Dr. Paul P. Anspach, Retired Minister And Missionary, 75, Dies
The Rev. Paul P. Anspach, 75, of 1129 Elm St., retired Springfield minister and missionary, died at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Ethan Allen Nursing Home following five years of illness.
Dr. Anspach was a graduate of Wittenberg College and Hamma Divinity School and served as an officer in the Air Corps during World War I.
Following his graduation from the seminary, he served as an assistant to the president of Wittenberg University during a financial campaign.
In 1932, while on furlough as a missionary to China, he completed graduate studies at Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Princeton University, and received his master of arts degree.
He served as a missionary to the United Lutheran Mission in Tsing-tao, China, from 1925 to 1940. In 1938-39 he served as a delegate from China to the International Missionary Conference in Madras, India.
After returning to this country, he served as pastor of the First English Lutheran Church of Columbus and later at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ashland.
He was sent back to China in 1946 to help reopen schools decommissioned during World War II. He returned to this country in 1947 and then served as staff secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions in New York City.
In June 1948, he accepted a call to become pastor of Second Lutheran Church in Springfield, serving in that position until 1952 when he began an investigative tour for the United Lutheran Church in Malaya.
Returning to this country in 1953, he resumed the post of staff secretary for the ULC Board of Foreign missions after resigning as pastor of Second Lutheran Church.
Dr. Anspach held a number of awards and honors. He was past president of the Wittenberg Alumni Association and received a meritorious award for outstanding church work in 1947. Hamma Divinity School conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on him in 1941.
He was born Sept. 8, 1893, in Vandalia, the son of Albert and Elizabeth Anspach.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Boyer Anspach; two sons, the Rev. P. Parker Anspach of Los Alamos, N.M. and Thomas E. Anspach of Pittsburgh, Pa.; three daughters, Mrs. John (Caroline) Sunburn of Kirkland, O., Mrs. Arny (Phyllis) Thomson of Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Philip (Sarah) Keppel, of Springfield; a sister, Mrs. Helen Jordan of Pasadena, Calif.; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. His first wife, Sylvia Hetzler, died in 1960.
Burial will be in Ferncliff Cemetery.
(Obit from the Springfield, Ohio Daily News, Monday, June 9, 1969, page 4)
The Rev. Paul P. Anspach, 75, of 1129 Elm St., retired Springfield minister and missionary, died at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Ethan Allen Nursing Home following five years of illness.
Dr. Anspach was a graduate of Wittenberg College and Hamma Divinity School and served as an officer in the Air Corps during World War I.
Following his graduation from the seminary, he served as an assistant to the president of Wittenberg University during a financial campaign.
In 1932, while on furlough as a missionary to China, he completed graduate studies at Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Princeton University, and received his master of arts degree.
He served as a missionary to the United Lutheran Mission in Tsing-tao, China, from 1925 to 1940. In 1938-39 he served as a delegate from China to the International Missionary Conference in Madras, India.
After returning to this country, he served as pastor of the First English Lutheran Church of Columbus and later at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ashland.
He was sent back to China in 1946 to help reopen schools decommissioned during World War II. He returned to this country in 1947 and then served as staff secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions in New York City.
In June 1948, he accepted a call to become pastor of Second Lutheran Church in Springfield, serving in that position until 1952 when he began an investigative tour for the United Lutheran Church in Malaya.
Returning to this country in 1953, he resumed the post of staff secretary for the ULC Board of Foreign missions after resigning as pastor of Second Lutheran Church.
Dr. Anspach held a number of awards and honors. He was past president of the Wittenberg Alumni Association and received a meritorious award for outstanding church work in 1947. Hamma Divinity School conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on him in 1941.
He was born Sept. 8, 1893, in Vandalia, the son of Albert and Elizabeth Anspach.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Boyer Anspach; two sons, the Rev. P. Parker Anspach of Los Alamos, N.M. and Thomas E. Anspach of Pittsburgh, Pa.; three daughters, Mrs. John (Caroline) Sunburn of Kirkland, O., Mrs. Arny (Phyllis) Thomson of Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Philip (Sarah) Keppel, of Springfield; a sister, Mrs. Helen Jordan of Pasadena, Calif.; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. His first wife, Sylvia Hetzler, died in 1960.
Burial will be in Ferncliff Cemetery.
(Obit from the Springfield, Ohio Daily News, Monday, June 9, 1969, page 4)
Dr. Paul P. Anspach, Retired Minister And Missionary, 75, Dies
The Rev. Paul P. Anspach, 75, of 1129 Elm St., retired Springfield minister and missionary, died at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Ethan Allen Nursing Home following five years of illness.
Dr. Anspach was a graduate of Wittenberg College and Hamma Divinity School and served as an officer in the Air Corps during World War I.
Following his graduation from the seminary, he served as an assistant to the president of Wittenberg University during a financial campaign.
In 1932, while on furlough as a missionary to China, he completed graduate studies at Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Princeton University, and received his master of arts degree.
He served as a missionary to the United Lutheran Mission in Tsing-tao, China, from 1925 to 1940. In 1938-39 he served as a delegate from China to the International Missionary Conference in Madras, India.
After returning to this country, he served as pastor of the First English Lutheran Church of Columbus and later at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ashland.
He was sent back to China in 1946 to help reopen schools decommissioned during World War II. He returned to this country in 1947 and then served as staff secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions in New York City.
In June 1948, he accepted a call to become pastor of Second Lutheran Church in Springfield, serving in that position until 1952 when he began an investigative tour for the United Lutheran Church in Malaya.
Returning to this country in 1953, he resumed the post of staff secretary for the ULC Board of Foreign missions after resigning as pastor of Second Lutheran Church.
Dr. Anspach held a number of awards and honors. He was past president of the Wittenberg Alumni Association and received a meritorious award for outstanding church work in 1947. Hamma Divinity School conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on him in 1941.
He was born Sept. 8, 1893, in Vandalia, the son of Albert and Elizabeth Anspach.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Boyer Anspach; two sons, the Rev. P. Parker Anspach of Los Alamos, N.M. and Thomas E. Anspach of Pittsburgh, Pa.; three daughters, Mrs. John (Caroline) Sunburn of Kirkland, O., Mrs. Arny (Phyllis) Thomson of Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Philip (Sarah) Keppel, of Springfield; a sister, Mrs. Helen Jordan of Pasadena, Calif.; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. His first wife, Sylvia Hetzler, died in 1960.
Burial will be in Ferncliff Cemetery.
(Obit from the Springfield, Ohio Daily News, Monday, June 9, 1969, page 4)
The Rev. Paul P. Anspach, 75, of 1129 Elm St., retired Springfield minister and missionary, died at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Ethan Allen Nursing Home following five years of illness.
Dr. Anspach was a graduate of Wittenberg College and Hamma Divinity School and served as an officer in the Air Corps during World War I.
Following his graduation from the seminary, he served as an assistant to the president of Wittenberg University during a financial campaign.
In 1932, while on furlough as a missionary to China, he completed graduate studies at Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Princeton University, and received his master of arts degree.
He served as a missionary to the United Lutheran Mission in Tsing-tao, China, from 1925 to 1940. In 1938-39 he served as a delegate from China to the International Missionary Conference in Madras, India.
After returning to this country, he served as pastor of the First English Lutheran Church of Columbus and later at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ashland.
He was sent back to China in 1946 to help reopen schools decommissioned during World War II. He returned to this country in 1947 and then served as staff secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions in New York City.
In June 1948, he accepted a call to become pastor of Second Lutheran Church in Springfield, serving in that position until 1952 when he began an investigative tour for the United Lutheran Church in Malaya.
Returning to this country in 1953, he resumed the post of staff secretary for the ULC Board of Foreign missions after resigning as pastor of Second Lutheran Church.
Dr. Anspach held a number of awards and honors. He was past president of the Wittenberg Alumni Association and received a meritorious award for outstanding church work in 1947. Hamma Divinity School conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on him in 1941.
He was born Sept. 8, 1893, in Vandalia, the son of Albert and Elizabeth Anspach.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Boyer Anspach; two sons, the Rev. P. Parker Anspach of Los Alamos, N.M. and Thomas E. Anspach of Pittsburgh, Pa.; three daughters, Mrs. John (Caroline) Sunburn of Kirkland, O., Mrs. Arny (Phyllis) Thomson of Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Philip (Sarah) Keppel, of Springfield; a sister, Mrs. Helen Jordan of Pasadena, Calif.; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. His first wife, Sylvia Hetzler, died in 1960.
Burial will be in Ferncliff Cemetery.
(Obit from the Springfield, Ohio Daily News, Monday, June 9, 1969, page 4)
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