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Re v. William Edmunds
E V . W I LLI Al\I EDMUNDS, so n of
Robert and Mar y Edmunds w as
born in T oronto, On tario, 1\fay 7 ,' 1856,
and d ied on Chri st mas day, Dec. 25
1943.
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H e was one of the older ch ild r en of a
fam il y of twelve. A t the age of fourt een hi s school ing was b rought to a n
end by a serious accident to hi s fathe 1·
wh ich made his full time servi ces at
home a necess ity for s everal wet' k~. It
was h is fa t he r 's a m bition t hat Wiliiam
sho t~ l d b~come a lawyer, but that p rofess iOn dtd not a ppeal to him.
Aft er q uittin g school he became :1
great reader, at fi rst only of light li ter ature, but being admonis hed bv a f1·iend
he changed to heavier and· st a nda rd
booh. H e also ava iled himself of t he
pri vil eges of a nig ht school h eld i n t h e
neig h bo rhood wh ere he was employed.
At the age of nineteen he was, to u se
h is own words , " g loriously sayed" in a
r ev ival. meeting, wh ich changed his
wh ? le l!fe ~la.n ..At on ce he becam e ver y
active 111 Chnstlan work, and soon was
asked by h is pa stoT to p reach at an out a p point m e n~ as a supply.
Shr inki ng
f r om e ntenng the minis try as a life
\\:ol"l<, he went to Guelph, Ontario, bu t
fo und open doors awaiting him t her e
Soon h is ch urch board urged him to ac~
cept a r ecomm endation to enter t he conf er ence which h e did . H e s erved th er e
two years wh en th e four 1\fethod ism s of
Canada united, which left a large s urpl us of preachet·s.
In 18B3 he came to Mich igan and
joined the Detroit confer rnce at its session in t he Court St. church, Fli nt. Durnig his thirty-tlnee years ' minis try in
the conference l1C sen·ed t he followi ng
c11urches and ch arges : Clifford, L a keport, Adair, Armada , Dryd en a nd Att ica, Port Sanilac, Centra l Mine, Opech e<', I ronwood, Auburn, Stand ish a nd
Stirling, Wood sid e Ave., Bay City, Baltic, Ma ni stique, R e public, Iron Mountain . . In 1908 h e took a supernumer ary
rela l1011 for health reason s and served
two y<'a r s in t he Eas t Main<' Conference.
And for the s ame r <'a!'ons h e retired i n
191G and located in Uxbridg-e, Ontar io.
The funera l services were held i n t h e
Uni ted Church in U xbridge which h e
attend<'cl and where he taught a S unday school class for m a n y YNtrs, and h is
body wm: la id away in the family lot
n ea r by.
H e was united in marriage to Martha A lice P age in 1 88 ~ who preceded
h im to the heavenly home in 1835. Evalinn, t heir only ch ild, born in 1885, d ied
at th e early a ge of 1:}.
Mi ~ N~ltie, _Pa g~, a niece, has lived in
th e fam ily for many yca'f"s and ha s been
a great bl c:-:sing with her gracious and
loving mini ~ tri <'s to both brother and
s ister Eclmunds .- G. F. Tripp.
Mrs. William Edmunds,
M· lj_~ :\ ?~i~~a~~GE
wa; h••r:1
September 3, 1863, in Ontariu. Can·
ada. a nd d ied in Ux bridge. Onta ric,, :\[ay
21. 1935.
In 1885, she wa~ uni ted in marn ac:e t<l
Rc\". vVill iam Edmunds and at one~ entered into the cxperic•n..:c•s o f an itinera nt
:tvi ct hodi st minis ter's wife and work. :\[ r.
E dmu nds bega n his 1i1inist1T in the D.:t roit Confe rence, in 1883. a t .Clifford . T o geth er th ey scn ·cd t he fo llo win g charge:<:
Lakeport. .'\dai r, An nada . Dryden an' l
Attica, Port Sanilac, Central :\line. Open. hcc, J ro nwc.od , i\ uburn, S tand i · h a;:d
S terlin g, Bay City at \ Vuodsid c Ave n u,·,
Bal tic, ':\[an is ti que, Rcpubli..:. I ron :\[ounta in.'· r\fter t heir rc tiren1c nt in 1916 t he\·.
wen t to Uxbridge, On tar io. an d esta l;lishcd their home t he re wh e re t hcv coul. l
be among o ld fri end s a nd t heir k in~ folk.
:\'inc mont hs ago :\[ rs. Edmu nds suffercd a st roke frc:,m wh ich she ne\·er
f ully recovered, although most of t he t im.·
she wa s a ble to be about the hou ·c. H er
g reat desire dur ing hc1· illn ess was that
she might be able once mo re to attend
church. I t was when she was rejo icin:,:over the prospect of gc:,in g the followin ,;Sunday by permission of her physician
that th e fat a l stroke came and she wc ut
quiet ly and happily to ch urch t riumphant.
S ister E dmunds was a real home-make-r
and ve ry devoted to t he chu rch a nd its
minist ry. H e r swee t d isposit ion. her lllinist ry of m usic, ami her ,;elf-sacrific ing
spiri t made her li fe a bened iction to h12r
fr iend s a nd the churches s he ser ved.
A daughter, E\·alcna, was bc:,rn to th em
and depa rted thi s life in her thirteent h
year.
T he fu neral scn·ices we re held in Uxbridge, conducted by Rev. E. S. Bishop,
pas tor of the United church, assisted by
Rev. :-rr. E lford, Rev. A. E. Owen, a nd
Rc,-. l\lr. Pa rt ridge. "The odo r of t he
o intment fi lled all t he house."-G. F .
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Edmunds, William