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Terry Dean Beitzel

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Birth	:	26 Jul 1967 Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	29 Jan 2021 Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Park View Mennonite Church Memory Garden, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4784224, -78.8763494
Description	:	Terry Dean Beitzel, 53, of Harrisonburg, passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 at Sentara RMH Medical Center. He was born in Meyersdale, Pa., on July 26, 1967, the second son of Denver Dean Beitzel and Naomi Maust Beitzel. Terry graduated from Northern Garrett High School and pursued his undergraduate studies at Frostburg State University. He then earned a master’s degree in the history of science from Harvard University and a doctorate in conflict analysis and conflict resolution from George Mason University. Terry was baptized and a lifelong member of Cherry Glade Mennonite Church, Accident, Md.; and a member... Read More	Terry Dean Beitzel, 53, of Harrisonburg, passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 at Sentara RMH Medical Center. He was born in Meyersdale, Pa., on July 26, 1967, the second son of Denver Dean Beitzel and Naomi Maust Beitzel. Terry graduated from Northern Garrett High School and pursued his undergraduate studies at Frostburg State University. He then earned a master’s degree in the history of science from Harvard University and a doctorate in conflict analysis and conflict resolution from George Mason University. Terry was baptized and a lifelong member of Cherry Glade Mennonite Church, Accident, Md.; and a member of the faith community at Park View Mennonite Church. He enjoyed warm and deep relationships with various church members. He took his faith seriously and was grateful to be part of a church community that encouraged him to ask intellectually honest and probing questions. For Terry, faith was a whole-life endeavor that he fully integrated with his passion for social justice. In 2007, Terry joined the faculty of the Justice Studies Department at James Madison University. Prior to coming to JMU, he taught at Bridgewater College and Eastern Mennonite University in the Peace and Justice program, and served as a research assistant for the International Criminal Court. Terry was an inspiring teacher who encouraged his students to ask questions, to accept responsibility for their learning, and to become involved in the JMU, Harrisonburg, and Rockingham County communities. The overarching question in his teaching resonates with his students long after completing a course with him: “who is responsible to do what for whom?” Terry authored an extensive and wide-ranging series of publications and conference presentations. His scholarship explored the transitions from violent conflict; contemporary and novel approaches to furthering justice; and the role of nonviolence, responsibility, civic engagement in the lives of individuals and societies. The high quality of Terry’s work and his passion for cross-cultural community building led to collaborations in Guinea, India, Kenya, and Kosovo. The global scope of his work led him to serve as a practitioner for the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR) with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC). This impressive record of scholarship and international collaboration provided the foundation for Terry to establish the International Journal on Responsibility. Terry recruited the Editorial Board and served as the founding Editor-in-Chief. The journal serves as a forum for discourse on relevant questions of responsibility within any area of academic study or aspect of public life. The journal’s success was due, in large part, to Terry’s tireless efforts to ensure that germs of ideas ultimately came to fruition as published issues. Terry believed deeply in nonviolent forms of conflict resolution and thus relished the chance to become the director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence at JMU in 2014. In that leadership role, he re-energized the Gandhi Center, generating more opportunities for JMU students and scholars to collaborate with community members in the Shenandoah Valley and beyond. Partnerships were launched with varied groups such as the Valley Justice Coalition, New Bridges Immigration Center, Fairfield Mediation Center, Many Voices of Harrisonburg, and the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention at Virginia Tech. The Gandhi Center’s most recent project is the creation of the Gandhi Mobile Peace Library that will visit different local elementary and middle Schools. He was preceded in death by his father Denver Dean Beitzel. Terry is survived and eternally loved by his wife, Sylvia Whitney Beitzel; his daughter, Myra Whitney Beitzel; his mother, Naomi Maust Beitzel; his mother-in-law, Tomasa Whitney Robledo; his brother, Gary Lynn Beitzel and sister-in-law, Dawn Sines Beitzel; his brother-in-law, Robert F Whitney and wife, Vilma Hernández; his nieces, Terah Beitzel Crawford and husband, Eric Crawford, Markell O’Faolean-Fickes and husband, Jason Fickes, and Jade O’Faolean-Frushour and husband, Kenneth Frushour; his nephew, Max Lynn Beitzel and wife, Nina Glisan Beitzel, Edgar G. Whitney, and Robert T. Whitney; his great-nieces, Kennedy, Isla, and Rory O’Faolean-Fickes, and Allie Beitzel; and his great-nephews, Asher and Sawyer Crawford, and Syrus O’Faolean-Frushour. A memorial service will be held in February led by Park View Mennonite Church at a date and time to be announced on this obituary page. In lieu of flowers, plans are underway to create a scholarship in Terry’s honor to which donations will be welcomed. Details will be provided at a later time through James Madison University.

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Terry Dean Beitzel's memorial is located at: Park View Mennonite Church Memory Garden, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, USA.
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Terry Dean Beitzel death on 29 Jan 2021 in Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 38.4784224
Longitude: -78.8763494

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Denver Dean Beitzel

(1942 - 2018)

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