Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wittung, Jeffery Alan January 10, 2010
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Wed. Jan. 13, 2010

Jeffery Alan Wittung, age 35, of Belding, went home to be with his Lord and 
Savior on Sunday evening, Jan. 10, 2010. 

He was born on March 9, 1974, in Van Wert, Ohio, the son of Frederick C. and 
Sylvia I. (McClure) Wittung. He graduated from Van Wert City School and 
completed his undergraduate studies at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University in Mt. 
Vernon, Ohio, where he met the love of his life, Marne Janelle Dixon. The 
couple exchanged vows on July 24, 1999, after a five-year courtship. Jeff 
continued his academic pursuits at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas 
City, Mo., where he earned his Master of Divinity degree. He was attending Drew 
University in Madison, N.J., where he had recently completed his Master of 
Philosophy degree in theology and was pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy degree 
in theology. Jeff worked as an academic editor for Baker Publishing Group and 
cherished the written word, studying, reading, and co-editing a book entitled 
Partakers of the Divine Nature; The History and Development of Deification in 
the Christian Traditions, which explores the subject of Theosis, and serving as 
an editor for the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. He also served on 
the Alvah N. Belding Library board in Belding and was an active member of 
Encounter Community Church in Belding.

Left to cherish Jeff’s memory are his family, including his dear wife Marne of 
Belding; children, Anastasia Maria and Kate Elise, both at home; his parents 
Frederick C. and Sylvia I. Wittung; a sister, Cindy J. (Jeff) Dickman of 
Thousand Oaks, Calif.; a father-and-mother-in-law, William D. and Marcia R. 
Dixon of Mercer, Pa.; a grandmother-in-law, Helen R. Lehman of Northumberland, 
Pa.; a sister-in-law, Maria N. (Terry) Hanna of Kernersville, N.C.; a brother-
in-law, William D. (Shelly) Dixon, Jr., of Pasadena, Md.; several aunts, 
uncles, and cousins and many dear friends and colleagues.

Visitation will take place at Verdun Family Funeral Home, 303 S. Bridge St., 
Belding, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. A 
Life Celebration service will take place on Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph 
Catholic Church, 409 S. Bridge Street, Belding 48809, with Pastors Chad Current 
and Jim Bowen officiating. A reception will follow in a gathering space 
attached to the church. Services will also be held Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 in 
Van Wert, Ohio with a gathering time at 12 noon and service at 2 p.m. at 
Calvary Evangelical Church. Interment will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery in 
Ohio City, Ohio. Those wishing to express sympathy are welcome to consider a 
memorial contribution in Jeff’s memory to the Jeff Wittung Benefit Fund, 
Firstbank West Michigan, 9344 W. Belding Road, Belding, Michigan 48809 or to 
Gideon’s International. For additional information, please contact Verdun 
Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, which is caring for the 
arrangements at (616) 794-1300 or www.vernunfh.com.


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