Douglas David Feaver was born in 1921 in Toronto, Canada to Charles and Margaret Feaver. He was the first of his family to graduate from college (University of Toronto) and then received his Ph.D. in Classics from Johns Hopkins. He began teaching at Yale University and then moved to Bethlehem in 1956 to become a professor of classics at Lehigh University, where he remained until he retired in 1984. After retirement, he and his wife Margaret joined Youth With a Mission to start up the Humanities and International Studies school of the University of the Nations, based in Kona, Hawaii. Douglas was a long-time member of First Presbyterian Church (later, Grace Church of Bethlehem) as well as a lay leader in the Lehigh Valley Christian Fellowship. Through those ministries, Lehigh University, and through YWAM, he touched the lives of thousands of people around the world. He will be remembered for his gentle and generous spirit, his steadfastness in the faith, and his deep intellect. His 65-year marriage to Margaret Feaver was a special inspiration and was the subject of a book, One Heart, One Way, written by his son, John. A natural prodigy, he composed the music for his own wedding and composed numerous other pieces in a variety of styles – classical, light-opera, and Christian choruses. Even at 93, he sang in the summer choir at First Presbyterian Church and he left behind a rich archive of poems and reflections, some of which were collected in a book, This Do In Remembrance of Me.

Douglas was featured in two articles in the local newspaper in 1984.

Dr. Douglas D. Feaver died peacefully in Moravian Village on April 6, 2015 in Bethlehem, PA at the age of 93.

Margaret Ruth Feaver was born in Lanzhou, China, she was a daughter of the late Roy A. and Gertrude (Back) Seaman, who were missionaries to China.

Margaret earned a B.S. degree in Nursing from the University of Toronto and taught nursing for three years.

She and her husband Douglas were active members of First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem and Grace Church of Bethlehem since the mid-1950s, often teaching adult Sunday School classes. Margaret started a neighborhood Bible study for women in her home in the 1960s, and with her husband hosted a weekly Bible study in their home. Over the decades, hundreds if not thousands of people came through their doors and received a warm hug and encouraging teaching, and experienced healing in all dimensions of life.

In the mid-1980s, Margaret and her husband joined Youth With a Mission, and co-founded the Humanities and International Studies College in YWAM’s University of the Nations at the Kailua-Kona campus in Hawaii, serving until 2001. She became known as “Mother Margaret” to countless YWAMers from around the world who were touched by her love, wisdom, and devotional teachings.

Margaret wrote a book of lessons gleaned from her own life stories, called “Precious Pearls.”  Her long marriage to Douglas was the subject of a devotional study, “One Heart, One Way.”

Margaret R. Feaver, 97, of Bethlehem, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, in Fellowship Manor, Whitehall.