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Rev Gordon Edward Gillett

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Rev Gordon Edward Gillett

Birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
15 Feb 1986 (aged 74)
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Burial
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot
Plot 11, in Columbarium, just outside the church, to the right of the main entrance, in garden area near chapel wall
Memorial ID
111598631 View Source

Wife: Katherine Black

no children

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (bachelor's degree)
Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA (theological degree)
Union Theological Seminary, New York City, NY (graduate study)
Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1938

Career:
Served as Chaplain at the University of Maine; became rector of Grace Church in Oldtown, Maine in 1940; became Chaplain at the University of Wisconsin in 1942. In 1944, he was appointed to the post of Director of Youth Work for the Long Island Diocese & Chaplain to Bishop DeWolf (for 4 years). Rector of St. Paul's Church in Peoria, Illinois for the next 20 years.

occupation: Episcopal clergyman

(sources: Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915 & "Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998"; obituary in "Granite State News", Meredith, NH, 26 Feb 1986 issue, page A4)

Wife: Katherine Black

no children

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (bachelor's degree)
Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA (theological degree)
Union Theological Seminary, New York City, NY (graduate study)
Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1938

Career:
Served as Chaplain at the University of Maine; became rector of Grace Church in Oldtown, Maine in 1940; became Chaplain at the University of Wisconsin in 1942. In 1944, he was appointed to the post of Director of Youth Work for the Long Island Diocese & Chaplain to Bishop DeWolf (for 4 years). Rector of St. Paul's Church in Peoria, Illinois for the next 20 years.

occupation: Episcopal clergyman

(sources: Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915 & "Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998"; obituary in "Granite State News", Meredith, NH, 26 Feb 1986 issue, page A4)

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