The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received February 1-5, 2016.

Carol Kratz Bennett, 89, of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away January 29. She was a retired missionary, serving in Brazil. She was preceded in death by her first husband, retired missionary James Kratz, who served in Brazil, and her second husband, retired minister and missionary Merril Bennett, who served in Japan and Hawaii. James Kratz passed away in 1990 and Merril Bennett passed away in 2003.

Bernice (Roedel) Gerbig, 91, of Boonville, Indiana, passed away January 30. She was a retired minister and evangelist, serving in Indiana. She was preceded in death by her husband, Miller Gerbig.   

William King, 76, of Albemarle, North Carolina, passed away January 30. He was the husband of retired minister Dorothe "Dottie" King, who served in North Carolina. 

Burl "B.A." Patton Jr., 88, of Terrell, Texas, passed away February 2. He was a retired minister, serving in Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane (Mize) Patton, in 1996 and is survived by his wife, Ella Patton. 

Roland Stanford, 95, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, passed away January 19. He was a retired minister, serving in Massachusetts, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, New York, and Maine. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis (Alexander) Stanford. 

Clyde Townsend, 81, of Amarillo, Texas, passed away January 27. He was a retired minister, serving in Arkansas, New Mexico, and Texas.

Barbara Updike, 84, of Anderson, Indiana, passed away February 2. She was the widow of retired minister, evangelist, and district superintendent Paul Updike, who served in Indiana and led the Northeastern Indiana District. Paul Updike passed away in 1974. 

For previous editions of In Memoriam, see the "Passings" section by clicking here.

Note: Please join with us in prayer for the families who have lost loved ones. Click on names for full stories, funeral information, local online obituaries, and/or guest books (if available). To submit an entry of a minister or church leader, send to news@nazarene.org.

--Compiled by NCN News