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BIOGRAPHICAL BLANK FOR THE DETROIT CONFERENCE
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Q. Vlhen a nd whe r e N·e re you born?
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A. Pulaski, Va.
Ap ril 2, 1893
Q. Who l'lere your parents a nd what v1as their occupat ion?
A. Welsh,
I··Iill 1-·mrker
Q. vfuat School and Colle ges did you at tend?
A. Ca nton Hi gh School Gradua ted a t 24
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Uni on Col lege , gradua ted i n 1921
Bosto n Uni.
M. R. E.
1924 S . T. B. 1929
Harvard, s pecia l studie s.
Took ma ny jobs to
pay my way.
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\"Jb a t l ed you to decide f or the mi nistry?
A. A bur ni ng desire to help others.
Q. Could you tell s ome t hing a bout ea ch of your
appointme nts?
A. Compl et ely s a t i s f i ed t hat Icw: s a good
mi ni s t e r of my Lord.
Q. Wha t activitie s did you share in the community?
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off ice s did you hold in t he Conferen ce.
A. None
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:'Jho are your chil dren a nd 1·1hat do t he y do?
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A. Ruth, married to fir. C. M. Sayre living
i n Ri ve r For est , Ill. St au nch worker i n
the Pr e sbyt e ria n Church , Oak Park I ll .
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Gilbert. A. B. r;Iasters , a nd Ph.D.
Tea ches at University of Arizona
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Q. Have you authored a ny books or pamphlet s?
A. None
Q. Wh at hobbies a nd specia l interests do you ha ve?
A. Activiti es curtailee becau s e of illness.
I broke my hea rt trying .
Q . 1·1/hat are your retirement pl ans ?
B. Being a good minist er a ll the v.my.
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REV. D. E. EVANS, 75, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., retired member of the Detroit Conference, died August 22 in Wesley Memoria l Hospital, Chicago, III.,
while v is iting hi s daughter and son -inlaw, Dr. and Mrs . Charles Sayre of River Forest, Ill. A U. S. Army chaplain
in World War I , Mr. Evans ea rned hi s
master's degree in r elig-ious education
from Boston Univers ity in 1924. He was
received into the North-East Ohio Conference on trial in 1924 and became eli- ector of religious education at F irst
Church, Canton, O.hio, ·a nd in Alliam:e.
Me was received into fu ll membershp
of the Detroi t Confet·ence in 1926 and
served Detroit S t. Ma rk 's, Walled Lake
and Es canaba churches before retiring
in 1941. He was a me mber of the Park
Avenue
Temple
United
Methodist
Church in F01·t Lauderda le. In addition
to his dau ghter, surv ivors include his
wife, Grace Kreighhaum Evans ; a son,
Dr. Gilbert Eva ns of T ucson, Ariz.;
eig ht grandchildren; and one s ister, Mrs .
Blodwyn Tressel of Canton, Ohio. F uneral senrices we r e held in the Kreighbaum Funeral Home with Rev. J ohn A .
Jones officiating. Burial was in F orest Hill Cemetery. fl-2.t..- e!J'
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Evans, David E.