MNS elder co-founder Phyllis Taylor died June 2026,
after losing her husband, author, organizer,
Richard (Dick) Taylor, October 2024 (at age 91).

Her memorial will be Sept. 20, 2pm at Germantown Monthly Meeting,
47 W. Coulter St., Philadelphia. Donations may be made to:
New Sanctuary Movement, Box 46242, Philadelphia 19160;
& Face to Face, 123 E. Price St., Philadelphia 19144.
R.I.P. Ken Martin [1/8/1934-6/11/2025]

Ken and Monika in Ammersee, Germany in 2023, where they spent six months.
R.I.P. T. Kumar, international human rights activist January 2026.
Read his obituaries in the NY Times and Tamil Guardian
Richard Fuller died in St. Paul, MN, Nov. 15, 2025 from brain cancer, at 81.
At a 2022 pipeline protest; with Theo & Margie (center); and Betsy in 2020.
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Memorial to 100 MNS/Life Center Friends We Miss
Email updates, documents, links, photos etc. to: MNS (at) MovementforaNewSociety.org.
Please share widely MovementforaNewSociety.org, GeorgeLakeyFilm.com and his
Polarization & “How We Win” (30m), and MNS 50th Anniversary Videos & Resources

Deceased MNSers in this photo from the 2005 MNS Reunion (Amherst):
Front row left: Nina Huizinga, Lillian and George Willoughby and Judy Lashof.
Center row: Laurel Paster (5th from lef), Hazel Tulecke (center), Felice Yeskel
(3rd right of Hazel), Nancy Brigham (behind Felice); Alice Maes (2nd from right).
Back: Lynne Shivers (far left), Richard Fuller, Pat Parkman (7th from left), Pete Hill (white hat)
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*Seth Argentinio 1980 |
Nicola Geiger Gil Gilmore, 5/2012 (see Ray Torres’Beyond Credit Unions) Margaret Grammer Charles Gray Everett Guy David Hartsough March 22, 2025 Joe Havens Teresina Havens *Ray Henry 1989 Pete Hill 2017 Bill Himmelbower Sue Himmelbower Barbara Hirshkowitz, NSP Bill Houston *Ely Hochstedler 1975 Nina Huizinga (more) 3/2013 Loreine Kendrick *Eric Killinger 1988 Marion Klapper John Koch Peter Lakey T. Kumar, Jan. 19, 2026 Kent Larabee Judith Lashof (more) 2018 *Julie Lattinay 1975 *Ruth Laughlin 1986 Elizabeth Leonard Molly Libby Claire Llewellyn, 12/2012 James T. Lynch Jr. (stillborn son of Tani Martinatt) Alice Maes, 11/22/21 Debbie Martin and Dion Martin (adult children of Ken Martin) Tom MacLean Cynthia Mallory John Martinson Sarah McElroy David Miller Kathy Miller (Keith Miller’s wife) |
*Meristem Miller mid-1980s Bill Moffett 2017 Jean Mohr Bill Moyer (more) 2003 *Mark Mueller 1988 Pat Murphy Charlie Murphy 2016 *Len Newcomb 1984 Jim Nunes-Schrag 1985 (Linda’s spouse) Pat Parkman Laurel Paster (Feb. 2024)* K. Patti 1985 Jim Peck, 1993 (photo)* Ron Probosco 1976 Joanna Reese Peter Reilly Florence Rossoff 8/1993* Sue Richards 1988 Larry Scott 1986 (AQAG) Ankha Shamin Gene Sharp 2018 *Michael Sherwin 1991 *Sam Shimabukuro 1988 *Jim Silver 1975 Lynne Shivers (more) 2015 Diana Siemens *Sue Speeth 1975 Herb Standing Norman Taylor, Fauna Fdn; Toronto Star 8/2016 Phyllis Taylor, 6/2026 & Richard (Dick) Taylor, 10/14/2024 (wife Phyllis) Susan Terry, Mar. 31, 2026 (was Gowan; spouse Steve Parker) Perry Treadwell Hazel Tulecke Charlie Walker (PBI+AQAG) Clint Weimeister 5/2019 George Willoughby (more) 2010; Wikipedia Lillian Willoughby (more) 2009; Wikipedia Freddie Windriver Kendrick Wronski 2025 Hang Wu, Friends Jrnl. Felice Yeskel (more) 2011; Wikipedia |
Click links for obits, key docs, photos, brief bios*
PHOTOS BELOW IN ORDER: Karen Brandow, Nancy Brigham, Vint Deming, Jim Nunes-Schrag, Pete Hill, Nina Huizinga, Ruth Dreamdigger, Judy Lashof, Bill Moffett, Bill Moyer, Charlie Murphy, Larry Scott, Gene Sharp, Norman Taylor, Felice Yeskel, Lillian Willoughby and George Willoughby.


ABOVE: MNSers gather around Judy Lashof’s portrait at her Memorial 7/22/18, Middlebury, VT:
Louise Brill, Erika Thorne, Gail Haines, Guy Wood, Thelma Stoudt, Bob Sutton, Herb Ettel
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We bid a sad farewell to MNS alum Alice Maes, with many fond memories and gratitude that she and daughter Sarah attended our 50th Anniversary just one week before “changing her address” at 91, Nov. 22, 2021. |

David Hartsough (May 2, 1940-March 22, 2025), American 