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DETROIT METHODIST CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Date. December 26,1950

Name :

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Birth:

OSWAtD
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Edward

Carl

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Jugo Slavia
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July 5, 1907
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Personal Appearance: 5 f·t . 9 in.

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German.~
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Farmer
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Death ; Date
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Theresa Kauk

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3. Warriage of Parents ; Date.
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1905

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Austria,

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Akron, Ohio,

Austria
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Deford # Mich igan, Roseville, Mich.

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Fred Oswald

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Detr6it, Mich.

Present Occupation
Tool Maker
Machinist

.Henry Oswald

Fraser, Mich.

Leo Oswald

Ferndale, Mich.

Salesman

Mount Clemens, .Mich.

Housewife

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Wilmot, Michigan,

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Oewa!d Sommers

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EducatiotJ:: · Sch9ol s and Degr ees

YMCA College, Gr eat Lakes Coll ege - A.B.

Pittsburgh Bible Institue - Dip loma

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Marriage : Date _ __:.J.. :.u:..:l.:t..y--=.
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Henrietta W. Shulz

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Carl H. OaVIald

September 8, 1929

Watcbnan on Or e Boat

Ar elene L.

October 8, 1931

Nurs e 's Training

January 7, 1958

J~ior

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Os~ald

Nathanael C. Oswald

High School

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Religious Experience and Church Work Before Ent ering Ministry.

B. Call t o t he Christian Ministry:

While working as a Printer and Bookbinder
in the City of Detroit

9• . Admitted on Trial and Ordinations :

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October 19 52
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Ventnor City, New Jersey
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Elder

October 1.9 55

Ventnor City, ·®ew Jersey







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Offi ces Held i n t he Church:

District Secretary, District Chairman,
District Secretary of Evangelism

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Germania, Pennsylvania 1927-~l
Appointments Served nitl1 11~~· _Beyburn Ciruliit, Shickshinny, Penna. 19'31-'57
Friendship-Finley, Brid"~ton. New Jersey 19)7-~9
Lakehurst, New Jersey - 19?f-42
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Port Republic, New Jersey 942-42
New Haven, Michigan 194)-48
Munising, Michigan 1948-

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Volley Ball

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Author of Vfuat Books

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MRS\. CARL OSWA LD, wife of Rev.
Carl Oswald of Cheboygan, died Sept ember 8 a t the P etoskey hospital after
\ becoming suddenly ill a t their La ke
·l Loui se cabin. F uneral services were held
rl Septe mbe r 12 with bur ial in t he Pine
l Hill Cemetery, Cheboyga n. A f ull obit uary will appear in a subseque nt issue.

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' 'n ). 1?32 R.:ybu rn C ir c ui t; 1937 F rie!ld·
•hip : 1939 G lendob ·O soor:>V ille ; 1939 N.
J., L >keh urs t· Whi t in;:s : 1 9~2 P ort Re;:>u b·
lic ·S:nith vi!le : 19-13 Det.,
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.:~n t. !l ome Ph . MA 7·9210. Church Ph.
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MRS. CA RL E. OSWALD of
gan, wife of Rev. Carl E. Oswald, died
s uddenly f rom a heart a ttack on Se ptember 8 a t Lake Louise. S he was s tricken while t hey were visit ing with Rev.
a nd Mrs. Verle Carson of Alpena a t
their neig hborin g cottage. Henrie tt a
Oswald,
Wil•h elmina Schultz wa s born in Pittsbm•g h, Pa ., F eb. 19, 1908. She a ttended
Chehoyaan l.ID'nister
the Pittsburgh Biblical I nstitute upon
Special)'• the Fret Press
g radu ating from hi g h school, pla nning to
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CHEBOYGAN - Services
become a mi ss iona ry. It was t here she for Rev. Carl E. Oswald, r~
REV. CARL E. OSWALD, 6~/fof Chet:ioygan,
met Carl Oswald, a nd they were ma rdie d Octobe r 9 in Little Trave rse Hospital ,
tired minister of St. Paul. s
ried afte r he began his ministJ·y. For U 'ted Methodist Church m
Petoskey. He suffe red a heart ailment and had
a pproxima t ely 40 year s Mrs. Oswald
• been hospitalized only a few days. He reti red
C~boygan, will be at 2 p.m.
wa s a Sunday school teacher, a nd for
fro m th e Detroit Annual Co nfere nce in 1972.
Saj:urday at the churc?·
Born july 5 , 1907, in Yugoslavia, he came to
nine years conducted j unior choirs. She
Mr Oswald, 66, dted Tuesthe United States with his parents at the age
a nd Mr. Oswald both sang in the cho ir.
day in Petoskey's Little Tr~v­
of three and they settled in the Thumb area.
erse Hospital after a long IllThey served s uccess ive parish es a t GerHe atte nded Pittsburgh Bible Institute and had
ma nin a nd Shicksh inny, P a .; Bridg eness.
. d . 1972
pastorates in Pe nnsylvan ia and New jersey
Mr. oswald rel!re m
ton, Lakehurs t , a nd Por t Republic, N.J .;
before returning to Michigan where he served
and was given money for a
New Haven, Munisin g, St. Ig nace a nd
churches in New Have n, Munising, St. Ignace
trip to the Holy Land by t~e
Cheboygan, Michi gan . In addit ion to
and Cheyboygan. While in St. Ignace he also
parishoners whtch he and hts
her husband she is s urvived by two sons,
se rved a c hu rch at Pa radise and built new
wife made last fall. He had
Carl H. Oswald of Sil ver S prings a nd
churches in both towns. He was serving the
previous parishes in Penns~l­
Nathanael C. Oswald of Pa lm yra ; one
St. Pau l's Churc h in Ch eboygan when h e
vania and New Jersey and m
daug hter, Mrs. J a ck Eby (Arle ne) of
retired and the church co ntributed a purse
St." Ig na ce; eight gmndchildren; a nd
as a love gift so he and Mrs. O swald co uld
Munising and St. Ignace. He
three sis ter s, Mrs. Carl Hammel of Gle ntake a trip to th e Holy Land. Mr. Oswald was
was past president of the Chesha w, Pa., Mrs. Howard Miller of Ojai,
boygan County Clergy Assoa me mbe r of the International Orde r of St.
Ca lif., a nd Mr s. Willia m P eake of ColLuke ; Masonic Lodge and O ES in Cheboygan,
ciation.
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umbus, Ohio. Ladies of the Order of t he
He is s urvived by his w1fe,
Kiwanis Club, and was a past president of the
East er n Sta r, of which she was a memc a roline. two sons, Carl, of
Che boygan Clergy Association . His wife , the
be r, held a memorial service at the NordSilver Springs, Md., a nd Naformer He nrietta Schu ltz, preceded him in
thaniel, of Palmyra, Mich.; a
ma n Fu nera l Home. F un eral se rvices
death on September 8, 1968. He was marri ed
daughter, Mrs. John Eby ~f
aga in on Au gus t 3, 1969, to Mrs . Ca roline
wer e held Septe;nher 12 a t St. P au l's
st. }gJtace; eight grandchilMet hodis t Chu rch, wit:h Rev. J ohn MulHouse Poque tte who survives as do two s?ns,
dren and one step grandson.
der of Sagina w, district superi ntenden t,
Nathaniel C. of Palmyra, and Carl H. of Stiver
officia t ing. Ass isting were Rev. Verle
s ring Md · one daughte r, Mrs. john Eby of
Ca rson of Alper.a, Rev. Knut 0. Savalg~ace.' eight grandchild ren, one greatreid of Indian River, a nd Rev. Stanley
gr~ndson; ' two brothe rs, Fred of E~st Detroit
and He n ry of Mt. Cle me ns; one stste r, Mrs.
L. Benja min of the Fi rs t Congregat ionDe lb e rt So me rs o f Fr a nklin , Ky., thre e
a l Church , Cheboyga n. Mrs. Isador"
stepchildre n, Richa rd Poque tte of Kansas City ,
Cla rk was organis t, a nd Mrs. W illi am
Mrs . jo hn Ne wcom e r of De nve r a nd Mrs .
L yon sa ng t he hy mn "U nde1· Hi s Wings."
Ralph jewell of Cheboygan ; and six stepMr. Mulder conducted t he commi ttal at
grandchil dre n . Fu~e ra l servic~s we re held
Pinehill Cemete ry. Request wa s made
October13 in St. Pauls Chu rch w1th Rev . Ralph
that memoria l g ifts be ·g iven to the
Janka Saginaw Bay District supe rinte nd e nt ,
S unda y school or to t he Heart F und.
and Rev. R. Edward McCracke n, officiating.
In sympath y for Mr. Oswald t he ConBurial was in Pine hill Cemete ry.
g rega tional c:, urch offe red t o share
its pastor the follow ing Sunday, a nd
Congregationa lists joined with MethoParadise Completes
dist s at St. Paul's Method ist Church to
Fun d Raising Crusade
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hear a ser mon on chur ch u nion by
A bout 75 a tt ended t he k ickoff dinne 1•
Mr. Benja min. Afte r s p e nd i n ~ seve 1·a l
fol· tl~e fun d rai s ing Cl'llsa de at Par adise
days with Mr. Sa vareid a t Au Train,
held 111 lhe Whitefish T o\\'ns hip School.
Mr. Oswa ld res umed his duties as pastor
A PI'Og ntm foll owed th e di nner s er ved
and as president of t he Cheboygan
by t he WSCS.
Clergy Association.
R~be r~ Thompson, mas ter of ce reMRS. CAROLINE POQUETrE an d REV.
montes, m tJ:oduced Leo Za ntop, cha irman
CARL E. OSWALD, Pastor of St. P aul's
of th e Budd ing Committee, who d is United Methodist Church in Cheboygan,
pla yed t he a rch itect's drawi ng f or the
were united in marriage in the church
Il l.' \ \ ' c.hu rch.
D1·. I va n 0. Gonser , dis trict
on August 3 at 4:00 p.m. by Rev. Stanley
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a nd Hev. Car l E. Oswa ld
Benjamin, pastor of the United Church
pa s to r, s poke br ic• fly . Cas h dona t ions t ol..
of Chr ist, assisted by Rev. Raymond Prot he am ount. of $18fJ.25 were received and
vost of the Church of the St raits. Mr. and
p ledges of ~ 1 ,585, to be pa id ove r a t
Mrs. Oswald have taken up their resi.vl'aJ· pcr i(l(l, we re ma de.
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wodence in the parsonage of St. Paul's
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