Husband of Minna Charlotte (Sessinghaus) Eliot - Married 7/18/1894 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR)
June 10, 1956 pg. 43
Death Summons Dr. Eliot; Funeral Set for Monday
Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot Jr., minister emeritus of the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), son of the church's first minister and grandson of a famed Unitarian minister, died Friday in a Portland hospital. He was 89 years old and a resident of 1923 N. E. Schuyler street.
Dr. Eliot came to Portland church in 1906 and served as minister until 1934, when he became minister emeritus and was succeeded by Dr. Richard M. Steiner. He devoted a total of 61 years to the ministry.
The Unitarian minister was ordained September 9, 1894, at the First Unitarian church in San Francisco. He was born in St. Louis October 13, 1866, the son of Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot, who came to Portland the following year as the first pastor of the Unitarian church. The father served until 1895.
Educator in Family
Young Dr. Eliot attended schools in Portland until he went to St. Louis at the age of 15 to live with his grandfather, one of the founders, president and later the third chancellor of Washington university in St. Louis. The university was once called Eliot seminary. The grandfather's father had graduated from Harvard divinity school in 1811 and established the first Unitarian society west of the Mississippi.
Dr. Eliot received his A. B. degree from Washington university in 1888 and studied at Harvard divinity school for two years. Before coming to Portland, he served at Seattle, San Francisco and Milwaukee, Wis.
Dr. Eliot was a member of the Reed college board of regents from 1926 to 1944 and later was an honorary member of the board. His father was the first president of Reed's board of trustees as designated in the original Reed will.
In 1953 Dr. Eliot turned over$30,000 to Reed college's permanent endowment fund, declining to identify the source of the trust.
Dr. Eliot received and honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1925 from Meadville Theological school, Meadville, Pa., and in 1932 received an honorary doctor of laws from Washington university.
Dr. Eliot served 28 years as minister of the Portland Unitarian church and continued active in the pulpit and in civic affairs after becoming pastor emeritus.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruth E. Prentiss, Portland, and Mrs. R. B. Raup, New York city, and two sons, Theodore S., Denver and William G. III, Washington D. C.; four sisters, Henrietta Eliot and Mrs. Grace E. Scott, both of Portland; Mrs. Earl Morse Wilbur, Berkeley, Cal, and Mrs. Ellen Weil, San Rafael, Cal., and two brothers, Samuel, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Thomas, Fontana, Wis.
Twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the First Unitarian church. Dr. Richard M. Steiner, pastor, and Rev. Ralph Barber, First Congregational church, Vancouver, Wash, will officiate.
The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR)
June 10, 1956 pg. 43
Death Summons Dr. Eliot; Funeral Set for Monday
Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot Jr., minister emeritus of the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), son of the church's first minister and grandson of a famed Unitarian minister, died Friday in a Portland hospital. He was 89 years old and a resident of 1923 N. E. Schuyler street.
Dr. Eliot came to Portland church in 1906 and served as minister until 1934, when he became minister emeritus and was succeeded by Dr. Richard M. Steiner. He devoted a total of 61 years to the ministry.
The Unitarian minister was ordained September 9, 1894, at the First Unitarian church in San Francisco. He was born in St. Louis October 13, 1866, the son of Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot, who came to Portland the following year as the first pastor of the Unitarian church. The father served until 1895.
Educator in Family
Young Dr. Eliot attended schools in Portland until he went to St. Louis at the age of 15 to live with his grandfather, one of the founders, president and later the third chancellor of Washington university in St. Louis. The university was once called Eliot seminary. The grandfather's father had graduated from Harvard divinity school in 1811 and established the first Unitarian society west of the Mississippi.
Dr. Eliot received his A. B. degree from Washington university in 1888 and studied at Harvard divinity school for two years. Before coming to Portland, he served at Seattle, San Francisco and Milwaukee, Wis.
Dr. Eliot was a member of the Reed college board of regents from 1926 to 1944 and later was an honorary member of the board. His father was the first president of Reed's board of trustees as designated in the original Reed will.
In 1953 Dr. Eliot turned over$30,000 to Reed college's permanent endowment fund, declining to identify the source of the trust.
Dr. Eliot received and honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1925 from Meadville Theological school, Meadville, Pa., and in 1932 received an honorary doctor of laws from Washington university.
Dr. Eliot served 28 years as minister of the Portland Unitarian church and continued active in the pulpit and in civic affairs after becoming pastor emeritus.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruth E. Prentiss, Portland, and Mrs. R. B. Raup, New York city, and two sons, Theodore S., Denver and William G. III, Washington D. C.; four sisters, Henrietta Eliot and Mrs. Grace E. Scott, both of Portland; Mrs. Earl Morse Wilbur, Berkeley, Cal, and Mrs. Ellen Weil, San Rafael, Cal., and two brothers, Samuel, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Thomas, Fontana, Wis.
Twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the First Unitarian church. Dr. Richard M. Steiner, pastor, and Rev. Ralph Barber, First Congregational church, Vancouver, Wash, will officiate.
Husband of Minna Charlotte (Sessinghaus) Eliot - Married 7/18/1894 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR)
June 10, 1956 pg. 43
Death Summons Dr. Eliot; Funeral Set for Monday
Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot Jr., minister emeritus of the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), son of the church's first minister and grandson of a famed Unitarian minister, died Friday in a Portland hospital. He was 89 years old and a resident of 1923 N. E. Schuyler street.
Dr. Eliot came to Portland church in 1906 and served as minister until 1934, when he became minister emeritus and was succeeded by Dr. Richard M. Steiner. He devoted a total of 61 years to the ministry.
The Unitarian minister was ordained September 9, 1894, at the First Unitarian church in San Francisco. He was born in St. Louis October 13, 1866, the son of Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot, who came to Portland the following year as the first pastor of the Unitarian church. The father served until 1895.
Educator in Family
Young Dr. Eliot attended schools in Portland until he went to St. Louis at the age of 15 to live with his grandfather, one of the founders, president and later the third chancellor of Washington university in St. Louis. The university was once called Eliot seminary. The grandfather's father had graduated from Harvard divinity school in 1811 and established the first Unitarian society west of the Mississippi.
Dr. Eliot received his A. B. degree from Washington university in 1888 and studied at Harvard divinity school for two years. Before coming to Portland, he served at Seattle, San Francisco and Milwaukee, Wis.
Dr. Eliot was a member of the Reed college board of regents from 1926 to 1944 and later was an honorary member of the board. His father was the first president of Reed's board of trustees as designated in the original Reed will.
In 1953 Dr. Eliot turned over$30,000 to Reed college's permanent endowment fund, declining to identify the source of the trust.
Dr. Eliot received and honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1925 from Meadville Theological school, Meadville, Pa., and in 1932 received an honorary doctor of laws from Washington university.
Dr. Eliot served 28 years as minister of the Portland Unitarian church and continued active in the pulpit and in civic affairs after becoming pastor emeritus.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruth E. Prentiss, Portland, and Mrs. R. B. Raup, New York city, and two sons, Theodore S., Denver and William G. III, Washington D. C.; four sisters, Henrietta Eliot and Mrs. Grace E. Scott, both of Portland; Mrs. Earl Morse Wilbur, Berkeley, Cal, and Mrs. Ellen Weil, San Rafael, Cal., and two brothers, Samuel, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Thomas, Fontana, Wis.
Twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the First Unitarian church. Dr. Richard M. Steiner, pastor, and Rev. Ralph Barber, First Congregational church, Vancouver, Wash, will officiate.
The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR)
June 10, 1956 pg. 43
Death Summons Dr. Eliot; Funeral Set for Monday
Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot Jr., minister emeritus of the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), son of the church's first minister and grandson of a famed Unitarian minister, died Friday in a Portland hospital. He was 89 years old and a resident of 1923 N. E. Schuyler street.
Dr. Eliot came to Portland church in 1906 and served as minister until 1934, when he became minister emeritus and was succeeded by Dr. Richard M. Steiner. He devoted a total of 61 years to the ministry.
The Unitarian minister was ordained September 9, 1894, at the First Unitarian church in San Francisco. He was born in St. Louis October 13, 1866, the son of Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot, who came to Portland the following year as the first pastor of the Unitarian church. The father served until 1895.
Educator in Family
Young Dr. Eliot attended schools in Portland until he went to St. Louis at the age of 15 to live with his grandfather, one of the founders, president and later the third chancellor of Washington university in St. Louis. The university was once called Eliot seminary. The grandfather's father had graduated from Harvard divinity school in 1811 and established the first Unitarian society west of the Mississippi.
Dr. Eliot received his A. B. degree from Washington university in 1888 and studied at Harvard divinity school for two years. Before coming to Portland, he served at Seattle, San Francisco and Milwaukee, Wis.
Dr. Eliot was a member of the Reed college board of regents from 1926 to 1944 and later was an honorary member of the board. His father was the first president of Reed's board of trustees as designated in the original Reed will.
In 1953 Dr. Eliot turned over$30,000 to Reed college's permanent endowment fund, declining to identify the source of the trust.
Dr. Eliot received and honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1925 from Meadville Theological school, Meadville, Pa., and in 1932 received an honorary doctor of laws from Washington university.
Dr. Eliot served 28 years as minister of the Portland Unitarian church and continued active in the pulpit and in civic affairs after becoming pastor emeritus.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruth E. Prentiss, Portland, and Mrs. R. B. Raup, New York city, and two sons, Theodore S., Denver and William G. III, Washington D. C.; four sisters, Henrietta Eliot and Mrs. Grace E. Scott, both of Portland; Mrs. Earl Morse Wilbur, Berkeley, Cal, and Mrs. Ellen Weil, San Rafael, Cal., and two brothers, Samuel, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Thomas, Fontana, Wis.
Twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the First Unitarian church. Dr. Richard M. Steiner, pastor, and Rev. Ralph Barber, First Congregational church, Vancouver, Wash, will officiate.
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