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KAHLER, JOSEPH EDWARD

Born: 7-28-1880 Picture Rocks PA married: Maude Eleanor Houseknecht

Died: 10-21-1936 Mifflintown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 228

1910 admitted on trial

Interment: Hughesville Cemetery, Hughesville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 268

1909-10 Slate Run

1910-12 Waterville

1912-15 Muncy Valley

1915-21 Selinsgrove

1921-25 Warrior’s Mark

1925-29 Lock Haven East Main Street

1929-34 Reedsville-Milroy

1934-36 White Haven

1936-36 Mifflintown

KANE, JOHN E.

Born: 12-1-1904 married: Anna Pearl Kerstetter

Died: 10-6-1984 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1982, 391

1948 license, recommended by Lewistown Grove Memorial

1951 ordained deacon

1953 ordained elder

Interment: Burnham

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1985, 410

1947-49 Burnt Cabins

1949-52 Hustontown

1952-54 Ramey-Blandburg (ending 9/1/54)

1954-58 Morrisdale (beginning 9/1/1954)

1958-61 Fayetteville

1961-64 White Haven

1964-67 McConnellstown

1967-70 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1970 retired

KAPP, DAVID FINLEY

Born: 7-28-1865 Hogestown PA married: Melissa J. Little

Died: 6-21-1953 State College PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 229

1896 admitted on trial

Interment: Concord Cemetery, Concord PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1954, 227

1895-97 Birmingham

1897-99 Ennisville

1899-42 on leave

1942 retired

Note: David F. Kapp is a brother to Isabelle Virginia Kapp Boggs, wife of George F. Boggs. Mrs. Kapp is the daughter of local preacher John H. Little.

KARALFA, ROBERT HILLARD

Born: 7-10-1913 Johnstown PA married: Helen Katharine Burkholder

Died: 2-1-2000 obit: [6/15/1918 – 3/25/2004]

1935 license, recommended by Altoona Grace

1944 admitted on trial

1944 ordained deacon

1946 ordained elder

Interment: Lincoln Cemetery

Obit: [2000, 334]

1938-41 Fayetteville

1941-43 Rouzerville

1943-45 Bakerton

1945-49 Altoona Jaggard

1949-53 New Bloomfield

1953-62 St. Mary’s

1962-68 Fawn Grove

1968-73 Woolrich

1973-78 Altoona First

Note: Robert H. Karalfa is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 699.

KARNS, CHARLES WESLEY

Born: 8-9-1858 Loysburg PA. married: Ida May Wolfe

Died: 7-2-1941 Bedford County PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 229

1891 admitted on trial

Interment: Everett Cemetery, Everett PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1942, 201

1890-93 Clearville

1893-95 Ray’s Hill

1895-97 Concord

1897-00 Manor Hill

1900-06 Coalport-Irvona

1906-07 Mifflinburg

1907-13 Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1913-14 Altoona Chestnut Avenue and Walnut Avenue

1914-15 Altoona Grace

1915-20 secretary, Conference Annuity Fund

1920-26 superintendent, Children’s Home

1926-30 Altoona Mardorf Memorial

1930 retired

Note: Charles W. Karns is a brother to W. Emerson. Karns. A biographical sketch is given in Karns’ 1933 Historical Sketches of Morrison’s Cove, page 63.

KARNS, WILLIAM EMERSON

Born: 10-14-1868 Loysburg PA married: Edith Bell Bogenrief

Died: 3-29-1936 Tyrone PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1954, 231

1899 admitted on trial

Interment: Mifflinburg Cemetery, Mifflinburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1936, 187

1898-00 Centre-Sandy Ridge (beginning in the middle of the 1898-99 conference year)

1900-07 Jersey Shore Epworth

1907-10 St. Mary’s

1910-12 Watsontown

1912-17 York Duke Street

1917-20 Renovo

1920-36 superintendent, Methodist Home for the Aged

Note: W. Emerson. Karns is a brother to Charles W. Karns. A biographical sketch is given in Karns’ Historical Sketches of Morrison’s Cove, page 63.

KARNS, WILLIAM LESTER

Born: 9-11-1928 Altoona PA married: Frances Shirley Clapper

Died: 4-8-2003 obit:

1950 license

1955 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1951-54 Bakerton

1954-57 Clearville

1957-59 Austin

1959 transfer to Genesee Conference

1959-62 Derrick City-Limestome PA

1962 transfer to Erie Conference

1962 charter member of Western Pennsylvania Conference

1962-65 Dubois Lakeside (ending 2/1/65)

1965-67 Harrisville-Forestville (beginning 2/1/65)

1967-71 Cambridge Springs

1971-74 Armaugh-Seward (ending 1/13/1974)

1974 withdrew – Western Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 130

KARSCHNER, LLOYD W.

Born: 6-25-1858 Columbia County PA married: Ida Gertrude Brader

Died: 4-4-1936 Meeker PA obit: Wyoming Conference 1910,133

married2: Edna M. Harrison

1884 quarterly conference license obit2: Wyoming Conference 1974, 293

1888 admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

Interment: Hanover Green Cemetery, Hanover Green PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 848

1887-88 Boyles Run, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1888-91 Exeter & Schuyler’s Lake

1891-94 Sterling

1894-98 Lake Como

1898-99 Yatesville

1899-02 Waymart

1902-06 Pleasant Mount

1906-08 Uniondale & Dundaff

1908-10 Maple Grove

1910-11 assistant, Wilkes-Barre First

1911-13 Wyalusing

1913-14 Maple Grove

1914-16 Eaton

1916-19 Skinner’s Eddy

1919-22 Herrickville

1922 retired

Note: Lloyd.W. Karschner taught school for several years before entering the ministry.

KAUFFMAN, CLYDE RAY

Born: 8-29-1920 Tower City PA married: _____ Faust

Died: obit:

1947 admitted on trial, recommended by Orangeville

Interment:

Obit:

1944-47 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1947-49 Orangeville

1949-54 at school

1954 voluntary location

Note: In 2007 there is a retired Rev. Clyde R. Kauffman in the Congregational Christian Church who was supposedly ordained 6/1/1947.

KAUFFMAN, DAVID D.

Born: 6-2-1870 Mill Creek PA married: Bessie Harris

Died: 3-1-1945 Mount Union PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916, 130

married2: Lyda M. Johnson

obit2: 1958, 252

1893 quarterly conference license, Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1894 admitted on trial, recommended by Concord

1896 ordained deacon

ordained elder

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 218

1894-95 Cassville

1895-96 Shirleysburg

1896-98 Thompsontown

1898-00 Alexandria

1900-02 at school

1902-03 Dudley

1903-05 Newton Hamilton

1905-07 Saxton

1907-09 on leave

1909-12 Belleville-Yeagertown

1912-15 Patton

1915-20 Altoona Grace

1920-23 Waynesboro

1923-28 Berwick First

1928-30 Renovo

1930-35 on leave

1930-33 Allenport

1933-35 Littlestown

1935-40 Milesburg-Unionville

1940 retired

Note: The second Mrs. Kauffman is the daughter of Rev. John C. Johnson of the Dunker Brethren Church and the sister of Rev. Carmen C. Johnson of the Brethren Church.

KAUFFMAN, WILLIAM W.

Born: 2-22-1925 Port Royal PA married:

Died: 7-12-2000 obit:

1963 license, recommended by Port Royal

1966 ordained deacon

1968 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment: New Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal PA

Obit: 2001, 368

1964-70 Monroeton (beginning 1/1/64)

1970-80 Manor Hill (ending 1/15/80)

1980-85 Altoona Broad Avenue-Schum Memorial (beginning 1/15/80)

1985-91 Mapleton

1991 retired

1991-95 Robertsdale

KAUFMAN, DANIEL E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1893-94 Concord

Note: Daniel E. Kaufman served as a supply pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

KEARNS, CARL HUGH

Born: married: Phyllis _____

Died: obit:

1959 admitted on trial

1960 ordained deacon, Northern New Jersey Conference

1962 ordained elder, Northern New Jersey Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1959-60 at school

1960 transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1960-62 Broadway and Montana

1962-71 Martinsville

1971-83 Metuchen

1983-92 Bound Brook

1992-00 conference treasurer

KEBOCH, EDWIN CHARLES

Born: 10-30-1881 Berrysburg PA married: Bertha Mae Lehman

Died: 12-6-1966 Sarasota FL obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 184

married2: Mabel J. Dershen

1900 license obit2: [2/6/1909 – 7/15/1994]

1905 admitted on trial, recommended by Manada/Paxton of the Philadelphia Conference

Interment: Millersburg PA

Obit: Florida Conference 1967, 270

1904-05 Manada-Paxton, Philadelphia Conference (beginning 4/10/04)

1905-09 Wolfsburg

1909-13 New Bloomfield

1913-16 Warrior’s Mark

1916-48 executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1948 transfer to Florida Conference

Note: Edwin C. Keboch is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism. He is the namesake of the New Bloomfield Keboch Memorial church building and discussed in an article in the 1995 volume of The Chronicle, page 36. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 51. In addition to being prominent in Christian education, the second Mrs. Keboch is also reported to have been ordained – but no record of that has been located.

KEELEY, WILLIAM BIRD

Born: 4-19-1860 Dublin, Ireland married: Nannie Hannah Southworth

Died: 3-12-1910 Rouzerville PA obit:

1892 license, North West Kansas Conference

1895 admitted on trial, North West Kansas Conference

1896 ordained deacon, North West Kansas Conference

Interment: Burns Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1910, 121

1892-93 reported to have supplied Jamestown, Webber

1895-97 Narka

1897-98 Formosa

1898 located

Nebraska

Iowa

1901 transfer to Virginia Conference, United Brethren Church

1901-03 Lacy Springs

1903-05 Harrisonburg

1905-06 Rocky Spring, Pennsylvania Conference

1906 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1906-07 Rocky Spring

1907 open transfer 1907,66 [see also 1907,46]

chaplain, Scotland Soldiers’ Orphan School

1908-09 Rouzerville, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1909 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1909-10 Rouzerville

Note: William B. Keeley was converted in London under Charles H. Spurgeon and was a local pastor in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in England before moving to America in 1891.

KEEMER, LELAND WILBUR

Born: 4-17-1918 East Waterford PA married: Virginia Simon Crist

Died: 12-3-2004 Williamsport PA obit: 2004, 370

1934 license, recommended by East Waterford

1938 admitted on trial

1940 ordained deacon

1943 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: 2004, 370

1938-41 student, Boston Universoty School of Theology in Boston MA

1941-43 Austin

1943-46 Grampian

1946-53 DuBoistown

1953-57 Montoursville

1957-61 Warriors Mark

1961-65 Curwensville

1965-69 Roaring Springs

1969-72 Williamsport Newberry

1972-81 Valley View

1981 retired

Note: Leland W. Keemer is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 702.

KEEN, CLARENCE E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1918-19 Eagles Mere & Laporte

Note: Clarence E. Keen served as a local pastor. He was the last pastor of record at Cherry Grove, which closed in 1919. He is otherwise unknown.

KEISER, RENA E.

Born: 10-28-1891 Shamokin PA married:

Died: 2-7-1948 obit:

Interment: Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin PA

Obit:

Note: Rena E. Keiser has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but she never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference. She graduated from the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School in 1918 and was seeking ordination as a local pastor in the 1930’s.

KEITH, WILLIAM H.

Born: 1829 Cecil County MD married: Marietta Mullin

Died: 2-4-1896 Gettysburg PA obit:

married2: Helen A. Hines

1855 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2: [1924,151]

Interment: New Oxford Cemetery, New Oxford PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1896, 101

1855-56 Concord

1856-57 Newport

1857 charter member of the East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 New Bloomfield

1858-59 North Baltimore

1859-61 Mount Holly Spring

1861-62 Havre-de-Grace

1862-66 chaplain, US Army

1866-67 Emmitsburg

1867-68 Carlisle Emory

1868 charter member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71 Newville-Rehoboth

1871-73 Hanover-New Oxford

1873-75 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1875-78 Duncannon

1878-81 Waynesboro

1881-84 Newberry

1884-86 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1886-91 Shickshinny

1891-94 Gettysburg

1894 retired

Note: A brief biographical sketch for William H. Keith is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference.

KELCHNER, ROSS G.

Born: 3-2-1911 married:

Died: 1-30-1995 obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1937-39 student, Dickinson College

1937-38 Greencastle & Newville

Note: Ross G. Kelchner apparently lived, worked, and retired in Harrisburg, but further details are unavailable.

KELLER, GWYNN HENRY

Born: 7-19-1890 Wrightsville PA married: Roberta Dowdall

Died: 12-23-1957 obit:

1913 quarterly conference license, West Chester

1916 license, Philadelphia Conference

1917 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1917 ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference

1919 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: New Jersey Conference 1958, 537

1915-18 student, Drew Theological Seminary

1916-17 Lumberville and Lahaska

1917-18 Paoli

1918 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1918-19 Port Matilda

1919 transfer to Troy Conference

1919-20 Freys Bush NY

1920 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1920-21 Tabernacle

1921-23 Hammonton First

1923-25 Wildwood

1925-29 Glassboro

1929-31 Linwood and Bethel

1931-33 Hightstown

1933-35 Cape May

1935 Long Branch First

1935-37 Camden Parkside

1937-41 Millville Second

1941-43 Bridgeton Trinity

1943-46 Absecon

1946-48 Sayreville

1948-51 Trenton Trinity

1951-55 Atlantic City First

1955-56 Paulsboro, Billingsport & Repaupo

1956 retired

KELLER, ROBERT PHILIP JR

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1955 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1955-58 at school

1958 transfer to Troy Conference

1958-61 Brandon/Chittenden/Pittsford VT

1961-62 Pittsford/Chittenden VT

1962 transfer to Rock River Conference

KELLEY, PAUL S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1923-24 Jeddo, Lattimer & Milnesville

1924-25 living in White Haven

1925-27 White Haven

Note: Paul S. Kelley served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown, but may be related to Ralph W. Kelley.

KELLEY, RALPH WENDELL

Born: 3-26-1901 Pittston PA married: Kathryn Estelle Richards

Died: 4-?-1984 obit:

1923 admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1924 ordained deacon

1925 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1923-24 White Haven, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1924 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1924-25 White Haven

1925 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1925-27 Wenonah

1927 transfer to New England Southern Conference

1927-28 Centerville

1928-30 Stoughton MA

1930 transfer to Genesee Conference

1930-34 Niagara Falls First

1934-35 Bath

1935 transfer to Holston Conference

KELLY, REUBEN E.

Born: 6-18-1825 Centre County PA married: Love Ann Bathurst

Died: 10-20-1904 Lock Haven PA obit: [10/6/1827 – 3/11/1852]

married2: Diantha M. Potter

1855 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2: [11/14/1837 – 12/28/1896]

Interment: Trinity Church Cemetery, Lock Haven PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1905, 108

1854-55 Sinnemahoning

1855-56 Liberty Valley

1856-57 West Branch

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 West Branch

1858-59 Laporte

1959-61 Orangeville

1861-63 Concord

1863-64 Cassville

1864-65 English Center

1865-66 Liberty Valley

1866-68 on leave

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Westport

1869-70 Philipsburg

1870-71 Grahamton

1871-72 Jamestown

1872-73 New Washington

1873-78 on leave

1873-74 Salona

1874-75 Lock Haven

1877-78 Farrandsville

1878-79 Granville-Decatur

1879-80 Wharton

1880-81 Bennezette

1881-82 Pine Creek

1882-83 on leave

1883 retired

Note: A biographical sketch for Reuben E. Kelly is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 403.

KELSEY, CHARLES C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1908 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1907-09 Snow Shoe

1909-10 Rohrsburg

1910 discontinued

Note: Details of the health problems and decisions of Charles C. Kelsey are given in the 1910 journal, page 72.

KELSO, D.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1890-91 Licking Creek

Note: D. Kelso served as a local pastor.

KEMBERLING, DAVID EUGENE

Born: 4-29-1927 Selinsgrove PA married: Janet Keller

Died: 8-22-2004 obit:

1948 license, recommended by Selinsgrove Wesley

1954 admitted on trial

1954 ordained deacon

1957 ordained elder

Interment: Union Cemetery, Selinsgrove PA

Obit: 2005, 447

1947-51 student, Lycoming College

1947-48 New Millport

1948-50 Picture Rocks

1950-51 assistant, South Williamsport Messiah Lutheran

1951-56 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

1952-53 assistant, Gaithersburg MD Epworth

1953-56 Brookeville-Mt. Carmel MD

1956-60 Millville

1960-65 Catawissa

1965-71 Curwensville

1971-73 State College Park Forest Village

1973-77 Jersey Shore First

1977-79 Altoona Llyswen

1979-84 Burnham Yoked Parish

1984-88 Liverpool

1988-90 Fort Louden-Edenville

1990 retired

KENNARD, WALTER WILLIAM

Born: 9-8-1936 Clearfield PA married: Susan Ebersole

Died: obit:

married2: Margaret _____

1959 admitted on trial obit2:

1960 ordained deacon married3: Sally _____

obit3:

1954-58 student, Grove City College in Grove City PA

1957 Sinnemahoning (summer)

1958 Penfield (summer)

1958-62 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1962-67 York Springs

1967-69 Selinsgrove

1969-70 Hazleton Diamond

1970 transfer to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1970-80 Hazleton Diamond

1980-82 chaplain, Hospice St. John in Luzerne County

1982 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1982-91 Hospice St. John-Alderson

1991-01 Alderson

2001 retired

Note: W. William Kennard is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 711.

KENNEDY, ROBERT JAMES

Born: 5-16-1938 Altoona PA married

Died: obit:

1963 admitted on trial, recommended by Altoona Llyswen

1963 ordained deacon

1968 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1963-65 Lemont

1965-72 Shickshinny

1972-79 Northumberland Trinity

1979-91 State College Park Forest Village

1991-94 Roaring Spring

1994-00 Bellwood-Tipton

2000 retired

KENYON, ARNOLD OAKLEY

Born: 4-24-1896 Margaretville NY married: Mabel Emma Sholler

Died: 4-26-1950 Lewis IA obit: [11/14/1894 – 11/8/1986]

Interment:

Obit:

1920-21 student, Dickinson College

1920-21 Vira

Note: Arnold O. Kenyon moved to Nebraska, then Iowa, and served as a pastor in non-Methodist churches.

KEPLER, JAMES H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1946-48 student, Lycoming College

1946-48 Wallis Run

1948-50 Montandon

at school, temporarily related to North Texas Conference

Los Angeles CA Church of Our Saviour Congregational Church

Note: James H. Kepler served as a local pastor.

KEPLER, WILLIAM McKINLEY

Born: 4-6-1897 Shintown PA married: Edith M. Stephenson

Died: 4-27-1977 obit:

1919 license, recommended by Shintown

1924 admitted on trial

1926 ordained deacon

1928 ordained elder

Interment: Lakeside Cemetery, Erie PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1977, 260

1922-24 Pleasant Gap

1924-26 Morris

1926-27 Orangeville (ending 9/1/27)

1927-30 Montandon and Hendrickson (beginning 9/1/27)

1930 Elimsport-Allenwood (3 months)

1930-31 student, Drew University

1931-35 Bakerton

1935-39 Newton Hamilton

1939-45 Houtzdale

1945-47 Saxton

1947-49 Williamsport Grace (beginning 8/1/47)

1949-53 Centralia-Helfenstein

1953-57 Berwick Calvary

1957-62 Watsontown

1962 retired

1962-73 associate, Erie Lawrence Park

KERLIN, JOHN FREEMAN

Born: married: Emma Katherine Shoemaker

Died: obit: [12/17/1858 – ]

1882 requested admission on trial, recommended by Sunbury station

1883 admitted on trial, recommended by Rohrsburg

1883 ordained elder, recommended by Rohrsburg

Interment:

Obit:

1882-83 Rohrsburg

1883-86 Harveyville

1886-90 Montgomery

1890-92 York West Street

1892-94 Gordon

1894-95 Hyner

1895-97 South Williamsport

1897 withdrew

Note: John F. Kerlin was baptized as an adult 4/28/1867 at Northumberland Christ. Mrs. Kerlin is the daughter of Rev. David O. Shoemaker (1830-1893) of the Reformed Church.

KERLING, A.N.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1945-47 assistant, Dudley

Note: A.N. Kerling served as a local pastor.

KERN, ALAN DAVID

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1969 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1966-68 Harrison Valley

1968-73 at school

1973 no longer listed

KERR, DAVID MCCLELLAN

Born: 8-21-1892 Donnally Mills PA married: Claire Russ Eddy

Died: 8-27-1965 Gowando NY obit:

1915 admitted on trial

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1966, 336

1912-13 Shirleysburg

1913-15 Hoytville (started in middle of the first year?)

1915-16 Eagles Mere-Laporte

1916-17 Allegheny circuit

1917-79 Glen Campbell

1919-21 Schellsburg

1921-23 Elysburg

1923-26 Lumber City

1926-28 Dudley

1928-31 Airville

1931-32 Burnham

1932-35 Audenreid-Jeanesville

1935-39 Warrior’s Mark

1939-41 Orangeville

1941-44 Watsontown

1944-45 Mifflinville-Lime Ridge

1945-57 Mifflinburg-Laurelton

1947-48 Mifflinburg

1948-52 Jersey Shore Epworth

1952-54 York Ridge Avenue

1954-55 Port Matilda

1955-57 Flemington

1957 retired

KERR, GEORGE COMPTON

Born: 6-28-1896 Guthriesville PA married: June Patterson

Died: 4-26-1973 obit:

1921 license, recommended by Harrisburg Grace

1940 ordained

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 376

1921-25 Methodist Mission Book Company, Shanghai China

1925-33 living in Reading PA

1933-35 Shanghai China

1935-35 ?

1937-44 Cumbola circuit

1944-47 Goodwill Industries, Scranton PA

1947-51 Goodwill Industries, Harrisburg PA

1951-53 Elysburg

1953-56 Millerstown (beginning 10/15/53)

1956-57 Pennsylvania Temperance League, Pittsburgh PA

1957-60 Barnitz

1960-61 sabbatical exchange pastor, Chiswick England

1961-64 Barnitz

1964 retired

1968-71 visitation assistant, Harrisburg Calvary (beginning 9/1/68)

1971-73 visitation assistant, Shiremanstown

Note: George C. Kerr served as a local pastor. His daughter is the wife of Jesse Hamby Barton JR of the Kansas West Conference, son of Jesse Hamby SR (1889-1979) of the Kansas West Conference. George C. Kerr is the grandfather of Jesse Hamby Barton III and George Kerr Barton, both of the Kansas West Conference.

KERR, JOHN CONLIN

Born: 8-12-1886 Falkirk, Scotland married: Christine Harlan Bond

Died: 10-27-1918 obit:

1913 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1919, 103

1911-12 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1911-12 Westport

1912 Shirleysburg (ending summer 1912)

1912 “transfer” to Baltimore Conference

1912-14 Spencerville

1914-15 Herndon VA

1915-18 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1918 Overlea (ending 8/1918)

1918 student, Chaplains’ Training School at Camp Taylor KY (Aug-Oct)

1918 chaplain, US Army

Note: J.C. Kerr served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown

KERSTETTER, EARL EDWARD

Born: 4-20-1913 near Sunbury PA married: Mary Margaret Cramer

Died: 11-9-1978 Lewisburg PA obit: 2001, 369

1935 license, recommended by Lewistown Rhodes Memorial

1942 admitted on trial

1942 ordained deacon

1944 ordained elder

Interment: Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 333

1935-39 student, Dickinson College

1937-39 Boiling Springs (9/37 – 8/39)

1939-42 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1940-42 Catawissa circuit (starting July 1940)

1942-48 Millville-Jerseytown

1948-50 Petersburg

1950-56 Hughesville

1956-64 Bedford (ending 10/31/64)

1964-67 Milton (beginning 11/1/64)

1967-71 Hanover

1971-78 Middletown Wesley

1978 retired

Note: Earl E. Kerstetter is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 714.

KERSTETTER, MARLIN FARNELL

Born: 11-9-1905 married: Velma Mordan

Died: 5-22-1998 obit:

1931 admitted on trial, recommended by Shamokin Chestnut Street

1935 ordained deacon

1937 ordained elder

Interment: Laurel Hills Cemetery, Orangeville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 441

1931-35 Elimsport-Allenwood

1935-37 Wilburton

1937-40 Millville-Jerseytown

1940-41 Milesburg

1941-46 chaplain, US Army

1946-48 Gordon

1948-52 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1952-58 Selinsgrove

1958-64 Altoona Llyswen

1964-67 Yeagertown

1967-72 Newport

1972 retired

KERSTETTER, WILLIAM EDWARD

Born: 4-25-1913 Lykens PA married: Leona Frances Bateman

Died: 1-5-1996 obit:

1938 admitted on trial

1938 ordained deacon

1943 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: South Indiana Conference 1996, ?

1933-36 student, Dickinson College

1933-34 Blain

1938-39 student, Boston University in Boston MA

1938-39 director of religious education, United Church in Norwood MA

1939-41 director of religious education, United Church in Norwood MA

1941-42 Hull MA

1942-44 student, Harvard University and Emory University

1944 transfer to Southern California-Arizona Conference

1944 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1944-47 chaplain, US Army

1947-53 faculty, Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea OH

1953 transfer to Iowa Conference

1953-63 president, Simpson College in Indianola IA

1963 transfer to Indiana South Conference

1963-75 president, DePauw University in Greencastle IN

1975-78 chancellor, DePauw University

1978 retired

KESTER, AARON M.

Born: 11-25-1827 Columbia County PA married: Martha Bowman

Died: 10-4-1892 Lincoln NE obit: [4/2/1834 – 3/16/1862]

married2: Mary Addie Dyson

1856 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2: 1924, 149

Interment: Lincoln NE

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1893, 92

1856-57 Milton circuit

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 Bloomingdale

1859-61 Montoursvile

1861-63 Ashland

1863-65 Waynesboro

1865-67 Liberty

1867-68 Middletown-Jefferson

1968 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Middletown-Jefferson

1869-71 Renovo

1871-72 Catawissa

1872-73 Chambersburg Second

1873-76 on leave

1873-74 Chambersburg Second

1876-76 Shickshinny

1876-78 White Haven

1878 transfer to Kansas Conference

1878-79 in Kansas

1879 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1879-83 on leave

1883 retired

Note: A biographical sketch for Aaron M. Kester is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 404. An obituary also appears in the 10/27/1892 Central Pennsylvania Methodist, page 1. He is the father of Reese Bowman Kester (1861-1940) of the Northern Minnesota Conference. The first Mrs. Kester is the sister of Alfred Steck Bowman. The second Mrs. Kester is the niece of Franklin Dyson.

KETTERER, GEORGE HENRY

Born: 2-21-1880 Somerton PA married: Bertha Hutchinson Curry

Died: 2-6-1958 Altoona PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965,366

1909 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

Interment: Burket Cemetery, Warrior’s Mark PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1958, 248

1905-06 Boiling Springs & Pine Grove Furnace

1906-08 Washington Boro, Philadelphia Conference

1908 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1908-10 New Holland & Leola

1910-15 Westwood

1915-16 Basking Ridge

1916 transfer to Newark Conference

1916-17 West Orange

1917-18 Frenchtown

1918-19 chaplain, US Army

1919 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1919-20 Williamsport Market Street

1920-24 Everett

1924-28 Harrisburg Camp Curtin

1928-31 Milton

1931-35 State College

1935-41 superintendent, Altoona District

1941-45 Hollidaysburg First

1945 retired

KHAN, KENRICK RAHAMAT

Born: 2-20-1924 British Guiana married: Alma Leila Ashford

Died: obit:

1952 license, recommended by Williamsport Mulberry Street

1955 admitted on trial

1957 ordained deacon

1960 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1955-57 student, Lycoming College

1957-60 student, Drew Theological Seminary

1958-60 Teabo-Mt. Hope NJ

1960-74 Caribbean and American Conference of the British Methodist Church

1960-64 missionary/student

1964-69 Curacao British Guiana

1969-74 superintendent, US Virgin Islands District

1974-75 student, San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Francisco CA

1975-79 East Freedom

1979-81 chaplain, Bethany Village

1981-84 faculty, Gbarnga School of Theology in Liberia

1984-91 Troy

1991-93 Hanover Lohr’s Memorial

1993 retired

KIESSEL, HENRY

Born: 5-26-1900 married: Catharine Durwood [?]

Died: 6-?-1982 obit:

1925 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1923-24 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1924-28 student, Dickinson College

1924-26 Fort Loudon

1926-27 York Springs

1927-28 Littlestown

1928-29 Littlestown

1929-31 Yeagertown-Highland

1931 withdrew

…

1939 Church of the Incarnation [denomination unknown], Atlanta GA

…

1955 professor, Montrose PA

…

1975 retired, living in Nicholas NY

KILLAM, ROBERT D.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1929-31 student, Dickinson College

1929-31 Blain

1948 Cleveland OH First Unitarian

Note: Robert D. Killam became a Unitarian pastor. Harvard University has a file on Robert D. Killam in their Unitarian Universalist collection and offers a Robert D. Killam theological fellowship.

KIMPER, FRANK WALTER

Born: 5-12-1917 Lancaster PA married: Dorothy Mae Shanor

Died: obit: [6/4/1916 – 11/12/1995]

1938 admitted on trial

1940 ordained deacon

1942 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1938-41 student, Union Theological Seminary

1940-41 Kulpmont

1941-45 Conyngham

1945-46 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1946-49 Mechanicsburg

1949-51 Hazleton Diamond

1951-53 student, Boston University in Boston MA

1951-53 Oakdale, New England Conference

1953 transfer to New England Conference

1953-56 student, Boston University

1953-56 Oakdale

1956 transfer to California-Nevada Conference

1956-74 faculty, Claremont School of Theology

1974 retired

Note: In 2003, Frank W. Kimper is listed as a retired member of the California-Nevada Conference.

KING, BARTHOLOMEW PETER

Born: 11-4-1827 Dunnstown PA married: Mary M. Emory

Died: 8-7-1910 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 139

1853 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 115

1852-53 Kettle Creek

1853-54 Luzerne

1854-55 Bloomingdale

1855-56 Sunbury

1856-57 Sinnemahoning

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Sinnemahoning

1858-60 Kishacoquillas

1860-62 Clinton

1862-64 Hazleton

1864-66 Sunbury

1866-67 Chillisquaque

1867-68 Washingtonville

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Washingtonville

1869-72 Bloomingdale

1872-75 Catawissa

1875-77 Weatherly-Stockton

1877-79 Watsontown

1879-82 Renovo

1882-83 Newport

1883-84 White Haven

1884-86 Danville Trinity

1886-88 Northumberland

1888-91 Stockton-Beaver Meadow

1891-92 Selinsgrove

1892 retired

Note: Bartholomew P. King is the brother of Joseph R. King and the father of George E. King. An obituary is also given in the 10/20/1910 N.Y. Christian Advocate, page 1479. Mrs. King is a cousin to Bishop Thomas Bowman (1817-1914) of the Baltimore Conference.

KING, GEORGE EMORY

Born: 10-6-1856 Sinnemahoning PA married: Eda S. Millard

Died: 3-17-1918 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 274

1879 permitted in “the traveling connection” per Paragraph 187 of the Discipline

1880 admitted on trial, recommended by Sideling Creek circuit

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1918, 141

1879-80 Licking Creek

1880-81 Bloomingdale

1881-82 Hickory Run

1882-84 Benezette

1884-85 Hyner-North Bend

1885-88 Liberty Valley

1888-91 Howard

1891-92 Coalport

1892-95 Duncansville

1895-00 Milesburg-Unionville

1900-03 Williamsport Third

1903-07 Mount Union

1907-09 Mount Carmel

1909-11 Lewisburg

1911-13 New Cumberland

1913-16 Everett

1916 retired

Note: George E. King is the son of Bartholomew P. King and the nephew of Joseph R. King.

KING, GEORGE WASHINGTON

Born: 10-21-1880 West Decatur PA married: Susanna Elias Mull

Died: 3-23-1945 Seattle WA obit: [4/19/1883 – 7/10/1969]

1905 license, recommended by Williamsport High Street

1906 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1905-07 Clarkstown

1907-08 Lock Haven circuit

1908-11 Schellsburg

1911-12 Hopewell

1912 transfer to Upper Iowa Conference

Note: Some biographical information on George W. King appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 61. Apparently he left the ministry and became a lumberman.

KING, JOSEPH REEDER

Born: 3-2-1832 Dunnstown PA married: Julia A. Hewitt

Died: 4-11-1895 Benton PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1876, 59

married2: Anna Augusta Ward

1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference obit2: 1917, 134

1861 ordained deacon

Interment: Dunnstown Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1896, 96

1859-60 Caledonia circuit

1860-62 Karthaus

1862-63 Shippen

1863-65 Beaver Meadow

1865-67 Concord

1867-69 McConnellsburg

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 McConnellsburg

1869-71 Milroy

1871-76 on leave

1871-72 Lock Haven

1873-75 Lock Haven

1876-77 Pine Creek

1877-79 Congress Hill

1879-81 Port Matilda

1881-83 Trevorton

1883-85 Milroy

1885-88 Ray’s Hill

1888-92 Manor Hill

1992-94 Beach Haven

1894-95 Benton

Note: Joseph R. King is the brother of Bartholomew P. King and the uncle of George E. King. The first Mrs. King is the daughter of Rev. Thomas Hewitt, affiliation unknown.

KINGSLEY, DONALD FREDERICK, JR.

Born: 1-25-1921 Reading PA married: Dorothy Ann Freitas

Died: 11-3-1995 San Diego CA obit:

1950 admitted on trial

Interment: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego CA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996, 416

1948-51 White Haven

1951-54 associate, Harrisburg Grace

1954-77 chaplain, US Navy

1977 retired

KINNER, FRANK TILLINGHAST

Born: 6-4-1876 Trowbridge PA married: Harriet Elizabeth Sickles

Died: 3-25-1970 Johnson City NY obit: [d. 2/1931]

married2: Lula Celia Welsh

1913 license, central New York Conference obit2: [d. 12/1955]

Interment: Vestal Hills Cemetery, Vestal NY

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 391

Terrytown PA

“transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1920-23 Wallis Run (beginning in fall 1920)

1923-26 Fairview

1926-28 Morris

1928-31 Oriole & Antes Fort

1931-33 (living in Benezette)

1933-38 Benezette & Penfield

1938-39 (living in Penfield)

1939 “transfer” to Erie Conference

1939-45 Luthersburg

1945-48 Belleview

1948-50 Brockport

1950 retired

Note: Frank T. Kinner served as a local pastor. After his retirement, he was active in the Johnson City NY Primitive Methodist Church.

KINZIE, WILLIAM RAYMOND

Born: 10-21-1956 Catawissa PA married:

Died: obit:

1953 license

1954 admitted on trial

1957 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1953-56 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1953-54 assistant, Woodbridge NJ

1954-56 Audenreid-Jeanesville

1956-57 Jerseytown

1957 voluntary location

1961 withdrew

1977-81 Memorial Baptist, Newberry PA

KIRBY, EDMUND WESLEY

Born: 4-11-1831 Virginia married: Emeline Massey Wilson

Died: 2-7-1902 Washington DC obit: [9/27/1833 – 4/17/1907]

married2: Mary Jane Hartley

1853 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2:

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA

Obit:

1852-53 Castle Fin

1853-54 Woodstock

1854-55 Penn’s Valley

1855-56 Warrior’s Mark

1856-57 Manor Hill

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Clearfield circuit

1858-59 Philipsburg

1859-61 New Washington

1861-63 Williamsburg

1863-65 Bedford station

1865-68 Mifflin

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70 Milton

1870-72 Chambersburg

1872 withdrew

1885-86 Philadelphia Grace, East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Note: There is a biographical file on Edmund W. and Mrs. Kirby at the conference archives. After 1872, he relocated to Philadelphia and became a medical doctor, first in Philadelphia and then in Washington DC. The first Mrs. Kirby is a sister to Reuben E. Wilson and Elsie Wilson McGarrah, wife of James H. McGarrah.

KIRK, IRVIN C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1888 admitted on trial, recommended by Manayunk Mt. Zion [Roxboro First]

Interment:

Obit:

1888-89 Boyle’s Run

1889 withdrew

KISSIEL, SAMUEL R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1952-53 Hopewell

1953-57 Cassville

1957-58 Doylesburg

1958-64 Benton

1964-65 Glen Campbell

1965-66 Bald Eagle Parish

Note: Samuel R. Kissiel served as a local pastor.

KLEPFER, GEORGE MURRAY

Born: 5-5-1860 Alexandria PA married: Ida Mae Wilt [4/27/1886]

Died: 3-28-1932 Harrisburg obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1969, 314

1883 admitted on trial, recommended by Port Royal circuit

1884 ordained deacon, recommended by Saxton circuit

Interment: Huntingdon Cemetery, Huntingdon PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1932, 172

1883-85 Saxton

1885-87 Orbisonia

1887-90 Selinsgrove

1890-95 Danville Trinity

1895-00 Catawissa

1900-03 Huntingdon First

1903-09 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1909-11 Milton

1911-14 Carlisle

1914-15 local

1915-17 Greencastle

1917-18 Green Village

1918-19 Fayetteville

1919-20 Harrisburg Riverside

1924-28 Airville

1928-32 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

Note: An obituary for George M. Klepfer also appears in the 4/14/1921 Christian Advocate, page 405.

KNISELY, JOSEPH KEEFER

Born: 2-8-1853 Port Royal PA married: Sophia B. Lotz

Died: 11-7-1940 St. Petersburg FL obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 198

1883 admitted on trial, recommended by Burnt Cabins circuit

1884 ordained elder, recommended by Burnt Cabins circuit

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 206

1882-85 Burnt Cabins

1885-87 Saxton

1887-89 Schellsburg

1889-93 Ennisville

1893-95 New Bloomfield

1895-97 Orbisonia

1897-00 Flemington

1900-02 Reedsville

1902-03 Jeddo

1903-06 Houtzdale

1906-12 Altoona Walnut Avenue

1912-16 Barnesboro

1916-19 Juniata Fifteenth Street

1919 retired

1919-23 Altoona Broad Avenue

KNISELY, J.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1881-82 Decatur

Note: J.W. Knisely served as a local pastor.

KNITTLE, RALPH WARREN

Born: 12-4-1881 Girardville PA married: Lucy Mary Longenberger

Died: 1-5-1968 Harrisburg PA obit: [1952, 226]

1916 admitted on trial

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Catawissa PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1968, 319

1913-16 Wapwallopen

1916-18 Buckhorn

1918-24 Beaver Meadow

1924-28 Hughesville

1928-31 Montgomery

1931-34 South Williamsport

1935-37 Williamsburg

1937-38 Saxton

1938-45 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1945-49 Muncy

1949-51 Berwick Calvary

1951 retired

KNOX, GEORGE H.

Born: 4-1-1866 York PA married: Mary E. Kauffman

Died: 2-21-1930 Cassville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933,204

1916 received as a supply from Church of God

1923 received on credentials as Elder in Church of God

Interment: East Harrisburg Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 196

1915-16 Sandy Ridge & Clearfield

1916-18 Blain

1918-19 Liverpool

1919-21 Muncy Valley

1921-24 Schellsburg

1924-25 Port Matilda

1925-28 Munson

1928-30 Cassville

KNOX, HOMER CHARLES, SR.

Born: 9-2-1880 Burnt Cabins PA married: Edna Pearl Burlew

Died: 5-20-1964 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 259

1914 admitted on trial

Interment: Rolling Green Cemetery, Camp Hill PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1964, 359

1911-15 Picture Rocks (replaced W.C. Robbins in mid-year; see 1912, 75)

1915-19 New Bloomfield

1919-25 Harrisburg Epworth

1925-30 Bellefonte

1930-32 Barnesboro

1932-36 Hazleton Diamond

1936-40 Northumberland

1940-45 Camp Hill

1945-50 York Ridge Avenue

1950 retired

1950-55 West Fairview

Note: Homer C. Knox is the brother of Robert J. Knox. Homer C. Knox is the author of the 1901 History of Methodism in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

KNOX, ROBERT ADOLPH

Born: 9-1-1904 Bellwood PA married:

Died: 9-?-1980 obit:

1937 admitted on trial

1937 ordained deacon

1939 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1934-37 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1937-38 Concord

1938-39 Glen Hope

1938-40 Schellsburg

1940-42 Ray’s Hill

1942-43 Cassville

1943 withdrew

KNOX, ROBERT JAMES

Born: 4-6-1870 Bedford PA married: Minnie E. Barry

Died: obit:

1904 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1903-04 Cameron

1904-07 Lock Haven Circuit

1907-12 South Williamsport

1912-14 Orbisonia

1914-17 Morrisdale

1917-18 Shrewsbury

1918-19 Benton

1919-20 sabbatical year

1920-25 located

1925 withdrew

Note: Robert J. Knox is the brother of Homer C. Knox. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 45.

KOON, DANIEL FRANK

Born: 3-20-1924 Duncansville PA married: Margaret Louise Leedom

Died: 3-26-1968 Pittsburgh PA obit:

1950 admitted on trial

1950 ordained deacon

1952 ordained elder

Interment: Alto-Reste Cemetery, near Hollidaysburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1968, 325

1946-49 Clearville

1950-53 Fort Loudon

1953-56 Trevorton

1956-61 Shawville

1961-66 Warrior’s Mark

1966-68 Altoona Simpson

Note: Daniel F. Koon is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church.

KRALL, JESSE V.

Born: c1881 married: Anna _____

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1911-14 Cherry Tree

1920 lived in New Castle DE

Note: Jesse V. Krall served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

KRAPF, BYRON KADEL

Born: 4-25-1938 Waynesboro PA married: Yvonne _____

Died: obit:

1961 admitted on trial, recommended by Hollidaysburg First

1961 ordained deacon

1963 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1961-63 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1961-63 youth worker, Boston Old South

1963-65 Jersey Shore Epworth

1965-68 Montgomery

1968-73 Berwick Calvary

1973-79 State College Park Forest

1979-91 Shippensburg Christ

1991-00 Riverside St. Peters

2000-07 Lemoyne Grace

Note: Byron K. Krapf is the son of Oliver H.R. Krapf.

KRAPF, OLIVER HENRY RAPELJE

Born: 10-21-1907 Hopewell Junction NY married: Vera Kadel

Died: 4-14-1983 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1994, 481

1931 license, recommended by Bloomsburg Wesley

1932 admitted on trial

1934 ordained deacon

1935 ordained elder

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 403

1932-35 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1932-35 Johnsonburg N.J.

1934-36 Muncy Valley (beginning summer 1934)

1936-40 Conyngham

1940-43 Berwick Calvary

1943-48 Selinsgrove

1948-54 Altoona Llyswen

1954-61 Hollidaysburg First

1961-66 Emporium

1966-72 Clearfield Trinity

1972 retired

Note: Oliver H.R. Krapf is the son of Rev. Elvin C. Krapf (?-1935, affiliation unknown) and the father of Byron K. Krapf and of Joy Krapf Kent, wife of Robin Kent Clark of the East Ohio Conference. Mrs. Kadel is the sister of Presbyterian pastor William H. Kadel (1913-1990), founding president of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg FL.

KRAUSE, HARRY DELYLE

Born: 6-10-1906 Wellsboro PA married: Florence Briston

Died: 2-23-1980 obit:

1968 license, recommended by Wellsboro

1971 ordained deacon

Interment: Shumway Hill Cemetery, near Wellsboro PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 343

1968-70 Sinnemahoning (beginning 10/3/68)

1970-71 Newton Hamilton

1971-76 Ralston

1976 retired

KREMER, JAMES FRANCIS

Born: married: Gloria

Died: obit:

1967 license, recommended by Mifflinville

1971 ordained deacon

1999 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1967-71 Lawrenceville

1971-78 Catawissa Parish

1978-86 Jerseytown

1986-95 Columbia circuit

1995-97 Benton

1997-98 Benton & Brandon Central

1998-02 Benton

2002-05 Fawn Grove

2005- Woolrich

Note: James F. Kremer is the son of Clair F. Kremer in the United Methodist files.

KREPPS, GORDON DEAN

Born: 5-5-1914 Spruce Creek PA married: Charlotte Virginia Stewart

Died: 2-14-1972 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 412

1938 license, recommended by Spruce Creek

1949 ordained deacon*

1955 ordained elder*

* as self-reported in conference journals and not supported by any other material at hand

Interment: Franklinville Cemetery, Spruce Creek PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972, 392

1940-42 Ramey

1942-44 Burnt Cabins

1944-45 James Creek

1945 Elysburg (ending 8/1/45)

1946 no longer listed as an approved supply pastor (see 1946, 89)

1946-54 affiliation unknown, appointments listed are as self-reported in the journals

1947-48 Selma VA

1948-49 Clymer PA

1949-50 Ventitia

1950-51 Manor

1951-54 [Church of Christ]

1954 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the EUB Church, page 74

1954-56 Howard

1956-57 Warrensville

1957 Columbia circuit (did not finish the year)

1957 r emoved from Central Pennsylvania Conference of EUB Church, page 91

1957-60 affiliation unknown, appointments listed are as self-reported in the journals

1957-59 Port Republic VA

1959-60 Suffolk Providence

1960 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1960-62 Robertsdale

1962-68 North Bend

1968-72 Catawissa

Note: Gordon K. Krepps first re-appears on the official list in 1962, page 25, as an approved supply pastor.

KROHN, PHILIP

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit

1866-67 Athens

1867 “accepted” into Central Pennsylvania Conference

1867-68 Spencer

1868-69 Caroline

1869-72 Scranton

1872-74 Lock Haven

1874 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1874-76 Kingston

1876 transfer to Troy Conference

1876-78 Albany Hudson Avenue

1878-81 West Troy Washington Street

1881-82 located at own request

1882 transfer to Kansas Conference

1882-85 Atchison

1885-86 agent, Kansas State Temperance Union

1886-86 on leave

1887 permitted to withdraw under charges

Note: One secular account reports that “Dr. Krohn is one of Kansas’ ablest speakers.” Philip Krohn entered the newspaper business, purchasing the Atchison KS Weekly Campion and Press in 1889. He appears to have retired to and/or re-entered the ministry (affiliation unknown) in Tioga County NY in 1900.

KROUSE, RALPH SHISSLER

Born: 1-11-1903 Sunbury PA married: Margaret Hendrickson

Died: 7-25-1991 Lewisburg PA obit:

1928 admitted on trial

1930 ordained deacon

1933 ordained elder

Interment: Crown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1992, 477

1928-31 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1931-34 Town Hill

1934-38 on leave due to illness

1938 Picture Rocks

1838-42 Audenreid-Jeanesville

1942-47 Patton

1947-52 Williamsport Third Street

1952-58 Bellwood

1958-68 Clearfield Emmanuel

1968 retired

1968-70 Clearfield Emmanuel

1970-71 Shawville

Note: Ralph S. Krouse is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 745.

KUGLE, JOSEPH LUTHER

Born: married: Gloria _____

Died: obit:

1968 license, recommended by Mt. Gilead

1974 ordained deacon

1977 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1968-72 Hunlock Creek

1972-74 Paint Lick, Kentucky Conference

1974-78 Rouzerville

1978-82 Altoona Fairview

1982-94 York Trinity

1994-95 Milton St. Andrews

1995- New Kingston Trinity

KULP, OSCAR LORENZO

Born: 3-27-1908 Hunlock Creek PA married: Vera May Koup

Died: 3-3-1993 obit: 2005, 448

1963 license, recommended by Hunlock Creek

1964 ordained deacon

1966 ordained elder

Interment: Oakdale Cemetery, Oakdale PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 464

1960-62 associate, Hunlock Creek (beginning 4/1/60)

1962-66 Forksville

1966-73 Harveyville

1973 retired

Note: Oscar Kulp is the father of Marjorie Kulp Iverson, wife of Rev. T. Bradley Iverson of California, affiliation unknown.