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Rev . Paul Crabtree
.Minister's Recot·d-Michigan Conference
This information is being gathered for historical purposes
(b) If deceased, date of death ---------------------·(c)
Place of burial
2-Father's name _!~ng f_E?_YL..I.~Q.r.9:J?.t.;t:~-~-----(a)
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Credentials, froll_l___________________________ ............ __ __ _..
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15-0thcr i~formation t'hat will 'be apprPciated if n.vailable
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Note :We are desirous of securing for the Histori cal files of the Mlchigan Conference complete and detailed
lnforrnai>i~u conrerning all ministers-whc havo served and are now serving i.n 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
decrased ministers, diaries, letters and documents of historical interest are earnestly solicited. Your co-operation
in behalf of the C?nf~re~ce Historical work will be greatly appreciated. Kin~ly ret urn the blank to the Conference Historian, W. H. Watson, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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MINISTER'S RECORD -MICHIGAN CONFERENCE
This information is being gathered for historical purposes.
1-Name ........ ~.~~!.J~.-~....9.!'.~~-X.:~.~---····.....................................................(a) Date, place of birth......J..\l.1Y....~.......!.9.9.4.......~~~~.+.~.t ....~.~~!l·
(b) If deceased, date of death......................................................(c) Place of burial... ...........................................................................................................
2-Father's name......~.!'.~:W....J ......Q.r.:~.l?.t.:r.~.~...............................(a) Birth, date, place.l6.79........W1.P.:f.1.~l~;t.......'r..~~-k ...................................
3-Mother's name.......~-~JY....G.hl~~~9.4..............................................(a) Birth, date, place.l.8.6..L....:m~~-~l.4 .......'r.~.~-•.................................. ..
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4-Brothers.........S.~.~....P..t:!t.t.o.m....of....b.Wlk ..,p.ag~:~...................................................................................................................................................................................................... ..
5-Sisters....... ~~-!!.... :R~J?.Y. ...~.~-:!!.h....... YA.~+--~l4.......'r..~@.;..... Mr..!?.. .... ~~-~-~.P.:...G.r..~.~-~r.:~.......S..9.m~r.:.~~~-----~Y.-..i .... Mx.:.~......P.~J9.ra
Tarleton, Da.ytong O,flames and places of ?'esidence, if living, will be appreciated.
6-Marriage, date, place.....M~Y. ....l.4...... J.9.~7....~t.....Wl;p,_f.i.~.l.!l.., ....'r..~nu .............................................................................................................................................
(a) Wife's maiden name, birth, place.......N.~P.~...M.~Jl..~................................................................................................................................................................
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7-Children, names, date and place of birth, vocation, names of married daughters
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(f) .................................................................................................................................... Residence ................................................................................................................................................
If children have attained prominence, please give information and any other information of inte1·est.
8-Education-schools attended. Give names and locations
(a) Rural schools.:m!?4'.!.~-~~.....~.~~.....~.9.h~.9..~.............(b) High schools....;f.J:.~.~-~~.... 9!..~Y~....(~-~-~ ....2 ..................................... .
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(a) P amphlets and other productions ..........................................................................................................................~ .........!............................:.........................................
14-Political affiliations and offices held ......................~....................~................................................................'...................................................................................................
15-0ther information that will be appreciated if available ..................................................................................................................................................... .
(a) Number of miles traveled............................................................ (b) Sermons preached....................................o...•..........•........•..•... ·-·······················
(c) Conversion........_...............~ (d) Baptisms........................... (e)Weddings ........................... (f) Funerals .....................................................................
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16-Salary, highest amount received,....................•.......................year....................•.......................... lowest............................................. year ................................... .
17-Fraternal relations.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. .
18-Interesting experiences ....................................................................-..................................................................................................................~.'.'.....::.................................................... .
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We are desirous of securing for the Historical files o~ the Michigan Conference complete and detailed
information concerning all ministers who have served a nd are· now s'erving 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 .o ther 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 de' ceased ministers, d'iaries, 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.
BROTHERS: Theodore R., Winftel~, Tenn; Ernest, Dayton, Ohio; John B., Detroit;
Carl, Miami,, Fla.; .Andy, Tiffin, Ohio; Vl1111am, Knoxville, Tenn.
SISTERS DmEASED : Edith Crabtree ( age 2 ) J Luoille Crabtree ( age 1 ).
BROTHER DJroEASED: Duane ( ago 18).
IDA E. U. B. . CHURCH - P . R. CRABTREE, MINI STER
SERMON FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1964
SUBJECT: "THE WORK OF THE CHURCH - TEXT : JOHN 6:27-29
The Church has come to a sorry state of affairs when we find ourselves looking enviously
at Communism as the outstanding example of dedication and expendability.
a ting judgment overtaken us?
Why has this humili-
Could it be that we have developed a false sense of having arriv-
ed - that we have r eached the cr est of the Christian goal by achi eving a kind of economic su.premacy.
Surely this is the gr eat American heresy .
The peopl e of a South American country went out t o the polls a few days ago amid gunfire
and revolution, at the risk of their lives they t urned out ninety-four per cent strong.
compl acent Unite d States of Ameri ca, fifty per
par for the cour se on a rainy el ecti on day .
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In our
turn out of the votingpopul ation is about
And the answer to this questi on of complacency may
very well be due a lso to our false sense of having arrived - so we are not r eally goi ng anywhere
In view of these alarming deteriorati ons of Church and State, we need to re-evaluate the
impor tance of the WORK OF THE CHURCH.
We need to r e -define the wor k of the church) and t o r e -
dedicate ourselves to that work.
Two very important dates in our l ocal church cal endar are WORLD WIDE COMMUNI ON on October
4, and our SPIRITUAL LIFE MEETI NGS, November 9 thr ough 15 . Thes e days have been
des i gnate~
by _our Program Council and approved by the Local Confer ence for our edifi cation and spiritual
r enewal.
These are days whi ch can bring spiritual enri chment to our church - but it wi ll not
happen unless we make it happenl
Some of you a r e going to be a s ked to serve on a tel ephone
committee, some on the publi city committ ee, s ome on a r efreshment committee, some on an ar t nnd
mu eic
committ ee, and every one of you on a committee of one to invi te others to attend with
you and to pray for yourself and t he r es t of us sinner s .
Now if you see no impor tance in this
sort of endeavor, i n the light of things as they a r e) then .we 1 ll pr ay fervently for you as one
who i s not working on the solution but i s part of the problem.
The r e a r e s ome vmo do not come to our church any more, and the reason given to t he pastor
f or their absence is that they have been hur t by members of the church .
We know as wel l as you
do that too often feelings a r e wor n on the s l eeve at church like no other pl ace on ear th .
there is something deeper here than f e elings .
But
For exampl e, our f a ilure to mis s these people,
our f a ilure to be concerned about the ir absence and l et them know it with a f i endly " I miss
you in church" phone call.
This is not just the work of the preacher, church s chool t ea cher
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or church secretary - THIS I S THE WORK OF THE CHURCH - brother and sister Church Member , this
is our job.
This is especi ally the WORK OF THE CHURCH: to be concerned for those who get hurt
in the shuffle, to swallow our pride and go that second mile if necessary , turn the other cheek
if the task calls f or it - this is the very pr incipl e of the CROSS - the principle that cr osses
out r etaliation, r ecrimination and vindicati on i n favor of second- mile actions and turning- the other- cheek attitudes.
To be a bit more specific about t he work of the church, let us contrast its essential
purposes •ri t h its l esser or mis i nter preted purposes .
The '\oTor k of the church is not a PERPETUA-
TION,but a PROPAGATION •.••. Not a DOMINATI ON, but a COMMON DENOMINATOR ••••• Not EXPLANATION, but
EXPRESSION ••••• Not so much a SOCIAL CONQUEST as a SOCIAL CONSCIENCE .•••• Not so much AMALGAMATION
as SEPARATION ••••• And not selfish GETTING, but SELF- GIVING .
These are some of the important criteria of church wor k .
We should like to qual ify
each of thes e statements and per haps elabor ate upon some of them that seem most pertinent to
us .
The work of the church is " not perpetuation, but propagation ."
We a r e not commissioned
by our Lord J esus Christ to build and mantain an eccles i astical wall of self-preser vation a r ound
our little creeds and customs, provincialism and pr ejudices, traditions and technicalities, but
t o "go and make disciples of a ll nations, baptizing them i n the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe a ll that I have commanded you; and lo, I
am with you a l ways, to the close of the age . 11
As
members of His Church, we are commissioned to
share the spi ritual weal th wi th others - to gi ve the Bread of Life to hungr y hearts at home and
abroad .
The work of the church i s "not a domination, but a common denominator ."
church is most unique in this ar ea .
The task of the
We are "in the \vorld, but not of the world ."
the salt of the earth, not the potatoes .
We are to be
We arc charged with the obligation of lighting the
stage of action, not starring in the limelight .
Like our Master, we are not t o be ministered
unto ; but to minister.
The work of the church is '' not explanation, but expression . 11
•rrote : "I'd rathe r see a
sermon,~
The late Eddie Gues t once
•• Than hear one any d.ay; .• . I'd rather one should walk with me
.•• Than merely show the way •••• The eye ' s a better pupil •.. And more willing than t he ear ; . •• Fine
counsel is confusing ..• But exampl e ' s always clear •••. And the best of a ll the pr eachers ..•
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Are the ones who live their creeds 1
•••
For to see good put in action .•• I s wha.t everybody needs."
The best defenders of the faith are thos e who express i t in self-giving and creative living.
And the ve ry best way to define our Christian Faith is b y our attitudes and actions.
The world
is saying to us who profess to be follm.,rers of Jesus Christ, "What you do and what you leave
undone speak so l oudly we cannot hear a thing you arc s aying ."
Jesus s a id 1 "Yc s hall know them
by the ir fruits."
The work of the church is "not so much a social conquest as a Social conscience."
Jesus
said, "Let your light so shine before men , that they my see your good works, and gl orify your
Father •rho is in heaven."
And Paul wrote to his spiritual son Titus : "In a ll things shovr thy-
s elf a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing uncorrupti on, gravity, sincerity , sound
speech that cannot be condemned; that he tha t is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having
no evil to speak of you."
Some one has made this clever observati on :
to comfort the disturbed, and to disturb the comfortable ."
'~The
Gospel is designed
When Peter pr eached on the Ia.y of
Pente cost, they "were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the r est of the apostles, 'Wha t
shall we do ?' And Peter said to them, ' Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in t he name of
J esus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall r eceive the gift of the Holy
When Paul stood before Gov. Felix and
11
Spiri ~?
r easoned of righteousness , t emperance, and judgment to
come, Felix trembled, and answer ed , Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient s eas on,
I will call for thee ."
We never r ead about Felix calling Paul - convenience has no place in
so i mportant a matter as a man 's salvation .
The work of the church is"not so much amalgamation as s eparation ."
make ourself crystal cl ear in qua lifying this paradoxical statement.
Now, her e we need t o
For we are in the throes
of denominationai mer gers ; "unity" and "togetherness" ar e key words :i.n the moder n trend t oward
the new e cumenicity.
But l et us ge t our"toge therness" placed in the right hopper.
When we
speak of this kind of church unity, i t is a f or egone conclus ion t hat we ar e t a l king about combining forces that are a lready oper ating on the s ame f raternal frequency .
We a r e taD{ing about
institutions that shar e the distinction of be i ng separated from t he world by the miracl e of the
"new birth ."
Some one has said that the world has be come s o churchy, and the church so worldly ,
t ha t is is becoming incr easingly difficult t o discriminate between the two .
This is one a r ea
of church work that needs to be expl or ed i n depth, and the best place t o begin i s with the Bible
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Here a r e some New Testament directives on this pha s e of the wor k of the church:
" Don ' t link up with unbe liever s and try t o work with them .
"ther e be b etvreen good and evil?
What common inter es t can
Hmv can light and darkness share life toge ther?
be harmony between Christ and the devil?
Hm• can there
Hha t busines s can a believer have with an unbeliever?
What common ground can idols hold with the t emple of God?
For we, r emember, are living t empl es
of the living God, as God has said: i i vrill dwe ll i n them and walk i n them: and I will be their
God, and they shall b e my peopl e .
Wheref or e come ye out from among them and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing ; and I vrill r e ce ive you, a nd will be t o you a Father
and ye shall be t o me s ons and daughters , saith the Lord Almighty . 111 (II Cor . 6:14-18 Phillips) .
I n the i nt ercessory prayer of J esus i n the s eventeenth chapt er of John as He prayed for
His contemporary dis cipl e s and for us , He said: ,.I have given them thy word; and the world has
ha ted them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
I do not pray
that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but t hat thou shouldst keep them f r om the evil
one .
They ar e not of the world, even a s I am not of t he world.
Sanctify them in the truth:
thy word is t ruth. " ( RSV) •
And the vener able Fisher man ha s written for us in I Peter 4:3-6:
11
0ur past life may have
been good enough for pagan purposes , though it meant sensuality, lus t, drunkenness , orgies,
car ousals and worship i ng f orbidden gods.
Indeed your for mer companions may think it very queer
that you will no l onger join with theiil in their ri ot ous excesses, and accor di ngly say a ll sor ts
of w1pl easant t hings ab out you.
Don 't worry: they ar e the ones who will have to expl ain the ir
b ehavior bef or e the one who is p r epar e d to judge all men, whether living or dead. u
(Phillips).
So we can see by thes e directive s of the Holy Scri ptures that the chur ch is a unique
corrununity.
As Peter described it,
11
You a r e a chosen r ace, a r oyal priesthood, a holy nation,
God 's own people, that you may decl are the wonderful deeds of h i m who called you out of darknes s
i nto his marve l ous light.
Once you wer e no peopl e but now you ar e God ' s peopl e .•.• "
And last but not l east , the wor k of the chur ch is " not se l f ish getting, but s elf-giving . n
If t he CROSS means a nything at a ll t o the Chris tian Church , it means SELF-GIVING.
If t his is
cur i ns i gnia, if thi s i s our emb lem of distincti on, if thi s i s our symbol of l oyalty and servi ce
t o the Master , then l et us get these words of the Master fi xed i nde libly in our nrinds and l et
them p ermeate our be ing: 11 I f any man \vould come afte r me, l et him deny hims el f a nd t a ke up hi s
cr oss and f ollow me . For whoever woul d save his lif e will l ose it; and whoever l os e s hi s life
for my s ake and the gospePs will save it. 11 (Mark 8:34-35 RSV).
REV . PAUL R. CRABTREE was
honored on his 8oth birthday by the
members and friends of East Raisinville
UMC on July 8. Rev. Crabtree was born
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Rev. Paul
Crabtree
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REV. PAUL.R. CRABTREE, 81., former
pastor of East Raisinville UMC, died
December 12 in Ida after a year-long illness. He was born in Winfield, Tenn., July
8, 1904, the son of Andrew J. and Sail
(Chitwood) Crabtree. He attended Norman
Teachers College in Berea, Ky., from
1921-23. He worked for the Cadillac Motor
Company, Detroit, from 1923-48. On May
14, 1927, he married Nina L. Marcum in
Winfield. In 1923 he began studying for
the ministry. He completed a four-year
ministerial training cou rse through the
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on July 8, 1904, and has served East
Raisinville church for many years. A surprise brunch was held at the Monroe Holiday Inn. There were 35 in attendance.
Special guests were his daughter, Donna
Kay Lincrcome, Rev. and Mrs. Jack
Fulcher and Rev. and Mrs. Ferris
Woodruff, both former pastors at the Ida
UMC. Mrs. Nina Crabtree, his wife, was
unable to attend as she was hospitalized
at Mercy-Memorial Hospital in Monroe.
She underwent surgery on July 2, 1984.
REV. PAUL and NINA CRABTREE
were honored by the members and friends
of East Raisinville UMC on Sept. 8 in appreciation of their years of service to the
church. A "Cradle Roll Room" was
dedicated in loving honor of Rev. Paul and
Nina during the morning worship service.
The "Cradle Roll Room " is located in the
back of the sanctuary. It has a mirrored
one way window, carpet on the walls and
floor, suspended ceiling with fan, light and
speaker. A plaque reading, "In loving
honor of Rev. Paul and Nina Crabtree,
September 8, 1985" was put on th e wall
between the window and door to the room .
The Crabtrees were honored at the
Monroe Holiday Inn. There were 76 in attendance at th e brunch. Rev. Daniel Harris is pastor of the church. 9/..?.t/J>~
Rev.
Paul
Crabtree
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Michigan Conference Evangelical Church
in 1933. He preached as a lay minister for
approximately 15 years, then was ordained as an elder of the Michigan Conference
Evangelical United Brethren Church on
May 16, 1948, in Petoskey. He formed the
Hereford Ave. Mission Church in Detroit,
where he pastored from 1948-51 . After 19
years in Detroit, the couple moved to Ida
in 1951. He pastored both the Ida and
East Raisinville UMCs. He leaves his wife;
a son, Paul Robert of Chandler, Ariz., a
daughter, Mrs. Thomas (Donna Kay) Lin-'
cicone of Elgin, Ill. ; four brothers, John of
Muskegon, Carl of St. Augustine, Fla., Andrew Jr. of Tiffin, Ohio, and William of Big
Stone Gap, Va.; three sisters , Mrs. Ruby
Smith of Oneida, Tenn.; Mrs. Juanita
Creekmore of Summerset, Ky., and Mrs.
Delora Carleton of Columbus, Ohio; seven
grandch ildren , and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held
December 15 at the Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church, Ida, with Rev. Robert
Anderson of Ida UMC and Rev. Daniel
Harris of East Raisinville UMC officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Paul R.
Crabtree Fund at either church.
Rev. Paul R. Cr ~ ee,
Ida-area minister, daes
IDA - The Rev. Paul Robert
Crabtree , a well-known Ida-area
minister who was
still pastor of the
East Raisinville
United Methodist
Church past his
80th birthday, died
Thursday mght in
the Beach Nursing
HQCOe. ije was 81.
- Rev. Crabtree of
8009 Ida East Rd.,
Ida, died at 8:42
p.m. following a
year-long illness
H e had b ee n
seriously ill for
REV. PAUL R.
three months.
CRABTl!EE
Friends may call after 7 tonight and
until 11 a.m. Sunday in the Capaul
Funeral Home, Ida . He will lie in state
from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church, Ida, with
funeral services at 2 p.m. The Rev.
Robert Anderson of Ida United Methodist Church and the Rev. Daniel Ha n
of East Raisinville United Melh
Church will officiate. Burial will be in
Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle.
Rev. Crabtree retired from the ..fulltime ministry in 1969 but returne<Nn
1977 as pastor of the East Raisinvil\~.
church. He retired in April for health
reasons and was pastor emeritus at the
time of his death.
He was born July 8, 1904, in Winfield,
Tenn. , the son of Andrew J. and Sail
(Chitwood) Crabtree. He married Nina
L. Marcum May 14, 1927, in Winfield.
From 1921 to 1923, he attended
Norman Teachers College in Berea, Ky.
He worked for the Cadillac MG-tor Co. in
Detroit from 1923 to 1948. He began
studying for the ministry in 1923,
completing a four-year ministerial
training course through the Michigan
Conference Evangelical Church in 1933.
After preaching as a lay minister for
about 15 years, Rev. Crabtr~e .was
ordained as an elder of the M1ch1gan
Co nference Evan~E>lica l United
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Crabtree (cont.)
Brethren Church on May 16, 1948
in Petoskey.
'
He formed the Hereford Ave.
Mission Church in Detroit and was
pastor from 1948 to 1951. After 19
years in Detroit, the Crabtrees
moved to Ida in 1951, when Rev.
Crabtree became pastor of the Ida
United Methodist and East
Raisinville Churches. Later the
tw~ churches became separate
ass1gnments and he remained as
p~stor ~f the Ida church. During
h1s ret1rement years, he was a
salesman for Admaster Creations
of Toledo.
H~ was a member and past
pres1dent of the Ida Area Senior
Citizens Group and the Ida Civic
Club ; a member of the Monroe
County Council of Churches and
the Memorial Committee Detroit
Conference, United M'ethodist
Church ; a former committeeman
of the Ida Boy Scouts; a member
and former chairman of the
Monroe County Chapter, American Red Cross; former board
member of Monroe County Child
and Family Services and was a
member and former treasurer of
M;onroe County Friends of the
L1brary. He organized the Ida
Area Ecumenical Council in 1968.
He is survived by his wife; a son,
Paul Robert of Chandler, Ariz.; a
daughter, Mrs. Thomas <Donna
Kayl Lincicone of Elgin, Ill.; four
brothers, John of Muskegon Carl
of S~. ~ugus~ine, Fla., Andrew Jr.
of T1ffm, Oh10, and William of Big
Stone Gap, Va.; three sisters. Mrs.
Ruby Smith of Oneida, Tenn.;
Mrs. Juanita Creekmore of
Sum men;et, Ky., and Mrs. Delora
Carleton. of Columbus, Ohio; seven
grandch~ldren, and four ~reatgrandchildren.
He was pref'cued in death by a
son, David; thJ;"ee brothers, and
two sisten;.
Mt>morial t-ontribUtions tna.y be
made w t11e Paul Jl. Cral:itl'~
Fund at Ida OJ:" ~~ast H.aisin ·ue
United MethodiSt Cbul'c\1es
t
1n Remembrooce
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
REv. PAUL R. CRABTREE
Born July 8, 1904
Eternal Rest
December 12, 1985
SERVICES:
Sunday, December 15, 1985
At 2:00 P . M.
Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church
Ida, Michigan
OFFICIATING:
Rev. Robert Anderson
Rev. Daniel Harris
BURIAL:
Roselawn Memorial Park
La Salle, Michigan
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•. REV. PAUL R. CRABTREE.·
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Capaul Funeral Home
Ida, Michigan
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ADA every 41fttoulty meet
lth faith that tollowa thro~ .
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