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REVEREND EDWARD F . DUNLAVY
serv e d a t Be thany , Sept . 17 , 1 9 28 to June 26 , 1 9 35 .
Born , June 9 , 18 75 on a f a r m in Harrison county , Ohio .
:Ma rried Lue lla Gilmore June 9 , 1 9 1 4 a t Ht. Clemens, 1-.iich .
One chil d , 1\'ia ry, born August 1, 19 1 5 .
Came to Detroit from Ok l ahoma. , whe re he h a d been doing mi s s i ona r y
work among t he Indi a ns , and received in full c onne c tion in t he De troit Conference June 1, 1 91 9 .
Given l e ave of a bsence in 1 939 be cause of poor hea lth and resided
in Al gona c.
In 1 940 he wa s pla c ed on the ret i re d li s t an d l a ter
move d to h i s own hou se a.t 1 2822 Glenfi eld Ave. , De t ro it , a ga in unit ing with Bethany church a s a member .
Reve re nd Dunlavy was unusua lly seri ous in his work , endeavoring
to make his whol e li fe reflect the saving power of Jesus .
He won
souls by understan ding symp8.thy r a ther t ha n exhor t a tion and al l of
h i s sennons were c omf orting hea rt t o hea r t t a l k s .
During his s t ay
a t Be t h any gue s t pre a chers u suaJlyhad fewer li s t eners tha n the
regula.r prea cher, and his sermons met t he defea tism of depression
y ears hea d-on.
But inste ad of smashing defea ti sm they mel ted it
and ch an ged it into a cha llenge .
Though he never flinched from
expre ssing hi s own opinions h e avoided controver sy , and prea ch ed
only orie Prohibition sermon during the campa i gn of 1932 for the
repeal of t he Eighteenth Amendment .
whe t her any
De t ~oi t
Ye t it is ex treme l y doubt ful
chur ch t urned in a l a r ger percentage of its
vote a gainst repea l t han Be thany .
Hi s word s carried extra wei ght
because they we re t horoughly ba cked, not only by his own li fe but
by the live s of his wife an d daugh ter as well .
Mrs. Dunl avy was born July 3 , 1 8 7 7 on a f ar m in Livings ton c ount y ,
Mich i gan.
She and the daughter we r e reco gni z ed leade r s a nd v e r y po p-
ula r in t h e ir r e spe ctive spheres .
The f ami l y enj oyed t heir work and
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per s ona l c ontact s in every church a.nd were a l v1ays sorry to leave .
But very so on they h a d worked into the l ife of the new cha r ge and
were as happy a s before .
i3 I OGRAfHIC.AL 1.H...AhK FOE ·.CE..:.. DJ?ROIT GOf, FEREI:-CE I-IISTOR I GAL
S OGii/I'Y
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Edward F. Dunlavy
Date · J une 9, 1875
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5. l\ia.mes of b rothers a nd sisters:
Jesse D. _;_h!!_r_son s.: Harry .L. ·
Ida Mae; and Dora B. ·
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