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H!OURAPHICAL BLANK FOR THE DETROIT CONFERENCE
HISTORICP~ SO~!ETY
When filled in please return to J. A. Halmhuber, 13100 woodward, Hi ghland Park,
Mlchigan.
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Nome in full:
Birth:
Lleyd
I~elvin
Blakely
Date Augus t 9, 1 8 8 2
Personal Appearance
Height 5
Place
LoiVVillC, Penn sylva n i a
10 3 /.Weight
185
Color of Hair
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Family Background:
Me lvin
1. Fatmr' s Nane in Full
William
Bl akel y
Date of Birth _ _ _ _ _P.lace - - - - - _ ___;;Nat ionality __A_D_e_r_i_c_a_n_
2. Mother's Maiden Name
Mi net t a. Es tella Shade r
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Date of Birth: 7/9/l855Pla ce Nmv Yorlc St a.te
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National.ity
Ameri c a n
3. Marriage of Pe.rents: Date·1 1 /8/1 8nace
\Ve athcrsf i e l f Spring.s , New York
1 877
4, Places of residence T.owville . Pa. , \'Te 6 l e yville 2 N Y., Edi nbor o , Pa .,
. Ha rl j ngen , rrex ., Detr oi t , !.fic h e, East Detroit, !.J.cfi., Corunna , Nich
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Note disttnguiehed services for which any brothers or sisters are known:
7. All available information concerning parents, race, nationality, education,
occupations, connections, services, death, etc.
My peop l e '·Je re reared on farms in Ne\.Y Yor k ; just pl a in f o l k , who
knew God g ood . They a ll d i ed in the fe a r of the Lord.
PEROON.AL HISTORY
1. Education: Schools, degrees, etc, Hi g h School, As so cia tion College , Chica g o,
A B . Degree fro m De troit I nstitut e or Tech n 6logy 1n 195'7'
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5. Names of children, with date and place of birth
El saleen I.Unott a Bl akely
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6 , Careers of children, with positions, offices held, etc.
Els a l een Blf-kely is a. Hi g n S chool
a l s o t ea.ches Pt' iva t e Pia no .
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7 •. Your religious expe ri ence and
ca ll AO t o !YCGa ch ~.-rh il e
about l 0 y o:-'.rs; t urned
t.o ente-r> t he 1-jjpi str y.
Church connections: Educo,ted fo:c._x_:.: Q_.i._wrk ;
teachinn- Hi gh Schoo l ; i p.;nored t he _Qa ll for
a side from Y • • C A and te a ch i ng profe s s ion
Hay e alv1ays belon5ed to t he ·1-Iethodist Church
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8, Your call to the Christi an ministry ( Sec above
broti1e;r of t h e Late Bi shop.
S tJ mt.z. g ::~ vc me Loca l Prea che;r s Li cense ; ca lled to k t n i s try i n 1906 ;
yj A1 ded l".ncl e n tered the ":inL,iJ.t:" V i n 121 3 .
9. When and where admitted on Trial ~d Ordinat~ons: On Tri a l 121 4 ; Deaco n
i n 1 915; Eld er 1 9 1 7
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he o dor ~ S Henderson oddained me a s
Deacon , ( OJ o Grand Ri ver Church, Detro it and as El der
'.1esl ey
Church , Detroit .
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Pu~lic
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12. Fayorite recreations, hobbies, etc. ---------~------------~~-------------
13. Offices held in Church and communit y Serve d on several Cornmi ttees i n my
conf er enc e ; Pres·. S.i mp son Park C:::unp· i·Ieetinp; , Romeo , ..~, ich 5 years .
14. Author of what books and Publications
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15. Member of What Clubs and Fraternal Societ~es ------------.-----------------
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16. Appointments served with dates J 91 :.! ~ ' Cal umet _ve . and Grace,
191 4 Ca lumet Ave ._ Gr o. ~ efferson Ave , Det ro i t ; 19 1~ Ep\'lor t h , Det .;
1922 Asbury , Detroit ; l~~u Eas t Detro1t; 1941 Corunna - a ll 1n
Detroit Qon~e ~ence
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17. Clippin. of family or public life:
18, Biographical comments, experiences, episodes-------------------------------
19. Can you give on a separate paper one or two or three dramatic incidents
occurring during your ministry which might be publishe d in a book und er s ·uch
a title a s "Highlights of Methodist Ministers"?
Don ' t knm·T as anything sensat i onal h a s h appened ; have had many
convel"sions a nd c:teveral men are now in t he I-1ethod ist mi nistry as a·
20. If the subject of this sketch is deceased, please give
result.
Lloyd M. Blakely
EV. Lloyd M. Blakely, 77, r etired
member of the Detroit Conference,
died Sunday, May 15, at the Dearborn
Medical Centre in Dearborn, Michigan.
He had been hospitalized for ten days,
following a series of heart attacks.
He was born August 9, 1882, at Wattsburg, Pennsylvania. Before entering the
minis try, he worked as Field Representative of the Y.M.C.A. He was married
to Maud Jones in Leamington, Ontario,
Canada, on March 29, 1911. They have
one daughter, Elsaleen, who is a teacher and counselor at Hazel Park High
School.
Mr. Blakely served in the Detroit Conference from 1914 to 1953. The churches
he s erved were : Calumet and Grace,
Jefferson Avenue, Epworth, and Asbury
Churches, in Detroit; Immanuel Church
in East Detroit; Corunna; and then
Bethlehem Church, Flint, from 1944
until his r etirement in 1953. In 1954 he
was engaged as minister of visitation in
the First Methodist Church of St. Clair
Shores, assisting Rev. Roland Brook:;.
Mr. Blakely was active in every phase
of the church work, teaching young
adults in a Sunday school class of !l7
members; conducting a Bible s tudy for
adults on Sunday evening, preceding the
wors hip service; and helping with vi sitation team s.
He served as vice-president and president of Simpson Park Camp at Romeo;
was president of the Michigan Holiness
Association; treas urer of the National
Holiness Association; and pt·esident of
Faith Missionary Band.
Funeral services were conducted at
Fit·s t Methodist Church at St. Cla it·
Shores, Tuesday, May 17. Officiating
were Bishop Marshall R. Reed, Dr. E. K.
Seymour, Dr. Gerald Jones, a nephew of
Mrs. Blakely, of Fort Wayne, Indiana;
a nd the pastor, Mr. Brooks. Interment
was in Leam ington, Ontario, Canada.
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