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Kuttab, George M. (1923-2006)
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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2006 Feb 27 p. 12 |
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| + | George M. Kuttab, 83, of Wyncote, Pa., died Jan. 24, 2006. He was born on April 23, 1922, in Jerusalem, Palestine. |
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| + | He married Frocina Ibrahim Nesheiwat from Jordan on Sept. 7, 1951. |
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| + | He began his career in ministry as pastor of the Nazareth Church in Zarka, Jordan, in 1948. In 1953 he and his wife moved to Palestine, where he was pastor of the Church of God in both Jerusalem and Bethlehem. In 1969 he came to the United States and worked a variety of jobs but never lost his calling to preach. In 1981 he returned to Palestine to teach at Hope Secondary School and Bethlehem Bible College. He was asked to serve with the Nazarene Church in Jerusalem, translating for a missionary and doing church planting in remote villages. In 1988, they returned to the United States and moved to Pennsylvania. There he worked in West Chester and then with Lima Mennonite Church in Ohio. He served there until he started Salam Mennonite Church as an Arabic Home Church in Wyncote. He spoke in numerous churches, including Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, Ambler Mennonite Church and both Chinese Mennonite churches in Philadelphia. |
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| + | One of his passions was traveling and sharing his love of nature with others. He took groups of pilgrims to the Holy Land and was a great tour guide. He wrote his autobiography and a booklet on names in the Bible and their meanings. He translated religious books into Arabic. He was an awesome storyteller, telling how God sustained him and his family through World War II and the Six-Day War. |
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| + | Survivors include his wife, Frocina; seven children, Jonathan and his wife, Beth, and Daoud and his wife, Salam, all of Amman, Jordan, Lydia Brenneman and her husband, Brice, of St. Marys, Ohio, Samuel and his wife, Jehan, of Wyncote, Phoebe Wurst and her husband, Roch, of Elkins Park, Grace El-Yateem and her husband, Khader, and Daniel and his wife, Rania, all of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Huda, of Kansas; and 24 grandchildren. |
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| + | Services were held at Calvary Assembly of God Church in Wyncote. Burial was in Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. |
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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2006 May 15 p. 6 |
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2006 May 15 p. 6 |
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Revision as of 19:43, 3 March 2011
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Feb 27 p. 12
Birth date: 1922 Apr 23
text of obituary:
GEORGE M. KUTTAB
George M. Kuttab, 83, of Wyncote, Pa., died Jan. 24, 2006. He was born on April 23, 1922, in Jerusalem, Palestine.
He married Frocina Ibrahim Nesheiwat from Jordan on Sept. 7, 1951.
He began his career in ministry as pastor of the Nazareth Church in Zarka, Jordan, in 1948. In 1953 he and his wife moved to Palestine, where he was pastor of the Church of God in both Jerusalem and Bethlehem. In 1969 he came to the United States and worked a variety of jobs but never lost his calling to preach. In 1981 he returned to Palestine to teach at Hope Secondary School and Bethlehem Bible College. He was asked to serve with the Nazarene Church in Jerusalem, translating for a missionary and doing church planting in remote villages. In 1988, they returned to the United States and moved to Pennsylvania. There he worked in West Chester and then with Lima Mennonite Church in Ohio. He served there until he started Salam Mennonite Church as an Arabic Home Church in Wyncote. He spoke in numerous churches, including Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, Ambler Mennonite Church and both Chinese Mennonite churches in Philadelphia.
One of his passions was traveling and sharing his love of nature with others. He took groups of pilgrims to the Holy Land and was a great tour guide. He wrote his autobiography and a booklet on names in the Bible and their meanings. He translated religious books into Arabic. He was an awesome storyteller, telling how God sustained him and his family through World War II and the Six-Day War.
Survivors include his wife, Frocina; seven children, Jonathan and his wife, Beth, and Daoud and his wife, Salam, all of Amman, Jordan, Lydia Brenneman and her husband, Brice, of St. Marys, Ohio, Samuel and his wife, Jehan, of Wyncote, Phoebe Wurst and her husband, Roch, of Elkins Park, Grace El-Yateem and her husband, Khader, and Daniel and his wife, Rania, all of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Huda, of Kansas; and 24 grandchildren.
Services were held at Calvary Assembly of God Church in Wyncote. Burial was in Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 May 15 p. 6
