James Kolb Stauffer, 94, who with his wife Arlene initiated the Vietnam Mennonite Mission ministry in 1957, died on Nov. 13 in Harrisonburg, Va.
William (Bill) Janzen, former director of Mennonite Central Committee Canada’s Ottawa Office, is being appointed to the Order of Canada in July in recognition of his contributions to government policy, refugee resettlement, citizenship, development aid and peacebuilding.
Nguyen Quang Trung, 84, who led the Vietnam Mennonite Church through the hardships of restriction to official recognition, died March 23.