., where she awaits the resurrection.

Obituary from the Columbia Union Visitor, November 26, 1964 issue.