BINGHAM — Oiva “Jack” Rosenberg, 94, of Owen Street, passed away Jan. 25, at the Somerset Rehabilitation and Living Center.

He was born April 26, 1916, in Paris Hill, the son of Arvid and Elizabeth (Kyllonen) Rosenberg. He grew up on the farm until it was sold and he went on to pursue his life. He then graduated from Elim Bible Institute in Lima, N.Y. in 1960. Today he would be called a nontraditional student, as his family lived in campus housing for three years while he went about his studied and built up the church in Elmira, N.Y.

His interests led him to many different occupations, from a butler in Englewood, N.J. and Sugar Hill, N.H., to a baker when he and his friend opened the Scandia Bakery in Brooklyn, N.Y., to salesman for the Cushman Company for ten years, and his first love of being a preacher. As a preacher, he filled in for many churches; Finnish Churches in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Vancouver, BC., Washington State, Los Angeles, Calif., and West Palm Beach, Fla. He preached for 19 years at a Beech Ridge Church in York.

He served as a missionary in Brit Guiana, SA with World MAP Harvest, spending parts of several summers as evangelist for the Finnish Free Church in Finland. He also served as the field secretary for the Eastern Finnish Congregational Conference.

Surviving are his son, David Rosenberg and his wife, Linda, of Maine and Virginia; grandson, Kyle and his wife, Sarajoy, of Topsham; granddaughter, Kara and her husband, Daniel Cyr, of North Waterboro; great-grandchildren, Madison, Dean and Elsie Rosenberg, Matthew, Jacob, Dylan and Kaden Cyr; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his wife, Alma, E. Wirtanen Rosenberg, in 2005.

Online condolences may be made at www.JohnsonFuneralHomeMe.com.