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FLINT J OURNAL
Sat. Oct. 3 , 19
F lint, Michigan
Obit
F lint
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COLENSO, R ev. Harry W. 3427 Brimfie ld Dr., age 82, died
Sa turday, October 3, 1970 at his
res iden ce. F une ral ser vices will
be held at 1 p.m. Monday at
Mt. Ve rnon Chapel, Brown
F uneral Home, Rev. Paul I.
Gree r offi c iating. Burial in
Eve rgreen Cem ete ry. R e v .
Colenso wi ll lie in state a t the
Brown Funera l Home, .161
Davison Rd. R ev. Col enso w a s
horn in Brunl ey, La ncas hire,
E ngl and, June 5. 1888 and h ad
been a res id ent of Flint the
35 years . R ev~ Col enso was
tor in the Detroit Conference
the Methodi st Church for
yea rs pas toring in Newber
Michiga n and Gladstone, M
ig an fo r 19 years ·a nd at
Asbury Methodis t Church
yea rs , r etired in 1960
ser ved as pastor Emer itus
the la s t 10 years. He rece i
his educa tion in England whe
he pas tored fo r several years.
Su r viving are : Wife, E sther;
son J am es E. of LaGrange,
Jllinois; daughte r, Mrs. E rik
( Margaret) Thor eson of Clea rwater, F lorid a; 7 g randch ildren;• siste r, Mrs. El iza Pomroy; brother, E rnes t, both of
Burn ley, La ncashire, England;
seve ra l ni eces and nephews .
Long-Time Pastor
H. W. Colenso Dies
Dr. Harry W. Colenso, 82,
pastor of the Asbury Methodist
Church for 25 yea rs, d ie~ to?ay
at h is hom e at 3427 B n mf!eld
Dr.
Services will be at 1 p.m.
Monday a't the B rown Funeral
Home. Bu ria l will be in E ve rgreen.
Dr
Colenso w as born in
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Bu r nie¥, La ncashire, England ,
a ttended Leeds College of Thealog y a nd was ordained in
E ngland .
He move d to t I1e Umte
. d
States in 1911 and was taken
into tJhe D etroit Methodist Conference that year whi le i t wasmeeting in Fl int.
For lhe next 24 yea rs h e
served as pastor of ch urch es at
Wolverine, Newberry,
Gladstone a nd Algonqui n.
Dr. Colenso was Asbury paslor from 1935 unti l h is retirement in 1960.
Dr. Colenso received a d octor
o f d ivinity d egree hom Norvhwestern University.
He is s u rviv.ed by h is wife,
Es ther ; a son, J ames E .,
La GPange , Ill.; a d aughter, J
Mrs. E r ik Thoreson, Clearwa- 1
,ter, Fla. ; seven g randchild ren
a nd a s ister, Mrs. E liza Pom - ~
roy, and a brothe r, E rnest,
both of Bu r nl ey.
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Dr. Harry W. Colenso
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E arth, like the pl an et J upiter, s porad ically emi ts low-ft·equency r a d i o s i g n a 1 s bhal
m ysti fy scienlisls.
THE FLJNT J OUR NAL Oct . 3 , 1970
DR. I-lARRY W.
COLE~~6:;]rl/{6t'&&B
member of th e Detroit Conference, di ed
Octob er 3 at his resi dence in Fl!nt. Born
in Burnl·e y . La n cas hir e, En gla nd, on Ju n e
5, 1888, he a tt end ed Leeds College of
Theology and was ordained in England .
Dr. Colenso ca me to th e Unit ed States
in 1911 and was received into th e Detroit
Conferenc e w h er e h e wa s a m em ber 54
years. H e was past or at Wolv erin e, Newbe rry, Gladstone, Sa ult Ste. Ma rie, A lgonquin . and served Flint Asbury from
1935 to 1960. Survivors include hi s
w ife, Esther ; a son, J am es E. of LaGrang e,
Ill. ; a dau gh te r, Mrs. Erik (Margaret)
Thoreson of Clea r wa ter , Fla .; seven gra ndch ild ren ; a sister, Mrs. Eli za P omroy, and
a brother, Ernest, both of Burnley , La ncashire, England . Funeral services were
held October 5 a t the Mt. Vernon Chapel,
Brown Funer al Home , Fli nt, with Rev.
Paul I. Greer officiating. Interment was
in th e Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc.
MRS. ESTHER M·. COLENSO, 79 , di e d
Nove mb e r 29 at St . jose ph Hosp ital in Fli nt.
Bo rn in Wob urn , Mass., she had been a res id e nt of Flint sin ce 1935. She was ma rri ed Aug ust 30, 1916, to Rev. Harrv W. Cole nso who
p recede d her in d eat h in O ctob e r 1970 . Th ey
served th e Asb ury Un ite d Me thod ist Chu rch ,
Flint , for 25 years, ret irin g in 1960. Fun e ral se rvices we re he ld at th e Brown Fune ral Home
wi th Dr . Willi am 0 . Mo ulton a nd Rev. Alfre d
C. Fe nn e ll officia tin g. Buri al was in Eve rg reen
Ce m ete ry . Survivin g are a so n , james E. of
LaGrang e, illin ois; a da ughte r, Mrs . Gary Benso n of St . Pe te rsb ur g, Fl o nd · and eve n
g rand childre n .
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