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Hershey, Lester T. (1912-2007)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Nov 19 p. 7
Birth date: 1912 Nov 28
text of obituary:
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.
What was meant to communicate across Puerto Rico eventually aired on 88 stations worldwide. Hershey served as director and the voice of the Light and Truth Spanish broadcast for more than 30 years.
Hershey, 94, died Nov. 3 at his home.
Some leaders of the Puerto Rican Mennonite Church credit the radio ministry, which for a time was a part of a predecessor agency of Mennonite Media, with helping row a Puerto rican Mennonite presence that his spread across North America.
