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ANN ARBOR DISTRICT - I NFORMATION SHEET
Minister 1 s Biographical Record
Date ______________
August 3, 1965
Birtho Date Jan., 30, 1896
Name of Pastor Paul S. Durham
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Charge Now Serving
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Education:
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High School Argentine, Kansas
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Colleges
Baker University, Baldwin,
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Seminary
Boston University Schoo l
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of Theology
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Status in the Detroit Conference
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Charges se r ved a nd dates
(Since Thelo g ical School)
1926-1936
Soldier, Kansas, 1923- 1926; Rosedale Kansas City, Kamaaa
Union, St.Louis; 1936-1940; Cmmtry Club, K.C .Mo.J 940- 1 950
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In the Conference Board of Ministerial Trai ning;
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The Rev. Paul S. Durham, pastor of the West Side United
Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, retired at the 127th
session of the Detroit Annual Conference of the United Methodist
Church on Saturday, June 15th at Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan.
Rev. Durham graduated from high school in Kansas City, Kansas
in 1915 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baker University
at Baldwin, Kansas in 1920.
In 1922 he received his Bachelor of
Systematic Theology degree from Boston University School of Theology.
He has also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
Charges that Rev. Durham has servmd includeJ Soldier ~
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He has been on the Boards of Ministerial
Tra ining and Retirement Homes.
Upon retiring, Rev. Durham plans to become an associate minister
at Utica Michigan.
He is married to the former Mary Ruth Simmons and
they have one daughter who is presently teacming in Utica, Michigan
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MRS. R UTH DU RHAM, 71, wife of
Rev. Paul S. Durham, a retired member of the D etroit Annual Con!ference
and associate pastor at Utica, died October 2. She was born March 6, 1897,
in Republi'c, Mi ssouri. In addition to her
hu sband s he is s urvived by a daughter,
Mrs. William R o lt s~h; one brother, Paul
W. Simmons; and one sister, Mrs . Howard Howsley. Memorial services were
held at the First United Method ist
Church, Royal Oak, at 8 p.m., October
4 with the pastor, Rev. Everett K. Seymour, and Rev. Samuel F. Stout, pastor at Utica, officiating. Private buria l
was in Oa,kview Cemetery with the
Spiiler-Spitler Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements. The DUl·hams served
the ·Royal Oak church from 1950 to 1964.
REV. PAUL S . DURHAM and MRS.
JEAN B. PARKS were married in the
Utica United Methodist Church, Sterling
Heights, July 9, Rev. Samuel Stout officiating at the 7:30 p.m. ceremony. Members of the immediate family served as attenda nts and a dinner was h eld for the
wedding party in the Sheppard Inn,
Fraser . The newlyweds spent a two-week
honeymoon in Canada. Mr. Durh~ is as sociate minister at the Utica Chur"Flr.'f-6'/
Rev. Paul Durham,
Methodist Minister
Memoria l services for the
Rev. Pa.ul S. Durha m, 76, of
Royal Oak, a visiting mi niste r
for the Na rdin P ark United
Methodist Church, Farmington, will be a t 8 p. m. Wednesday a t the F irst United Me thodis t Church of Royal Oa k, 320
W. Seventh.
Mr. Durha m died Monday at J
William Bea.umont Hospita l,
Royal Oak.
He had been a ministe r in
Missouri, in Roya l Oak for 13
years, in Ann Arbor for five
years and in Utica for two
years . He wa s a Mason.
Surviving are his w i f e ,
J ea n ; a da ughte r, Mrs. Norma n Elliott of S t e r I i n g
Heights; three step child ren,
David Parks of Nort h Carolina, Mrs. Laura Metzger of La nsing a nd Sa rah P a rks of
Royal Oa k, and a s ister .
Burial will be in Oa kview
Cemete ry, Roya l Oak.
REV. PAUL S. DURHAI\I. 76P/ol0~1r?y-years an excellent pasto1· and preacher,
died sudden ly in
Beaumont Hospital,
Royal
Oak,
on
March 6. Born in
Conway
Springs,
Kansas, J anua ry 30,
1896, he served
churches in Kansas,
Missouri, and Michigan - the last in
Missouri was for
i\1r. Durham
eleven years at the
County Club Methodist Church in K ansas
City. In 1950 he became pastor of the F irst
Methodist Church of Royal Oak and in
1964 was appointed to the West Side
Methodist Chu rch in Ann Arbor where he
served until his retirement in 1968. After
retirement he became the associate at the
Utica Methodist Church and the last few
months before his death he was the church
visito1· at the Nardin Park United Methodist Church, Farmington. His ministry was
marked by a deep dedication, a positive
conviction and always by e xcellent preaching. He was a splendid pastor and deeply
loved by all whom he served. During his
years at Royal Oak First the church went
through a considerable period of renovation to update its facilities, but wherever
he served he left the mark of the Christian way deeply imbedded upon his peo ple. Mr. Durham graduated from Baker
Unive rsity, Baldwin , K ansas, where he
received the A.B. and D.D. degrees, later
attending sem inary a t Boston U niversity
School of Theology. His first wife preceded him in death by several years. H e
is survived by his wife, Jean ; a daughter,
Mrs. Norman (Ruth Evelyn) Elliott; three
stepchildren, Mrs. David (Laura) Metzger ,
David J . and Sarah Parks; and one sister,
Mrs. Myrtle McClintock. Services were
held for the family in Royal Oak on the
morning of March 8 with memoria l services at First United Methodist Church,
rloyal Oak , at 7:00 p.m. They were u nder
th:e di1·ection of Dr. Everett K. Seymour
w1lh Rev. J ames Cochran, superin tendent of the Detroit West District and
Bishop Dwight E. Loder sha1·ing. '
DR. PA U L S . D U RHAM, pastor of
West Side Church, Ann Arbor, will
ha ve been in the minis try fifty years
on March 26. An open hou se w ill be
Dr. Durham
he ld honoring him on April 2 f r om 2
to 5 p.m. in the West Side Church, 900
S. Seventh St., Ann Arbor. Dr. Durham 's many friends a re invited.
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REV. PAUL S. DURHAM, r etired
min.Ister of the Detroit Conference, died
March 6 at Royal Oak where h~ h ad
retired . A private service was seh duled
to b e held and a memorial serv ce a t
First Church, Royal Oak, whe
he
formerly served as pastor. Furth
details are lacking as the A dvocate goes
to press.
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