2025 NIC Conference Wrap-Up
About 700 clergy and lay members of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference met in session from June 9 to 11, 2025, in Schaumburg, Ill., to explore the theme “Grace is Sufficient” as they worshiped,…
Mrs. Dorothy M Combs, spouse of deceased clergy member Rev. Louis K. Combs Jr. of the Northern Illinois Conference passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2018. Rev. Combs served at Worth, in the Armed Forces as a Chaplain, at Colmary-O'Neal Veterans Administration Hospital, Davis-Rock City, Northbrook: North Northfield, and Wilton Center Federated. Mrs. Combs was 94 years old.
The memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, July 26, 2018, at 10 am MDT at Hope United Methodist Church, 5101 S Dayton St, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Messages of condolence may be sent to the family via email at jerryfultz@gmail.com
In lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs. Combs's name can be made to either:
St Jude's Children Research Hospital (https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html)
OR
Hope United Methodist Church, Greenwood Village, Colorado (https://www.hopechangeslives.org)
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