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Hershey, Lester T. (1912-2007)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Nov 19 p. 7

Birth date: 1912 Nov 28

text of obituary:

Spanish-language radio pioneer dies

By Mennonite Mission Network

PORT ASHBY, W.Va. — As a mission worker in Puerto Rico in 1947, Lester T. Hershey thought a secular medium, radio, could be used to spread the gospel across Puerto Rico.

From Hershey's original idea, a Spanish-language radio program emerged within the Puerto Rican Mennonite Church, first called the Hour of Calvary and later Light and Truth.