The Rev. James W. Long, 92, died Friday, March 16, 2012.
Jim joins his beloved wife, Velma, in eternal rest. He is survived by his three children, Jim Long, Jr. of Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City, Janet Craighead of Windsor, Colo., and Gary Long of St. Paul, Minn.; grandsons Mark Long, Daniel Long, Paul Long, Sean Cassidy, Ryan Cassidy, and Alan Long; granddaughter Sydney Long; and siblings, Ruth Lucas, Paul Long, Mark Long, Pete Long, Daniel Long, and Mary Louise Howard.
Life began for Jim on March 31, 1919 in Cumberland, Md., the son of Walter and Louise. He spent most of his youth in Mt. Morris, Pa., the second of ten siblings. Jim honorably fought for his country during WWII in the European Theatre, serving with the 57th Chemical Maintenance Company in the First then Third Army under General Patton.
Jim married Velma Adams, a nurse and musician from Turtle Creek, Pa., on August 27, 1950, and began co-careers as ordained ministers with the Assemblies of God. After pastoring for eight years in Barnesboro, Pa., they became career missionaries, moving in 1960 to Kolkata, India, a mutual interest that initially brought them together. A few years later, they moved to Bangladesh. From 1966 until their retirement in 1990, they worked in the Philippines in many capacities: teaching, administrating academic institutions, and in the last years there, co-pastoring the International Charismatic Service in Manila.
In retirement, Jim and Velma directed the Primetimers at Timberline Church in Ft. Collins, Colo., and then ministered at nearby Windsor Assembly of God. After Velma's passing in 2003, Jim moved to Salt Lake City, where he lived with his eldest son and family. He spent his final years writing his memoir, "Advancing Under Fire," and remaining heavily involved in his passion: religious and humanitarian efforts in Kolkata.
Jim was, by all who met him, a kind, gracious man, full of warmth. A lifetime of giving to others brought a bounty of peaks and valleys. While in those valleys-years at a time-Jim, in retirement, would say that because he would have preferred to have been elsewhere, he worked all the harder to transform conditions around him. Jim was a man of rare integrity and character.
Interment is at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver.
Jim joins his beloved wife, Velma, in eternal rest. He is survived by his three children, Jim Long, Jr. of Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City, Janet Craighead of Windsor, Colo., and Gary Long of St. Paul, Minn.; grandsons Mark Long, Daniel Long, Paul Long, Sean Cassidy, Ryan Cassidy, and Alan Long; granddaughter Sydney Long; and siblings, Ruth Lucas, Paul Long, Mark Long, Pete Long, Daniel Long, and Mary Louise Howard.
Life began for Jim on March 31, 1919 in Cumberland, Md., the son of Walter and Louise. He spent most of his youth in Mt. Morris, Pa., the second of ten siblings. Jim honorably fought for his country during WWII in the European Theatre, serving with the 57th Chemical Maintenance Company in the First then Third Army under General Patton.
Jim married Velma Adams, a nurse and musician from Turtle Creek, Pa., on August 27, 1950, and began co-careers as ordained ministers with the Assemblies of God. After pastoring for eight years in Barnesboro, Pa., they became career missionaries, moving in 1960 to Kolkata, India, a mutual interest that initially brought them together. A few years later, they moved to Bangladesh. From 1966 until their retirement in 1990, they worked in the Philippines in many capacities: teaching, administrating academic institutions, and in the last years there, co-pastoring the International Charismatic Service in Manila.
In retirement, Jim and Velma directed the Primetimers at Timberline Church in Ft. Collins, Colo., and then ministered at nearby Windsor Assembly of God. After Velma's passing in 2003, Jim moved to Salt Lake City, where he lived with his eldest son and family. He spent his final years writing his memoir, "Advancing Under Fire," and remaining heavily involved in his passion: religious and humanitarian efforts in Kolkata.
Jim was, by all who met him, a kind, gracious man, full of warmth. A lifetime of giving to others brought a bounty of peaks and valleys. While in those valleys-years at a time-Jim, in retirement, would say that because he would have preferred to have been elsewhere, he worked all the harder to transform conditions around him. Jim was a man of rare integrity and character.
Interment is at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver.
The Rev. James W. Long, 92, died Friday, March 16, 2012.
Jim joins his beloved wife, Velma, in eternal rest. He is survived by his three children, Jim Long, Jr. of Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City, Janet Craighead of Windsor, Colo., and Gary Long of St. Paul, Minn.; grandsons Mark Long, Daniel Long, Paul Long, Sean Cassidy, Ryan Cassidy, and Alan Long; granddaughter Sydney Long; and siblings, Ruth Lucas, Paul Long, Mark Long, Pete Long, Daniel Long, and Mary Louise Howard.
Life began for Jim on March 31, 1919 in Cumberland, Md., the son of Walter and Louise. He spent most of his youth in Mt. Morris, Pa., the second of ten siblings. Jim honorably fought for his country during WWII in the European Theatre, serving with the 57th Chemical Maintenance Company in the First then Third Army under General Patton.
Jim married Velma Adams, a nurse and musician from Turtle Creek, Pa., on August 27, 1950, and began co-careers as ordained ministers with the Assemblies of God. After pastoring for eight years in Barnesboro, Pa., they became career missionaries, moving in 1960 to Kolkata, India, a mutual interest that initially brought them together. A few years later, they moved to Bangladesh. From 1966 until their retirement in 1990, they worked in the Philippines in many capacities: teaching, administrating academic institutions, and in the last years there, co-pastoring the International Charismatic Service in Manila.
In retirement, Jim and Velma directed the Primetimers at Timberline Church in Ft. Collins, Colo., and then ministered at nearby Windsor Assembly of God. After Velma's passing in 2003, Jim moved to Salt Lake City, where he lived with his eldest son and family. He spent his final years writing his memoir, "Advancing Under Fire," and remaining heavily involved in his passion: religious and humanitarian efforts in Kolkata.
Jim was, by all who met him, a kind, gracious man, full of warmth. A lifetime of giving to others brought a bounty of peaks and valleys. While in those valleys-years at a time-Jim, in retirement, would say that because he would have preferred to have been elsewhere, he worked all the harder to transform conditions around him. Jim was a man of rare integrity and character.
Interment is at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver.
Jim joins his beloved wife, Velma, in eternal rest. He is survived by his three children, Jim Long, Jr. of Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City, Janet Craighead of Windsor, Colo., and Gary Long of St. Paul, Minn.; grandsons Mark Long, Daniel Long, Paul Long, Sean Cassidy, Ryan Cassidy, and Alan Long; granddaughter Sydney Long; and siblings, Ruth Lucas, Paul Long, Mark Long, Pete Long, Daniel Long, and Mary Louise Howard.
Life began for Jim on March 31, 1919 in Cumberland, Md., the son of Walter and Louise. He spent most of his youth in Mt. Morris, Pa., the second of ten siblings. Jim honorably fought for his country during WWII in the European Theatre, serving with the 57th Chemical Maintenance Company in the First then Third Army under General Patton.
Jim married Velma Adams, a nurse and musician from Turtle Creek, Pa., on August 27, 1950, and began co-careers as ordained ministers with the Assemblies of God. After pastoring for eight years in Barnesboro, Pa., they became career missionaries, moving in 1960 to Kolkata, India, a mutual interest that initially brought them together. A few years later, they moved to Bangladesh. From 1966 until their retirement in 1990, they worked in the Philippines in many capacities: teaching, administrating academic institutions, and in the last years there, co-pastoring the International Charismatic Service in Manila.
In retirement, Jim and Velma directed the Primetimers at Timberline Church in Ft. Collins, Colo., and then ministered at nearby Windsor Assembly of God. After Velma's passing in 2003, Jim moved to Salt Lake City, where he lived with his eldest son and family. He spent his final years writing his memoir, "Advancing Under Fire," and remaining heavily involved in his passion: religious and humanitarian efforts in Kolkata.
Jim was, by all who met him, a kind, gracious man, full of warmth. A lifetime of giving to others brought a bounty of peaks and valleys. While in those valleys-years at a time-Jim, in retirement, would say that because he would have preferred to have been elsewhere, he worked all the harder to transform conditions around him. Jim was a man of rare integrity and character.
Interment is at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver.
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