Taiwan Church News.
Occasional Bulletin, V14, no.3 May/June 1997. p.16
A lifelong
missionary, Robert Donnell McCall（馬好留）,
known as Don to colleagues and friends, had served in Japan for
11 yeas before coming to Taiwan and spending the rest of his
life until his retirement. Don McCall met his first wife,
Virginia Montgomery, in Japan while both were missionaries.
They got married in 1953 and had three children.
After being sent
to Taiwan in 1963, Rev. Don McCall began a long association with
aboriginal churches. During his first two years in Taiwan, Don
McCall worked with aboriginal churches in Hualien（花蓮）.
From 1965 to 1969, the McCall moved to Taitung（台東）,
continuing to serve at several aboriginal churches. After coming
back from a furlough in 1970, the McCalls moved to the west
coast of Taiwan and were active in the aboriginal churches, the
Aboriginal Student Center and Aboriginal Service Center in
Taichung（台中）
and Nantou（南投）.
After obtaining
his Doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1975, Don went back to
Hualien, in 1977. Three years later he began teaching at the
Yushan Theological College（玉山神學院）
and at the same time assisted nearby aboriginal churches. His
work with these churches included giving sermons, planning
church development, church planting and training church workers
and leaders.
As the Associate
General Secretary of PCT（台灣基督長老教會總會副總幹事）
from 1986-1989, Don McCall was a natural spokesman for the
aborigines and he was particularly concerned with their problems
as the marginalized in Taiwanese society, often raising issues
concerning them in the General
Assembly.
In 1990 Don’s
wife, Virginia McCall, died after a long illness wit cancer
during their furlough back in the U.S. Later on Don married
Jessie Junkin, another former missionary, and returned to
Taiwan for the last time. This time they went to work with the
Amis Presbytery in Taitung. Although he had already been
diagnosed with cancer of the bone, Don kept working until his
retirement.
On March 15,1997, Don passed away at home in Montreat, North
Carolina at the age of 70. The funeral took place two days
later. The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan gives thanks to God for
having sent Don McCall to Taiwan and prays for condolences to
his family.
