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Image by Libna Stevens/IAD File Photo
Pastor Ramon H. Maury. December 3, 2006, Miami, Florida, United
States...[Libna Stevens/IAD]
Pastor Ramon H. Maury, a long time
church administrator and top official for the Seventh-day Adventist
Church in Inter-America, died of an apparent respiratory arrest
while in Mexico on Saturday, Dec. 2. He was 73.
Pastor Ramon H. Maury, a long time church administrator and top
official for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America, died
of an apparent respiratory arrest while in Mexico on Saturday, Dec.
2. He was 73.
"His legacy will
always be with us, for he was part of the excellent team of workers
who made the Inter-American Division what it is today," said Pastor
Israel Leito, president of the church in Inter-America. "His service
to this church was as intense as he has lived and loved [the
church]."
Pastor Leito said that Pastor Maury’s church and IAD family are
broken with grief.
Pastor Maury, who retired late in late 2005 after serving the church
for nearly 50 years, continued working actively for the church.
He was born October
19, 1933, in Colombia where he grew up. He studied Theology at
Colombia Adventist University and obtained a master’s degree in
business administration from Andrews University.
His years of
service for the church began in 1957 where he became the treasurer
and professor at Colombia Adventist University, later becoming
president of that institution. He also pastored a church and served
as treasurer and later president of the church in Colombia.
In 1981, Pastor
Maury became the treasurer of the church in the Inter-American
Division headquartered in Miami, Florida. He continued in that
position for 19 years until becoming vice president of the Division
in 2000. He remained in that position until retiring from full time
service.
He is survived by his wife, Maria Eugenia, four children, and
grandchildren.
Services will be announced.
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