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Pastor, ‘professional volunteer’ John F. Stephenson, Jr., dies at 89

The Rev. Dr. John F. Stephenson, Jr., a Presbyterian pastor who started a breakfast club called “The Bagel Boys” and continued to serve God despite having to retire from professional ministry in 1980 because of disabling rheumatoid arthritis, died on Oct. 4. He was 89.