Many in South Bend today mourn the passing of Rev. Elmer Ward Cole, D.D., aged 64, pastor of First Christian Church, who died Saturday in the chruch he served for the last 16 years. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the church.
Friends of the pastor will be received in the residence where the body will be today and Monday and until 11 a.m. Tuesday. It then will be taken to the church where it will be until the hours of the funeral.
Acclaimed here as a great sprititual leader, Dr. Cole came to South Bend, Dec. 24, 1921, and immediately took advantage of every opportunity to serve his fellow men and his church. His life of service was cut short when he died suddenly of a heart attack in an anteroom on the second floor of the church. He had started to move a table when he slumped to the floor. His body was taken to the Forest G. Hay mortuary.
Taken from article appearing in The South Bend Tribune on 21 August, 1938.
Friends of the pastor will be received in the residence where the body will be today and Monday and until 11 a.m. Tuesday. It then will be taken to the church where it will be until the hours of the funeral.
Acclaimed here as a great sprititual leader, Dr. Cole came to South Bend, Dec. 24, 1921, and immediately took advantage of every opportunity to serve his fellow men and his church. His life of service was cut short when he died suddenly of a heart attack in an anteroom on the second floor of the church. He had started to move a table when he slumped to the floor. His body was taken to the Forest G. Hay mortuary.
Taken from article appearing in The South Bend Tribune on 21 August, 1938.
Many in South Bend today mourn the passing of Rev. Elmer Ward Cole, D.D., aged 64, pastor of First Christian Church, who died Saturday in the chruch he served for the last 16 years. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the church.
Friends of the pastor will be received in the residence where the body will be today and Monday and until 11 a.m. Tuesday. It then will be taken to the church where it will be until the hours of the funeral.
Acclaimed here as a great sprititual leader, Dr. Cole came to South Bend, Dec. 24, 1921, and immediately took advantage of every opportunity to serve his fellow men and his church. His life of service was cut short when he died suddenly of a heart attack in an anteroom on the second floor of the church. He had started to move a table when he slumped to the floor. His body was taken to the Forest G. Hay mortuary.
Taken from article appearing in The South Bend Tribune on 21 August, 1938.
Friends of the pastor will be received in the residence where the body will be today and Monday and until 11 a.m. Tuesday. It then will be taken to the church where it will be until the hours of the funeral.
Acclaimed here as a great sprititual leader, Dr. Cole came to South Bend, Dec. 24, 1921, and immediately took advantage of every opportunity to serve his fellow men and his church. His life of service was cut short when he died suddenly of a heart attack in an anteroom on the second floor of the church. He had started to move a table when he slumped to the floor. His body was taken to the Forest G. Hay mortuary.
Taken from article appearing in The South Bend Tribune on 21 August, 1938.
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