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Betty Stam was born February 22, 1906, in Albion, Michigan in a pious Christian home.
The family moved from Michigan to China and were stationed in the eastern seacoast town of Tsingtao (modern-day Qingdao), overlooking the Yellow Sea where their ministry to the Chinese flourished.
Betty left for China in 1931, and John followed the next year. They married in 1933. Baby Helen arrived September 11, 1934, and by December the family had settled in Tsingteh.
As John was speaking softly, the Red leader swung his sword through the missionary's throat so that his head was severed from his body. Betty did not scream. She quivered and fell bound beside her husband's body. As she knelt there, the same sword ended her life
This story gained much publicity and motivated many young people to go to the mission field.
In September 1934 ... their daughter, Helen Priscilla, was born in a Methodist hospital in Wuhu. Two months later the Stams left Wuhu and returned to their station, Tsingteh.The original title of this article was "For the Stams No Deliverance".
By the time Father Stam read the letter, Son John and Son John's wife had, in fact, 'passed from pain' at the hands of Chinese Communist-bandits.
Betty Stam was born February 22, 1906, in Albion, Michigan in a pious Christian home.
The fateful day began with deceptive normalcy at John and Betty Stam's missionary residence in Tsingteh, China.
Suddenly a tiny cry broke the silence. Lo hurried in the direction of the sound and had the joy of taking little Helen into his arms
