Retired missionary Harry Haines dies

RETIRED Methodist missionary Rev J. Harry Haines (picture at left) passed away at the age of 89 on March 29, 2007 in Eugene, Oregon, leaving behind his wife, Loma Housley and two surviving sons.


His missionary service spanned a total of 38 years, beginning in west China in the 1940s, then in the division of inter-church aid, refugees and world service of the World Council of Churches. From 1950 to 1959, he was appointed to Malaya. Following a period of advanced study at Princeton Theological Seminary for his doctorate, he was appointed Director of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) from 1966 to 1983.


His appointments in Malaya were exclusively centred on Ipoh Wesley (1951-55), then Kuala Lumpur Wesley (1956-59) and concurrently Selangor District Superintendent from 1958 to 1960. His ministry in Ipoh saw the membership of the church increasing from144 to 303 in 1954.