Obituaries

Brandusa C. Dragu, s-a nascut la 13 Sept.1928 in loc. Bolvasnita jud. Caras severin, fiind, unul din cei cinci copii ai lui Petru si Floarea Cocirteu; Petru, Ana, Simion, Brandusa si Ioan. A avut privilegiul sa se nasca intr-o familie crestina. Tatal, ei Petru Cocirteu, a fost un credincios orthodox iar mama ei Floarea Cociretu a fost o credincioasa baptista. Fiindca parintii ei, Petru si Floarea Cocirteu , au decis ca in perioada anilor 1923-1926, Biserica Crestina Baptista din Bolvasnita sa foloseasca una din casele lor ca local de inchinaciune, pana s-a terminat constructia Bisericii Crestine Baptiste din Bolvasnita,...

"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." - Revelations 14:3 Our mother Maria Motz was born in Iscroni on February 27, 1929! She grew up in Arad, then was baptized at Speranța Church by Fr Alexa Popovici, after which in 1947 Fr Alexa officiated the marriage with Simion Motz. In 1978 the Motz family immigrated to America and either settled in California and then in 1988 or...

  Gheorghe Ille, commonly known as “Brother Ille”, was born in Mizieș, a small village in the Bihor County, Romania, on June 25, 1930 to Caterina and Casian Ille. He was the fifth of six children (Martian, Florica, Marioara, Saveta, and Silvia). Although his parents were devout Eastern Orthodox Christians, like many of his peers, Gheorghe loved to have a good time with his friends, especially while attending the weekly “hora” (a Romanian folk dance) in the village. During this time period, “Oastea Domnului” (The Lord’s Army – a revival movement within the Eastern Orthodox Church) began to have...

  Solomon Dragu was born on November 30th 1927 in Bolvasnita, Caras Severin county, being the third of the six children Pavel and Floarea Dragu had together; they were: Paraschiva, Simion, Solomon, Maria, Floarea and Ilinca. He was blessed to be born in a Christian Baptist family. His father, Pavel, and his mom, Floarea, were Baptist believers, dad was the founder of the Baptist church in Bolvasnita. Solomon had the chance to come in contact with the Scripture even when he was a little boy, and he was part of the local church youth in his young age. He...

  Rozalia Florincescu was born in Sinicolaul, Bihor, on July 27, 1924, to parents Petrica Gheorge and Maria. The Petrica family had seven children: Georghe, Petru, Maria, Ioan, Teodor, Rozalia and Florica. The faithful parents took the children to the church when they were little, and so at the age of 15, Rozalia confessed the Lord as her personal Savior and Lord and was baptized by Fr. Nicolae Covaci, pastor of the Baptist church in Oradea at that time. Life and life problems caused her to move to Bucharest, where she lived until 1985, when she and her husband...