Albert Edgecomb memorial
Longtime Consociate Albert Edgecomb (May 2, 1924 – May 10, 2016) passed away at the age of 92 at his residence in Reno. A Memorial Service was held to celebrate his life on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Child. In attendance were members of the Reno Church Community who had known him.
Albert had been a resident member of the Second Advent Community for over thirty years. During that time, he received Third-level Ordination in the Order of The Holy Child and was active in the Second Advent ministry until his advanced age prevented him from doing so. He helped sponsor a number expeditions to the Chachapoyas region of Peru through the Andean Explorers Foundation and had taken part in one expedition himself.
Rev. Robet Roy delivers eulogy
Eulogy for The Reverend Albert Edgecomb, written and delivered by The Reverend Robert Roy on July 9, 2016:
Albert John Edgecomb was born on May 2, 1924 in Everett, Massachusetts, a small manufacturing town four miles north of Boston. His parents had earlier migrated from Newfoundland, Canada.
At nineteen years of age in 1943 Albert joined the war effort, enlisting with the 156th Army Airways communication system squadron and was sent to the South Atlantic theater of operations as a corporal.
After three years of service in the military, Albert went to work for the telephone company in Massachusetts and retired in 1984.
Earlier in 1976 Albert had begun his studies with the International Community of Christ by mail, and with his retirement in 1984 decided to move to Reno to continue his studies with us in person. As far as I know, he never married and never spoke of anyone he had been close with. His passport showed only one trip abroad, and this was to Peru in 1994 to take part in an expedition with our beloved teacher Gene Savoy Sr.
Albert was always a solitary person and by the year 2000 we saw less and less of him. His heart was always with this Teaching however. He never stopped tithing till the day of his passing.
I knew him for 16 years of his life here in Reno. He always had a smile and enjoyed a good joke, although he never gave you more than a chuckle for your effort. He was a good listener, but he never initiated a conversation. A person felt good in his company, a pure soul with no bad comments about anyone, a good example of a man at peace with the world. He was a person rewarded, I believe, with a long life for his peaceful outlook in this world and his prayerful contributions in our Church.
I pray that God bless his Soul and Spiritually reward him with a place in Heaven.
Spoken with Love and a Blessing,
Rev. Robert Roy
Portrait of Albert Edgecomb and reception cake
