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KENNE T H \t' BURGESS
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Burgess was born on a farm in Sciot
township, Shiawassee county, Mtchigan, April 13,
1903, son of William J. Burgess, who was born on thel
same farm June 19, 1879, and at this time, 1940,
resides in Dearborn, Michigan.
Kenneth's mother's
name was Lulu Drake Burgess and she was born
January 10, 1881 and died February 28, 1913.
Kenneth began his education in a rural school
where he attended for one spring term and then the
family moved to Laingsburg, Michigan, and he attend•
ed the public school in that place until he was
graduated in 1920.
He then went to Owosso, Mich-
igan, and worked in factories a nd other places for
three years, until he entered Albion College in the
fall of 1923 and was given the degree of Bachelor
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Arts in 1927, after which he entered Garrett Bi blical Institute in Evanston, Illinois, worked his way
through school as night clerk in a hotel and in an
Atlantic and Pacific store and received the degree
of Bachelor of Divinity in June of 1930.
June 15, 1927, he was married to Dorothy Mae
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Schliskey, who was born on a farm in Royal Oak,
Michigan, from which three lots were given tor the
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Campbell Memorial Methodist Church and upon which
the building was erected.
She was born February
8, 1906, was graduated from the Royal Oak high
school in 1923 and the following fall entered
Albion College, from which she received the degree
of Bachelor of Arts in 1927.
They are the parents
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Lawrence K., who was born June 29, 1930;
Philip Hoyt, who was born June 19, 1934;
Nancy Louise, born October 12, 1938.
Mr. Burgess united with the Detroit Annual
Conferenc e of the Methodist Episcopal Church on tria
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in sept., 1925; was admitted to full membership in
September 21, 1930, and ordained Deacon in court
I Street Methodist
Church by Bishop H. Lester Smith
I in Flint, Michigan; was ordained Elder September 20,
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1931, in the Metropolitan Methodist Church in
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Detroit, Michigan, by Bishops Nicholson and Meade.
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Mr. Burgess was brought up in a Methodist
home, both parents being active members of the
Methodist Church.
His father served as euperin-
tendent of the Sunday school and his mother played
the organ and sang in the choir.
Her mother
lamented that none of her sons were ministers.
Mr. Burgess had an old fashioned call to the ministry and is deeply convinced that he is called of
God to the work in which he is engaged.
He is
especially interested in the young people and his
minietry . has been marked with h i s leadership of
the youth under his care.
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BIOGRAPHICAL BLANK
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THE DETROIT CONFERENCE
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13100 Woodward , Hi ghland Park,
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N&llle in full:
Birth:
Date Rev . Kenneth
Personal Appearance
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Height 6 ft. 2
Burgess Place .
Marlette, Michi gan
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Date of Birth June ,1879'lace Michigan
2. Mother's Maiden Name
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Amer ic an
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Date of Bir th: Jan . 1 88G>lace Michi gan
Nationality Americ an
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4, Places of residence
Born on farm near Laingsburg , moved to town at age
of s e ve n , to ~~osso after gradu at ion from hi gh school
5. Names of Brothers and Sisters ·
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Lois F. Bu r·gess ( half-si ster )
T.es l 1 e D . Buraess
A) en F . Burg ess
.Doth siste r ·s employed, nei t her married.
7. All avai l able information concerning parents, race, nationality, education ,
occupations, connect i ons, services, deat h, etc .
PERSONAL HISTORY
Schools,
High Scho ol
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3. Marriage:
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Date June 1 5 , 1927
Wife '"a Me.iden Neme-:J)o:ro t hy
5. Nemes or children, with date and place of bir-th Lawrene·e· -K. · ·Bui'~e's s :at : Royal
Oak, June 29 , 1 930; Phi lip H. at Hemloclt, J line 29, . 934~
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Nancy Louise\ .at ~Chesaning.,..vOc.t • .. 12.,...:1938:.... ~.. . . · · 1
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6, Careers ot children, w,ith · J)Qeiti<ms,· o·f fi-ces held, · eto'·. ·a il i n pl]blic. ·schOQl,
7. Your religious exl,:lerienee and Church connections: Joined Lai nisburg
at age of t we l ve . Transfer·r·ed to Ow osso First
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Of consj de r ahl e b,t Ynesrtai - le t h
before that, it wa s b rought to a focus i n McCo~'Q Cla 3 e m~et in g
at OWosso F J. rst i n 1 923 .
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12. Favorite recreations, hobbies, etc.
golf sn
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15. Member of Whet Clubs end Fra ternal Societ;l.es
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Member of T.adgQ lQ 4 ,
April 1900 to Sept 1 a 3 g VoFnOft
Sept. 1 932 to June 1935, Heml ock . June 1935 to .In ne 19 4 0 ChQ&a£4.ng.
June 1~40 to June 1 942, Sandusby·,'
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familY or public life:
PHILIP H. BURGESS ,_ so n of Rev.
a nd Mrs. Kenneth W . .&Ur gess of De: oit, completed his work for the degree
vf Doctor of Education at Wayne State
Univers ity, J une 18, and •has accepted the
position of director of ins tl'uction fo r
Huron Valley School s, Milford. Mr. Burgess was the rec ipient of a fe ll owship·
from the Mott-'E'bulida tion last yea r. ~
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19. Can you give on a separate paper one or two or three dramat1o incidents
occurring during your ministry which might be published in a book und er such
a title as "Highlights of Methodist Ministers"?
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died March 24 at Harper Hospital, Detroit, where he had been a patient for
more than five weeks. Bom April 13,
1903, in Laingsburg, Shiawassee County,
the son of Wm. J. and Lulu Drake Burgess, he graduated from Albion College
in June 1927. A week later he married
Dorothy Schliskey, a graduate of the same
class and a member of the Royal Oak
Methodist Church. Mr. Burgess received
his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1930 and his master's degree from Wayne State University
in June 1962. He served the following
pastorates in the Detroit Conference: Vernon, Hemlock, Chesaning, Sandusky,
Marlette, Rochester, Detroit Bethany,
Highland Park Emmanuel ; and as associate at Detroit St. Matthews. The past
ten years he has taught in the Thurston
High School, South Redford Public
Schools. Survivors include his widow;
one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Persons, Livonia; two sons, Dr. Philip Burgess of
Union Lake, and Larry K. Burgess of Hayward, Calif.; eight grandchildren; two
brothers, Leslie of Dearbom, and Alan
of Syracuse, N. Y.; and two sisters, Miss
Lois Burgess and Mrs. Virginia Haviland.
Memorial services were held March 27 at
St. Matthews Church with Rev. Ira Bush
and two nephews, Rev. Alfred Bamsey
and Rev. Ray Burgess, officiating. Burial
was in the Roseland Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rev. Roy Johns, Rev. Robert
McLean, Rev. Herbert Hausser, Rev.
James Deeg, Rev. William Lovejoy and
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Rev. Reginald Hocking.
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IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY BURGESS DIXON
Dorothy Burgess Dixon, born Feb.8 ,1906, in Royal Oak
Township, Michigan, died April 26, 1984 in Bunkie, Louisiana, wh~ her daughter, Nancy Persons and her husband
reside. Funeral services were held in the First United
Methodist Church of Dearborn, Michigan with Dr. William
Mercer officiating. Burial was in the Royal Oak Cemetary
beside her former husband, Kenneth Burgess, who had been
a minister of the Detroit Conference. Both Dorothy and
Kenneth had been teachers in the Detroit schools.
Dorothy was married to Harold E. Dixon, formerly of'
the Michigan Conference, on Feb. 10,1980 in Fremont, Calif~
at High Noon, in the home o:f her son, Larry Burgess and
his wife, Connie. Dorothy's brother, Chuck Schliskey, was
bestman and her granddaughter, Karen Burgess, was lVIaid of
Honor. The brother of Harold's first wife, Chaplain Howard
A. Seymour o:f the u.s. Navy, officiated. Dorothy and Harold
Dixon and their previous mates and Howard and Evelyn Seymour
were all friends at Albion College where Dorothy received
her degree in mathematics in 1928. After the wedding,
Dorothy and Harold motored throughout Washington, Oregon,
and Idaho before making their home in Morley Manor, Dearborn,
Michigan.
In March 1981, Dorothy had heart surgery with four
bypasses that enabled her to continue to spend her summers
with her husband at her cottage on Lake Louise. The succeeding winters were spent traveling in Texas, Louisiana,
Florida, Georgia, and California. Death fro.JIL massive heart.
failure came after she completed giving gifts to all her
children and grandchildren, redecorating the apartment, and
was present for the graduation o:f her granddaughter, Sharon
Person, from Western State Kalamazoo.
Dorothy is survived by her husband, Harold Dixon; a
brother, Charles Schliskey of Los Alamitos, California;
a sister, Doris Johnson of Muskegon, Michigan; two sons,
Larry Burgess of Fremont, California and Phillip Burgess
of Saginaw, Texas; a daughter, Nancy Persons of Bunkie,
Louisiana; and nine grandchildren.
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t:;IOROTHY BURGESS DIXON , born Feb.
8, 1906, in Royal Oak Township, died April
26 in Bunkie, Louisiana, where her
daughter, Nancy Persons, and her husband reside. Her late husband, Kenneth
Burgess , was a minister of the Detroit
Conference: Dorothy was mar~ie~ to
Harold E. D1xon, formerly of the M1ch1gan
Conference, on Feb. 10, 1980, in Fremont,
Calif. They made their home in .Morley
Manor, Dearborn . The couple spent
winters traveling in the South. Dorothy is
survived by her husband; a brother,
Charles Schliskey, of Los Alamitos, Calif.;
a sister, Doris Johnson , of Muskegon; two
sons, a daug~ter, and nine gr~ndchildren.
Funeral serv1ces w~re held. ~~ the F1rst
UMC of Dearborn, w1th Dr. Wilham Mercer
officiating.
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EMORY OF DOROTHY BURGESS DIXON
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11rgess Dixon, born Feb. 8 , 1906 , in Royal Oak
iga.n died April 26 1984 in Bunkie Louisdau~ter Nancy Pefsons and her h~ba.nd
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ner husband, Kenneth Burgess, who had been
the Detroit Conference. Both Dorothy and
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married to Harold E. Dixon, :formerly of
>nference, on Feb. 10,1980 in Fremont, CaJ.i:f~
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Honor. The brother of Harold's first wife, Chaplain Howard
A. Seymour of the u.s. Navy, officiated. Dorothy and Harold
Dixon and their previous mates and Howard and Evelyn Seymour
were all friends at Albion Colle@e where Dorothy received
her degree in mathematics in 1928. After the wedding,
Dorothy and Harold motored throughout Washington, Oregon,
and Idaho before making their home in Morley Manor, Dearborn,
Michigan.
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In March 1981, Dorothy had heart surgery with four
bypasses that enabled her to continue to spend her summers
with her husband at her cottage on Lake Louise. The succeeding winters were spent traveling in Texas, Louisiana,
Florida, Georgia, and California. Death froiiL massive heart.
failure came after she completed giving gifts to all her
children and grandchildren, redecorating the apartment, and
was present for the graduation of her granddaughter, Sharon
Person, from Western State Kalamazoo.
Dorothy is survived by her husband, Harold Dixon; a
brother, Charles Schliskey of Los Alamitos, California;
a sister, Doris Johnson of Muskegon, Michigan; two sons,
Larry Burgess of Fremont, California and Phillip Burgess
of Saginaw, Texas; a daughter, Nancy Persons of Bunkie,
Louisiana; and nine grandchildren.
Burgess, Kenneth W.