Howard was the son of Ezra Theodore Pfost and Mary Calvert Pfost. He was born in Henry County, Missouri, on March 16, 1893, and passed away in Pineville, Louisiana, on November 13, 1950, at the age of 57.
Rev. Pfost was married to Lucy Norton, Onowa, Iowa, October 16, 1918. To this union three children were born. They are: Mary Frances (Mrs. C. E.) Ewing, Jr., Alexandria, LA; Adona Jeanette (Mrs. W. Ralph) Cain, Monroe, LA; and (Howard) Philip Pfost, a student at N.S.C., Natchitoches, LA (or Tampa, FL?).
Mr. and Mrs. Pfost moved to Oklahoma City on the sixteenth birthday of their son, Howard. The Pfost family was very active in the Methodist Church.
Upon moving to Oklahoma City, Rev. Pfost joined St. Luke’s Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Knickerbocker Class for young men. Later the family moved back to Morrisville, Missouri. Rev. Pfost attended Scarrit Morrisville College. He went from this college into the University of Chicago. While in the university he served as associate pastor at the Grand Avenue Congregational Church.
In June 1917 he went out to Montana under the auspices of the Congregational Board of Missions. He organized a Community Church and served as its student pastor for a year. He felt it his duty to go into the service of his country. So he left the work in Montana fully resolved to go into the Army. In the meantime the Armistice was signed, so he accepted a position with St. Luke’s Methodist Church in Oklahoma City as business manager.
In 1919 he was admitted on trial into the West Oklahoma Conference. He was appointed to Granite, where he served from 1918 to 1921. From here he was transferred to North Arkansas Conference where he served from 1921-1924 at West Helena. During November 1924, he was transferred to the Louisiana Conference, where he finished his ministry. He was superannuated because of his ill health at the Annual Conference of 1948.
Many will remember Rev. Pfost as Director or Business Manager of a number of camps for young people. Under his ministry several young men were called to preach. Wherever possible a Scout Troop was organized and promoted through his church. He was loyal and faithful to Methodism. He endeavored to carry forward the total program of his church.
A number of churches paid off their indebtedness under his ministry. It was during his pastorate at the First Methodist Church in Pineville that it was dedicated. On a number of the charges where he served, new parsonages were built during his pastorate and several parsonages repaired, and a number of young people dedicated their lives in the ministry of the Gospel.
Above information from obituary and also the Journal of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church, pages 171-172, 1951 by C.W. Dameron.
Rev. Pfost was married to Lucy Norton, Onowa, Iowa, October 16, 1918. To this union three children were born. They are: Mary Frances (Mrs. C. E.) Ewing, Jr., Alexandria, LA; Adona Jeanette (Mrs. W. Ralph) Cain, Monroe, LA; and (Howard) Philip Pfost, a student at N.S.C., Natchitoches, LA (or Tampa, FL?).
Mr. and Mrs. Pfost moved to Oklahoma City on the sixteenth birthday of their son, Howard. The Pfost family was very active in the Methodist Church.
Upon moving to Oklahoma City, Rev. Pfost joined St. Luke’s Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Knickerbocker Class for young men. Later the family moved back to Morrisville, Missouri. Rev. Pfost attended Scarrit Morrisville College. He went from this college into the University of Chicago. While in the university he served as associate pastor at the Grand Avenue Congregational Church.
In June 1917 he went out to Montana under the auspices of the Congregational Board of Missions. He organized a Community Church and served as its student pastor for a year. He felt it his duty to go into the service of his country. So he left the work in Montana fully resolved to go into the Army. In the meantime the Armistice was signed, so he accepted a position with St. Luke’s Methodist Church in Oklahoma City as business manager.
In 1919 he was admitted on trial into the West Oklahoma Conference. He was appointed to Granite, where he served from 1918 to 1921. From here he was transferred to North Arkansas Conference where he served from 1921-1924 at West Helena. During November 1924, he was transferred to the Louisiana Conference, where he finished his ministry. He was superannuated because of his ill health at the Annual Conference of 1948.
Many will remember Rev. Pfost as Director or Business Manager of a number of camps for young people. Under his ministry several young men were called to preach. Wherever possible a Scout Troop was organized and promoted through his church. He was loyal and faithful to Methodism. He endeavored to carry forward the total program of his church.
A number of churches paid off their indebtedness under his ministry. It was during his pastorate at the First Methodist Church in Pineville that it was dedicated. On a number of the charges where he served, new parsonages were built during his pastorate and several parsonages repaired, and a number of young people dedicated their lives in the ministry of the Gospel.
Above information from obituary and also the Journal of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church, pages 171-172, 1951 by C.W. Dameron.
Howard was the son of Ezra Theodore Pfost and Mary Calvert Pfost. He was born in Henry County, Missouri, on March 16, 1893, and passed away in Pineville, Louisiana, on November 13, 1950, at the age of 57.
Rev. Pfost was married to Lucy Norton, Onowa, Iowa, October 16, 1918. To this union three children were born. They are: Mary Frances (Mrs. C. E.) Ewing, Jr., Alexandria, LA; Adona Jeanette (Mrs. W. Ralph) Cain, Monroe, LA; and (Howard) Philip Pfost, a student at N.S.C., Natchitoches, LA (or Tampa, FL?).
Mr. and Mrs. Pfost moved to Oklahoma City on the sixteenth birthday of their son, Howard. The Pfost family was very active in the Methodist Church.
Upon moving to Oklahoma City, Rev. Pfost joined St. Luke’s Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Knickerbocker Class for young men. Later the family moved back to Morrisville, Missouri. Rev. Pfost attended Scarrit Morrisville College. He went from this college into the University of Chicago. While in the university he served as associate pastor at the Grand Avenue Congregational Church.
In June 1917 he went out to Montana under the auspices of the Congregational Board of Missions. He organized a Community Church and served as its student pastor for a year. He felt it his duty to go into the service of his country. So he left the work in Montana fully resolved to go into the Army. In the meantime the Armistice was signed, so he accepted a position with St. Luke’s Methodist Church in Oklahoma City as business manager.
In 1919 he was admitted on trial into the West Oklahoma Conference. He was appointed to Granite, where he served from 1918 to 1921. From here he was transferred to North Arkansas Conference where he served from 1921-1924 at West Helena. During November 1924, he was transferred to the Louisiana Conference, where he finished his ministry. He was superannuated because of his ill health at the Annual Conference of 1948.
Many will remember Rev. Pfost as Director or Business Manager of a number of camps for young people. Under his ministry several young men were called to preach. Wherever possible a Scout Troop was organized and promoted through his church. He was loyal and faithful to Methodism. He endeavored to carry forward the total program of his church.
A number of churches paid off their indebtedness under his ministry. It was during his pastorate at the First Methodist Church in Pineville that it was dedicated. On a number of the charges where he served, new parsonages were built during his pastorate and several parsonages repaired, and a number of young people dedicated their lives in the ministry of the Gospel.
Above information from obituary and also the Journal of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church, pages 171-172, 1951 by C.W. Dameron.
Rev. Pfost was married to Lucy Norton, Onowa, Iowa, October 16, 1918. To this union three children were born. They are: Mary Frances (Mrs. C. E.) Ewing, Jr., Alexandria, LA; Adona Jeanette (Mrs. W. Ralph) Cain, Monroe, LA; and (Howard) Philip Pfost, a student at N.S.C., Natchitoches, LA (or Tampa, FL?).
Mr. and Mrs. Pfost moved to Oklahoma City on the sixteenth birthday of their son, Howard. The Pfost family was very active in the Methodist Church.
Upon moving to Oklahoma City, Rev. Pfost joined St. Luke’s Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Knickerbocker Class for young men. Later the family moved back to Morrisville, Missouri. Rev. Pfost attended Scarrit Morrisville College. He went from this college into the University of Chicago. While in the university he served as associate pastor at the Grand Avenue Congregational Church.
In June 1917 he went out to Montana under the auspices of the Congregational Board of Missions. He organized a Community Church and served as its student pastor for a year. He felt it his duty to go into the service of his country. So he left the work in Montana fully resolved to go into the Army. In the meantime the Armistice was signed, so he accepted a position with St. Luke’s Methodist Church in Oklahoma City as business manager.
In 1919 he was admitted on trial into the West Oklahoma Conference. He was appointed to Granite, where he served from 1918 to 1921. From here he was transferred to North Arkansas Conference where he served from 1921-1924 at West Helena. During November 1924, he was transferred to the Louisiana Conference, where he finished his ministry. He was superannuated because of his ill health at the Annual Conference of 1948.
Many will remember Rev. Pfost as Director or Business Manager of a number of camps for young people. Under his ministry several young men were called to preach. Wherever possible a Scout Troop was organized and promoted through his church. He was loyal and faithful to Methodism. He endeavored to carry forward the total program of his church.
A number of churches paid off their indebtedness under his ministry. It was during his pastorate at the First Methodist Church in Pineville that it was dedicated. On a number of the charges where he served, new parsonages were built during his pastorate and several parsonages repaired, and a number of young people dedicated their lives in the ministry of the Gospel.
Above information from obituary and also the Journal of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church, pages 171-172, 1951 by C.W. Dameron.
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