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ARCHIVES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Preserving and Celebrating Our United Methodist Heritage in Central and Northeast Pennsylvania

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Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist Pastors. Click on the first letter of the surname to enter the file of all the pastors for that letter. The instructions file gives information about this project, the dates at which various conference boundary changes occurred, and detailed bibliographic references.

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YAPLE, FRED WAYNE

Born: 3-17-1924 Stillwater PA married: Darlene Kerlin

Died: 9-30-1997 obit:

1947 license, Kentucky Conference

1948 license, recommended by New Columbus

1953 admitted on trial

1953 ordained deacon

1955 ordained elder

Interment: Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 450

1947-48 student, Union College in Barbourville Kentucky

1947-48 Barbourville KY

1948-50 student, Juniata College

1948-50 Allenport & Singers Gap

1950-52 Benezette

1952-54 North Bend

1954-56 Picture Rocks

1956-59 Weatherly

1959-64 Barnesboro-Spangler

1964-66 Petersburg

1966-69 Warrior’s Mark (ending 3/1/69)

1969-75 Williamsport Grace (beginning 3/1/69)

1975-78 Montgomery

1978-79 disability leave

1979-83 leave of absence

1983 retired

1985-86 associate, Picture Rocks

Note: F. Wayne Yaple is the preferred name.

YAPLE, MALCOLM LEE

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1952 admitted on trial

1952-54 at school

1954 transfer to Virginia Conference

Note: In 2003, Malcolm L. Yaple is listed as a retired member of the Virginia Conference.

YARLETT, FRANCIS PAUL

Born: 2-1-1921 Carlisle PA married: Clara Viola Garman

Died: 4-2-1999 obit: 2001, 378

1957 license, recommended by Barnitz

1961 ordained deacon

1963 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment: Westminster Cemetery, Carlisle PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1999, 444

1958-62 Doylesburg

1962-67 Hustontown

1967-74 East Waterford

1974-76 Reedsville

1976-81 Mackeyville

1981-83 Port Royal

1983-88 disability leave

1988 retired

1992-95 Blain-New Germantown

YATES, RODNEY T.

Born: married: Janie Lataine Bartlett

Died: obit: [born 8/12/1929]

1955 admitted on trial, Western North Carolina Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1955-56 Millers Creek

1956-57 Robertsdale, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1957 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1957-58 Littlestown

1958 transfer to Western North Carolina Conference

1958-59 Unionville

1959 discontinued

teaching career

1966 moves to Iowa

Note: After Rodney T. Yates and his wife divorced in 1978, Mrs. Yates married a Mr. Gil Glandorf. Limited information, mostly on Janie Yates-Glandorf, is in the biographical files at the conference archives.

YOCUM, ANDREW DUNCAN

Born: 2-26-1838 York PA married: Laura M. Gere

Died: 6-14-1889 Altoona PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1910, 125

1866 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Altoona

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1890, 73

1866-67 Newport

1867-68 Mifflin circuit

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Great Island

1869-71 McVeytown

1871-72 Chambersburg Second

1872-75 Clearfield

1875-78 Milton

1878-80 Bellefonte

1880-82 Carlisle

1882-84 Altoona First

1884-87 Everett

1887-89 Carlisle

1889-89 Altoona Eighth Avenue

Note: There is also an unlabeled obituary for A. Duncan Yocum in Dr. Pardoe’s scrapbook #2.

YOCUM, EZRA HABURST

Born: 9-20-1843 near Catawissa PA married: Laura Marian Caslow

Died: 3-3-1929 Northumberland PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 147

1869 admitted on trial

Interment: Riverview Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 186

1869-70 Muhlenburg

1870-71 Shickshinny

1871-74 Hazleton

1874-77 Newberry

1877-79 Tyrone

1879-81 Bloomsburg

1881-85 superintendent, Williamsport District

1885-88 Berwick

1888-91 Harrisburg Grace

1891-92 Danville St. Paul’s

1892-94 Carlisle

1894-98 superintendent, Danville District

1898-03 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1903-11 Lewistown

1911-19 Bellefonte

1919-23 Woolrich

1923 retired

Note: Ezra H. Yocum is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism. An obituary also appears in the 3/28/1929 Christian Advocate, page 403.

YODER, DONALD HERBERT

Born: 8-27-1921 Altoona PA married:

Died: obit:

1945 license, Rock River Conference

1947 admitted on trial

1947 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1947-49 instructor, Union Theological Seminary in New York City

1949 honorably dismissed to unite with the Evangelical and Reformed Church

Note: Donald H. Yoder is one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Folklife Society (1949) and the author of numerous books and articles on the Pennsylvania Germans, especially their religious music. He taught for many years at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

YOUNG, HARVEY R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1911-12 Park Place & Delano

1912-13 Wapwallopen

1913-14 Jonestown

Note: Harvey R. Young served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

YOUNG, J. B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1945-46 Muncy Valley

1946-49 living in RD Benton

1949 returned to quarterly conference status in the Muncy Valley congregation

Note: J.B. Young served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

YOUNG, JESSE BOWMAN

Born: 7-5-1844 Berwick married: Lucy Minshall Spottswood

Died: 7-30-1914 obit: North Indiana Conference 1922, 289

1868 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago IL

Obit: North Indiana Conference 1915, 546

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71 York Springs

1871-74 Gettysburg

1874-77 Curwensville

1877-80 Carlisle

1880-83 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1883-85 agent, Dickinson College

1885-88 Harrisburg Grace

1888 transfer to St. Louis Conference

1888-92 Kansas City MO Grand Avenue

1892-00 editor, Central Christian Advocate

1900 transfer to Cincinnati Conference

1900-09 Cincinnati Walnut Hills

1909 transfer to Saint Johns River Conference [FL]

1909-13 Jacksonville Snyder Memorial

1913 transfer to North Indiana Conference

1913 retired

Note: Jesse Bowman Young is the son of Jared H. Young (1810-1855) of the Baltimore Conference and Sarah Bowman Young (obit 1877, 66). He is the author of the following books in the archives collection: Our Lord and Master (1903), The Hungry Christ (1904), What a Boy Saw in the Army (1904), Today: An Age of Opportunity (1909), Helps for the Quiet Hour (1909), The Battle of Gettysburg (1913), and Money Mania (n.d.). Mrs. Young is the daughter of Wilson Lee Spottswood and the granddaughter of Robert Minshall (1788-1828) of the Baltimore Conference.

YOUNG, JOHN CAMPBELL

Born: 2-17-1856 Bells Landing PA married: Abigail Williams

Died: 1-27-1941 Port Matilda PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949,203

1886 ordained deacon, recommended by Grahamton circuit

1889 admitted on trial, recommended by Altoona District

1890 ordained elder, recommended by Altoona District

Interment: Presbyterian Cemetery, Port Matilda PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 218

1884-85 Lloydsville [Coalport]

1885-86 associate, Grahamton [Wallaceton] circuit

1886-87 ?

1887-88 student, Dickinson College preparatory school

1888-90 Pine Grove Mills

1890-93 Port Matilda

1893-96 Pleasant Gap

1896-99 Three Springs

1899-04 New Washington

1904-07 Barnesboro

1907-11 Freeland

1911-15 Altoona Fairview

1915-18 York Epworth

1918-21 Hughesville

1921-26 Riverside

1926-29 Harrisburg Riverside

1929 retired

YOUNG, JOHN H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1901-03 West Fairview

Note: John H. Young served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

YOUNG, RALPH EDWIN JR

Born: married: Kathy _____

Died: obit:

1967 license, recommended by State College St. Paul’s

1970 admitted on trial

1970 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1965-70 student, Penn State University

1965-66 Penns Valley (beginning 9/65 and ending 6/66)

1966-69 Fairbrook (beginning 5/66 and ending 8/69)

1969-72 student, Methodist Theological School in Delaware OH

1970-72 Adamsville OH

1972-78 Shawville

1978-81 Martinsville

1981 transfer to Florida Conference

YOUNG, ROBERT B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1965 license

Interment:

Obit:

1965-70 Mainesburg (beginning 9/1/65)

1970 no longer listed

Note: Robert B. Young served as a local pastor.

YOUNG, WILLIAM MURRAY

Born: 3-30-1891 Centre County PA married: Henrietta Augusta Lauffer

Died: 5-10-1958 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 227

married2: Dorothy A. Hinkle

1921 admitted on trial, obit2: 1990, 474

recommended by Duboistown & Nisbet

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1958, 249

1916-18 Picture Rocks circuit

1918-20 Elimsport-Maple Hill

1920-24 Duboistown-Nesbit

1924-27 Montgomery

1927-31 Catawissa

1931-37 Williamsport Calvary

1937-41 Hollidaysburg First

1941-46 New Cumberland

1946-49 Altoona Simpson

1949-57 Mount Union First

1957 retired

YOXTHEIMER, GEORGE HENRY

Born: 8-9-1904 Northumberland PA married: Lulu Edna Kessler

Died: 11-22-1976 Ramey PA obit: [d. 1965]

1924 license, recommended by Northumberland

1927 admitted on trial, recommended by Altoona Lakemont

1930 ordained deacon, New York Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1925-26 student, Dickinson College

1926-27 Newville

1926-28 student, Juniata College

1927-28 Altoona Lakemont (ending 9/28)

1928-29 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1928-29 Peekskill NY

1929 transfer to New York Conference

1929-31 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1929-30 Yonkers Memorial

1931-58 construction business in NY

1936-38 Laurelton (beginning fall 1936; see 1937, 84)

1958-62 construction, Cape Canaveral

1963-67 construction, West Virginia Wesleyan college

1963-67 Wilsonburg WV

1967-68 Burnham, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1968 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1968-71 Burnham

1971-76 Morrisdale

1976 retired

1976-77 Ramey

Note: George H. Yoxtheimer is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1480. Some sources give the dates 1908-1962 for Mrs. Yoxtheimer