Alice M Huff

Alice Marie Huff (née Wirt) was born in Topeka, Kansas to Milton and Fay (Henneberg) Wirt on March 30, 1941. She began school in Topeka before the family moved to Miltonvale, Kansas. She grew up in this small North-Central Kansas town which was the location of the Wesleyan church academy and college, where her father was the Financial Director and her mother taught various business courses. The community also included the campgrounds for the Kansas, Colorado and Missouri District of the Wesleyan Church.

From an early age Alice participated in as many of the Bible College events and denominational camp meetings as she could. Her father was on the National Church Board, so she met many national Church leaders and denominational missionaries. She kept an autograph book of those she met and as a youth, dedicated her life to missionary service.

Alice graduated from the Miltonvale Wesleyan Academy in 1959 and from the Junior College with an emphasis in elementary education in 1961.

Alice and Wayne were married on June 5th, 1961, which was also the very day of their graduation from Junior College. Then, while continuing their education in the Theology program, Wayne and Alice pastored a rural Wesleyan church for 3 years which was located 10 country miles from the college. They then pastored the Wesleyan Church in Belleville, Kansas for one year. Their children Esther and Phillip were born during those pastoral years.

Alice and Wayne joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1964 after two summers of graduate linguistic training. In 1966 following further training in Mexico, they went to Guatemala to begin Bible translation for a Mayan language; Uspanteko. In 1972, because of family medical needs, the project was released to Wycliffe colleagues who completed the New Testament along with literacy projects. Alice and Wayne participated in the dedication on April 1, 2000.

Upon returning to the states in 1972, they were assigned to Wycliffe headquarters in Southern California. Their new assignment eventually brought them to Duncanville in 1978.

Alice was gifted in developing and maintaining relationships with friends and family. In later years she enjoyed developing extensive files during her research on family history. She also loved gardening and tending her roses. Wayne often gave her a special rose bush for a birthday or anniversary.

Alice and Wayne retired in 2008 after more than 40 years of missionary service and have continued to have an active part in several Guatemala projects. Based in Guatemala but having a global impact for minority-language children, the Deditos Project (little fingers) has been chosen by the family for memorial gifts. Here is a link to a page with a promotional video, and other information about Deditos. https://mailchi.mp/404ba8f098fa/deditos Click to donate and indicate “Deditos-12 Huff Memorial” as the project on the donation-linked form. Episode 12: “Is it right for you to be angry?” is about Jonah. The theme is about God’s compassion and His desire that everyone should be saved

Alice (age 78) passed away on March 26, 2020 at Charlton Methodist Hospital as a result of unexpected heart problems. Surviving are her husband Wayne, her daughter Esther (Jeff) Weiesnbach of Duncanville and a son, Phillip Wayne Huff also of Duncanville, two brothers, Richard (Lynda) Wirt of Austin, Texas, and Clayburn (Elizabeth) Wirt of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, along with many nieces, nephews and other extended family.

Burial will be in the Little Bethel Cemetery in Duncanville, Texas on April 1, 2020.