When
I heard of William (Bill) Dinoff’s homecoming to Heaven on September 16, 2013,
I was beside myself with grief. Losing this godly man was like severing a link
to my childhood. My family was charter
members of Fellowship Baptist Church in Columbus, OH, at the very beginning.
Along with my siblings and parents, I was there when the church began in Shady
Lane Elementary, held midweek services in the basement of my Whitehall home,
and then continued building and adding to its’ current location on Winchester
Pike and Noe Bixby Road.
Pastor
Dinoff was there to comfort my family during the sad times of my life when both
my father and younger brother died as well the joyful occasion of my marriage to
my wife, Bobbi. In my heart, Pastor Dinoff was a larger-than-life man (almost
mythical) that seemed to have the answers to many of my problems right on the
tip of his tongue.
Rest
now my friend. You have run a good race. Your presence will be missed by your
family and many friends. Those you loved in life are taken care of. We eagerly
wait to see you in Heaven, a place where no more night or pain exists. The
attached picture was taken in 1999 for a church directory. Dr. Bill Dinoff is
next to the longtime love of his life, his wife and the church choir director
(at that time), Jean Dinoff.
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