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Samuel Ingham Merrill (November 15, 1856 – July 1932) was a noted California businessman and philanthropist, known particularly for his involvement in Christian benevolent work. He is credited with founding the YMCA of Oakland , and later, the YMCA of Los Angeles in 1882, [ 1 ] which celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2007.
Christian Science Benevolent Association on the West Coast, was one of 2 BAs operated by the Mother Church.In 1973, it was turned over to a local group of Christian Scientists who continue to operate it as Arden Wood nursing home. [129] Daycroft School in Greenwich, Connecticut, closed in 1991.
Rev. Samuel Hiestand's parents, grandparents, and several generations before were all Mennonites and not Moravians as reported in some sources. [4] [5] [21] His uncle Henry Brumbach was a Mennonite minister as was his brother Abraham Hiestand, of the Page area, who signed himself in 1794 as "minister of the Church of the Mennonite Society" before becoming a United Brethren minister.
The Orders emblem was St. George conquering the dragon. The system of sick benefits varied by the lodge and the inclination of members. There was also a funeral benefit for members and their wives and a benevolent fund for brethren and "any worthy Englishman in distress". Some lodges also provided physicians and medicine for sick members.
A funeral service will be held for West, a teacher employed part-time by the school, on Monday. Students described West as a loving person who devoted her time to supporting them.. Angel Brube, a ...
A Christian burial is the burial of a deceased person with specifically Christian rites; ... The deacon leads the prayer services at the home and the funeral home ...
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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...