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Albert G. Tunna Williams

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Albert Williams Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Aug. 30, 2006.

WILLIAMS Albert G. Tunna, 85, in Newburyport, husband of Eunice (Barrett) Williams. Fa ther of Doreen Mohr and James of Hart ford, WI, Albert Sandy and Beverly of Freemont, ME, Donald and Sanna of Napa, CA, Dale and Robin of Newbury, MA, a sister, Norma Sims and Robert of Eustis, FL, 10 grandchildren and 5 great- grandchildren and nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held on Satur day, September 2 at 1 p.m. at the Oster ville Baptist Church, Main St., Osterville. Burial will be private. Memorial contribu tions may be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators, P. O. Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862 or Osterville Baptist Church, P. O. Box 433, Osterville, MA 02655.

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Art Greenleaf

August 30, 2006

Each of us has people in our lives that God has used as life signals-guides. We meet these people at points in our lives that we call turning points or perhaps epiphanies. Al Williams was one of those people in my life.

Al was a last minute fill-in speaker at our church missionary conference in the spring of 1965. One of the key missionary speakers at our conference had canceled at the last minute. Our pastor, Rev Walter Holder had contacted Al and asked if he would fill in. Al had been a typewriter sales and repairman on Cape Cod. A Christian layman, he had heard the call of God and joined a young independent mission society, Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT). At the time of the conference Al was working at the New York Worlds Fair representing WBT at their fair pavilion. But Al and his wife Eunice would soon be heading to Mexico as support personnel for the Bible translation work in that country.

I recall the excitement in his voice as he shared the vision for the thousands of languages without one verse from the Bible. In his Cape Cod drawl he shared the vision God had given him and in turn passed it on to this 16-year-old high school student. I buttonholed him after the service intent on learning more. We talked until the lights were turned out in the church and continued talking as he drove me home that night. That was where it began for me. That night I received the vision for my life in support of Bible translation.

In the 1980s we worked together as Area Directors with Wycliffe Associates, the volunteer member of the Wycliffe family of ministries. He was always an encouragement to me. Oh how I enjoyed his dry New England humor. To me it was a taste of home delivered in my native dialect.

Al will indeed be missed but he leaves a legacy in my life and in the lives of others.