Dr. G. Linwood Barney died October 29, 2003, at Shell Point Retirement 
Community, in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 79. 
(Source: http://www.alliancelife.org/family/obits.php)

    Lin was born in 1923 in Rumney, N.H. He received a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University, was a graduate of the Missionary Training Institute (now Nyack College, Nyack, N.Y.) and received master’s and doctorate degrees in anthropology from the University of Minnesota.
    In 1946 Lin married Elsie, whom he met while at Taylor. After spending a year at Nyack, two summers at the Summer Institute of Linguistics and two years at the Union Church (Palisade, N.J.), Lin and Elsie went to Laos as missionaries to the Hmong people. During this time, Lin worked on reducing the Hmong language to written form. Other missionaries helped with the project, and today the Hmong have the Word of God.
    In 1954, Lin taught missions at St. Paul Bible Institute (now Crown College, St. Bonifacius, Minn.). In 1960, along with Dr. Jack Shepherd, Lin established the Jaffray School of Missions in Nyack, N.Y. He remained in Nyack for 28 years as the school went through various transitions, and became Alliance Theological Seminary (ATS). Lin was dean of faculty at the Seminary when he retired in 1988 and moved to Florida.
Lin is survived by his wife; two daughters, Linda and Karen; three granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.
    A memorial service was held November 15 at The Village Church at Shell Point Retirement Community. Rev. Kenneth P. Nesselroade, Rev. Scott M. Bartholomew and Dr. James A. Davey assisted in the service. A second service was held December 5 in the chapel at ATS. Dr. R. Bryan Widbin officiated. The burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack.