Francis “Bus” Dawson, 96, of Boise, passed away October 31, 2021. Bus was born on February 12th 1925, in Denver, Colorado to parents Floyd and Lillian Dawson.
Bus served in the United States Marine Corp during WW2 and was wounded in the assault on Saipan when his amphibious tank was hit. He rejoined his unit for the invasion of Iwo Jima. He was discharged after the war and attended Biola Bible School. He married Jane Klein and they prepared to become pioneer missionaries, joining Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1950. He served with Wycliffe for over 50 years. He earned a master’s degree in Linguists from The University of Hawaii in 1971. He lost his wife Jane in 1975 and married Jean Shand in 1977. He served in many roles with Wycliffe and the Summer Institute of Linguistics which took him all over southeast Asia as the Southeast Asia Area Director. After the Philippines, he served in Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and other places. It was his passion to see as much of the Bible translated for indigenous people as possible and was especially involved with the Tagakaulo Kalgan translation which he started in 1953 with wife Jane and children. He was as involved as possible until he was 90 when he had to cease traveling overseas but he carried on working by email as long as he could.
He is survived by two sisters, Joan and Carol and 5 children: Shirley, Gail, Dale, Beverly, and Nancy.
He was greeted in Heaven by his parents, many brothers and sisters, friends, and co-workers who preceded him to Glory.
A committal servcie will be held, 10:00 am, Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, 10100 Horseshoe Bend Rd., Boise, Idaho. The service will be conducted by his family with grandson Pastor Andrew Luedtke officiating. He will be missed by all who knew him and had the opportunity to work with him.
Rest in Peace Dad.
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David Briley says
November 23, 2021 at 8:41 amA memory I have of Bus was when he came to our village allocation of Agoiogoa in Papua (at that time Irian Jaya) in Indonesia. Joyce and I were living in dirt floor crude shelter. Bus spent his nights there in the newly appointed headman’s hut. He was there to encourage us to go ahead and build a house after the headman of the village was killed while out in the jungle gathering materials for our house. Bus became a friend of Bi the new headman in short order. Even to the point of going down to the river with Bi and I and skinny dipping in the river that flowed by the village. His leadership to our branch was such a blessing. Missing you Bus. Dave and Joyce Briley
David says
February 17, 2023 at 1:03 pmHello to the Dawson children. Just happened on Uncle Bus’s obituary. My memories of Uncle Bus and Family go back 65 years or so to when I stayed with them at Nasuli for a period while my folks were in the field. Over that 65 years he and Jane, then Jean have been a blessing to me and mine. While were not ever in the same place at the same time for a long time, there were short periods where we were co-existent and his stays with us in Bangkok in the 92-97 time frame are a nice memory. Also, his and Jean’s making a point to visit with us for a meal at least when they went through Spokane were also a joy.
So, I apologize for the lateness of this memory but be assured of their place in our memories. .