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DETROIT METHODIST CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
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··-Name:
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Burch
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Birth :
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5/15/51
3, .1 896
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Father ' s Name in Full
William Me l v i n Burch
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Au Sable , i'J i c h ,
Am erican
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Marria ge of Parents ; Date.
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Brothers and Sisters
.. Name
Address
Present Occupation
Pea rl Duck er
Hazel Bu "rch
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· clerk of Draft Board
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Distinguished Services for Which Members of Family Are Known
Personal History:
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Marriage : Date
Expe rienc:>~s
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Wife ' s Uaiden
of Ch:i.lci.'1God an::t Ycu·::.n '.
O ~tober 5 ,
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Careers , :Positions ) O!f"Lces~ et:;; 'of Children • . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
c·onv erted under II . G. Ostrander.
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the· C~~:i .stj~l1 ~-ii~~~~.:st ~
Acti
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Sn pe r i nt.end ant •
--~A~t~-~ time of Con v ersion
Admi t t ed orr · T:;:-i al and C:;:di..na t.Lons :
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Aug . l27 . 1927
(\'f!'ler e
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F i dland Park, Gull Lals:e
( Elder )
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Offices Hel d i n the Church:
Preside nt of
Ch ri sti an Edn c .,,t:lon, Dist.
Conf eren c~
crn, n ciJ of
Chairman ~
11.
Appointments Served with Date~ .
Go od el 8 ~ ~ t
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Jeddo Bopt . 1925
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. 1nger Sept , 1935, Britton and Wellsyj_ll e
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Freel and ,rune 1948
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Military Record:
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Public Offices:
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Favorite Recreations, Hobbies, et.o;
.}rowi ng Gl ad lQlJJs
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Aut hor of V.f uat Books and Publications? :
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Clubs and Fraternal Organizations:
A memo1·ial s ervice was held at the
- - Elkton Meth odist Church on June 2.
Rev. Arthur E. Smith, Dis trict Supe rEV. Leo H. Burch died at Hubba rd
Hospital in Bad Axe on May 31, - - intendent, was in charge of the service
assis ted by Rev. Robert E. McLean,
1960, foll ow in ~ surgery s ome three
Rev. John D. Roach, Rev. R. J. Matteweeks
before.
He
was
born
in
Deerfield
17. Any Additior: Township , Lapeer Coun ty, October 3, - - son of the United Miss io mny Ch urch
of Elkton; Rev. Morris Bauman of S t. •
1896. There he spen t his early childPaul's E.U.B. a nd Rev. W. M. Heller of
hood until his parents moved to a far m
Elkton Mission ary Church w ho gave a
near Columbiaville. As a young ma n he
t ribute on behalf of the local minis ters.
united with the Columbiavill e Methodist
Another service was held in th e ColumProtesta nt Church. On October 5, 1921
biaville Methodis t Church on Jun e '1
he marriecl Leoline Ducker.
with Rev. Imogene Quinn, pa stor , preIn 1923 he entered the Chri stian mins iding, a ssisted by Rev. Karl W. Patow,
is try by joining the Michigan Confer;e Rev. Arthur E. Smith, Rev. W alter
ence
of
the
Methodi
st
Protestan
t
If the Subject oj
Mollan and Rev. Everett Smith.
Church, and served at Goodells, J eddo,
The pallbearers were t he following
Gagetown, a nd Ainger. With th e
Date of Death
merger of the Methodist Protestant .ce ministers : Rev. Raymond Lamb, Rev.
Ellis Fenton, Rev. Horace James, Rev.
with the Methodis t Epis copal Churches
Paul Havens, Rev. Albert Johns a nd
in
1939
he
became
a
member
of
t
h
e
-· Pl ace of Burial
Rev. E li Richard.
Detroit Conference and se1·ved t he fol- H e is survived by his wife, L eoline;
lowing charges : Britton and W ells ville,
Officiating Minis Ga ines, Freeland, Imlay City, a nd s ince
his 87-year-olcl mother, Mrs. Nettie
Burch of Columbiaville; and t\vo s is ters,
1957 at Elkton.
Miss Haz el Burch of Columbiaville and
Mrs. Pearl Ducker of Flint. Burial was
in t he Deerfield Cemetery in LapeP.r
--Additional Biographical Expe ri ~n ce a, Episodes or F u County.
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