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206 MINUTES OF THE 1997 SYNOD OF THE the joy of his Lord, and we rejoice that God has given Bill this gracious deli from his earthly labors. Please remember to pray especially for his surviving sisters, who do not know the Lord, for non-Christians touched by his ministry, and for the Broomall congregation. "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." Rev. 14:13 Tom Fisher Cambridge, MA RPC June Erskine McElroy June Erskine McElroy was born at Quinter, Kansas, December 3, 1911, to Joseph and Mary Alexander McElroy. He was the youngest of six children. He graduated from Quinter High School in 1929, attended Ft. Hays State College 1930-31,and graduated from Sterling College in 1936. He taught school two years before entering the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary from which he graduated in 1941. He was licensed to preach by Kansas Presbytery and ordained to the Gospel Ministry also by Kansas Presbytery on Oaober 24, 1941. He served well in pastorates at Superior, NB, 1941-1950, Morning Sun, IA, 1950-1959, and Denver, CO, 1959-1970. He was employed by a Funeral Home in Denver, 1970-1983. He continued preaching whenever needed. On June 12, 1941, he married Jennie Sterrett of Quinter, KS. She has been a constant companion and co-laborer for 55 years. God blessed their home with four children. Since June and I were roommates for two years at the Seminary, we developed a close and lasting friendship which continued through the years. This had grown to be very special for my wife and me during the past 15 years as we have worshiped together with the McElroys in the Westminster Church, much of the time. Failing health had limited his aaivities for several years, but seldom did he miss the public worship services or the midweek prayer meeting, including the week before he died on February 1, 1997. June was a family man, a man of prayer and a good neighbor. He was interested in missions and loved his Lord and his Lord's Church. He is survived by his loving and faithful wife, Jennie, and by their four children and their spouses: James McElroy of Los Angeles, CA, Jerel McElroy of Denver, CO, Janis Adams of Denver, CO and John McElroy of Grand Junction, CO, and by three grandchildren: Jeff Adams of Evergreen, CO, Matt Adams of San Diego, CA, and Kyla McElroy. His funeral was conducted by Pastor Robert Hemphill on February 5, at Quinter, KS, where June was buried. A Memorial Service was held at the
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA 207 Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church in Colorado, on February 8, 1 which many neighbors and friends spoke highly of his impression upon their lives. His works do follow him and his rewardis with him in Heaven. Prepared by E. Raymond Hemphill REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION 1897 - 1997 Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, nowit shall spring forth; Shall you not know it I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 In 1890, a member of the Wilkinsburg Reformed Presbyterian Church lost her hand. Unable to work and therefore unable to support herself, she applied for admission to the Presbyterian Home in Wilkinsburg; but they had no room for her. Her plight came to the attention of the women of the Pittsburgh Presbyterial (RPCNA) and served as a catalyst for aaion. They petitioned the 1892 Synod to consider the "necessity of taking steps to provide a Home for Aged Persons and an Orphanage if found praaicable." At the same time, Mary McKee Morton of the Allegheny congregation asked her aged father, John A. McKee to make financial provision for a Home in his will. Aaing on his daughter's suggestion, he left $5,000 to the Synod on the condition that a work be started within fiveyears. Mr. McKee died a month later. Fearing that the $5,000 would be lost because of inaction, the women again petitioned Synod in 1895. Synod's response was to approve the cooperation between the women of Pittsburgh Presbyterial and Synod's Board of Trustees "in the matter of establishing a widow's and orphan's and aged people's home." The women commenced to examine twenty-five properties as potential sites. They narrowed the search to four and left the final decision to the Trustees who chose the McNaugher residence on Linden Avenue. Soon it became apparent to the Trustees thatit would be appropriate for the women to assume sole responsibility for the work and recommended the same to the Synod of 1897, which passed a resolution stating, "that the board of Trustees of the Synod be relieved from further work, management and responsibility in conneaion with the Home, and that Synod, by formal resolution, commit such management and responsibility from this time forth to the women of the church under the corporate Reformed Presbyterian Woman's Association". In anticipation of this resolution, the RPWA was chartered in March of that year. The purpose of the RPWA, as stated in its charter,is to establish a home for "widows, orphans, infirmed and aged persons of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and others." The doors of the Reformed Presbyterian Home opened that same summer.
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