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William Hill C"olltcott
ILLIAM HILL COLLYCOTT was
born Sep tember 11, 1870, in Bereal·
s ton, England. He cmne to the United
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Rev. W . H. Collycott
States at the age of 19. Before enter
ing the ministr y he served as a private
secretary to Major Stillwell of th<
Salvation Army.
Mr. Collycott began his ministry ir
th e Upper Peni ns ula setv ing pastora te;
at Iron Mountain and Osceola. I n 191E
he was appointed to St. P aul's Meth·
odis t Church , Rochester, a nd served
the re for 27 years until his r etirement
jn 1942. After retirement he served
Good ison Methodist Church as pastor
for seven years. He wa s a life member
of Rochester Lodge No. 5 F. & A.M. and
served as its chaplain for 30 years.
H e made several trips back t o England and it was during one of these
that he was married to Elizabeth Andrews. F ive years after her death he
married Kathl een Daw in London, Onta rio, who came from Eng land to marry
him. She and two nieces are his sole
survivors.
Mr. Collycott's dea t h occmred s uddenly at his h ome on Sunday morning,
August 4, a day on which he was
s cheduled to preach two sermons at
t he Big Beaver Methodist Church. Although 86 year s of age, he continued
to be active a nd was a fam iliar figure
about town.
Funeral services were held in St.
Paul's Church on August 7, Rev. J.
Dougla s Parker, pastor, officiating,
ass is ted hy Rev. A rthu1· E. Smith, superintend en t oi th e Port Hu ron District.
Th e follo wing ministers were pallbearers : ,James W. Deee;, Pontiac; Peny
Thomas, Comnwt·ce; Kenneth Stephens,
Pon tiac; Otto Steen, Marine City ; Albf!l"t B. Johns. Lake Orion· al)d Fred •
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KATHLEEN DAW COlLYCOTT, 84,
widow of t he late Rev. Wi ll iam Hill
Collycott, died October 11 at Boulevard
Temple United Methodist Retirement
Home. M rs. Collycott was born in
Devonsh ire, England . She married Rev .
Collycott in London , Ontario, and sh ared
his 27-year ministry at t he Rochester
United Methodist Church . After his
deat h in 1957, she came to Boulevard
Temp le, where she played the organ for
all chapel services unt il she became i ll.
She also worked at World Medical Rel ief .
She is survi ved by one sister, Mrs . E.).
Stansbury of Weiland, England. A Memorial service was held October 13 at St.
Paul's Un ited Methodist Church, Rochester, with the pastor, Dr. Timothy Hickey,
and Dr. A llen B. Rice, Sr., officiat ing.
Burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery,
Rochester.
Collycott, William H.