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Blizzard, Mervin E.
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Rev . M. A. Blizzard
Minister's ·aecord-Michigan Con-ference
This information is being ga thered for historical purposoes
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Note:We are desirous of securing for the Historical files of the Michigan Conference complete and detailed
informati9n concerning all ministers who ho.vo served and are now serving in the Conference. The above outline
is intended to assist in securing such information in more or less uniform outlines. We urge the addition on a
separate sheet, of such other important and interesting information as cannot be conveniently placed on this blank.
In the case of men now living, the information can, of course, be only up to date. Photographs of living and
decpased ministers, diaries, letters and documents of historical interest are earnestly solicited. Your co-operation
in behalf of the Conference Historical work will be greatly appreciated. Kindly return the blank to the Conference Historian, W. H . Watson, Kalamazoo., Michigan.
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Q uietl5 a tbe lig bt uf day fades int o tbe shadows of the nigbt when tbe
d ay is done, so Rev. l\iervin E. Bl izzarcl, after a long and busy life, peacef ully fell aslee p in J es~s Sat urday .
evening, Aug. 27, 1904, at the age of
7 years, 4 n1on t bs and 7 days. Mr.
Blizzard \vas born at N ewurk, Ohio,
A pril 20, 1817. \JVben be \·vas but five
y ears o1d his parent died l ea\ing hin1
t o li ve with hi. uncle with wbon1 be
stayed un ti 1 1 years of aO'e, \\·ben be
began to learn t he trade of harnessmal\in o·, and a few years later he .
star t ed i n business in Alexandria, 0.
I n 1 0 be was united in marriage to
Miss L oui sa Reed and to t his union
was born six cbHdren, ti) e sons and
one daugt1ter, one sc)n precediu g bin1
in d eatb. I n 1901 )'i wife passed
over t h e river of dea th to her be a ve n- ,
ly home t o await only a fe w yea rs b e r
h usband's arrival.
In 1846 Bro. Bliz'l.ard united with
the M . E . church and jn 1851 was
licensed a local preacber and served
in the acti ve wo rk of t he. m i n is tr.v
about even years. Be moved t o
Wauseon, 0 .. , in 1861 whe re b e engaged i o bu iness for 35 yea rs..
In
1877, under tbe pastoral labors of the
now sainted Re\'. C. . Bro\vn, he
united with the Evangelical as... ocia.. tion and becan1e a local preacher of
tbe 1\iichigan con Ference, serving in
this capacity until death. He was
elected Sunclay school SUI)erintendent
, for tbree consecutive tern1s covering
t the period fron1 18i7 to 1881. He \vas
elected steward in 1879 and again in
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1880. Ile was elected class leader in
1896. H e was always ready to serYe
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to w bich he was elected den1onstra t- t
" ing the in tense interest he nl ways ·had \'
=- jn tbe ldngdon1 of Christ.
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: always ready to preach assisting past tors and til1ing appointments.
At
times he would leave bis store and
conduct re\·i val meetings and lead
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thirty
to forty souls to
= Christ during one revival efiurt. Be
r 'vas a useful and consecrated wurkel'
· in tlle· Evangelieal association nearly
· twenty-eight years.
Bro. Blizzard was a good citizen, a
e kind husband and a loving father.
e The funeral services were beld at his
a residence on Fol ton street Tuesday,
t . Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. , Rev. W. C. Swenk
e speaking words of comfort, assisted by
d Rev. W. D. fluddle of the Ohio con•
ference and Rev. F. E. Higby of the
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of tbe Evangelical cburcb rendered
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body was laid to rest in the Wauseon
i· ceo1etery tJ await the call of the
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