Obituary from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, February 27, 1973.
Rev. Lukens, Broadcasting Pastor, Dies
HAYWARD - Private funeral services will be held for the Rev. Charles E. Lukens, Jr., director and pastor of the Valley Church of the Air, who died Saturday. He was 79.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens, a native of Illinois, was a law school graduate of the University of Southern California in 1917 who decided to train for the ministry. He graduated from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo in 1921.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens started his Valley Church of the Air in 1936. At one time, 10 radio stations carried the program. Four stations, in San Francisco, San Jose, Modesto and Long Beach, aired it at the time of his death. In addition to this weekly program, he also had a nightly program six times a week on station KLS, now KDIA, for some 30 years. The Rev. Mr. Lukens was also, at one time, pastor of the Hayward Presbyterian Church and the Castro Valley Union Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice; a son Paul Lukens of Taft; two brothers, Mitchell Lukens of Pasadena and John Lukens of Altadena; and two grandaughters.
[Additional Notes: The parents of Rev. Charles Edward Lukens, Jr. were the Rev. Charles Edward Lukens MD (1869 IL-1948 NM) and Georgia V. (Hough) Lukens (1871 IL – 1941 CA). He was predeceased by his 1st wife Vesta Mae (Clement) Lukens (1890 BC Canada – 1925 CA) and his 2nd wife Dorothy Viola (Buehrer) Lukens (1904 IL – 1943 CA).]
Rev. Lukens, Broadcasting Pastor, Dies
HAYWARD - Private funeral services will be held for the Rev. Charles E. Lukens, Jr., director and pastor of the Valley Church of the Air, who died Saturday. He was 79.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens, a native of Illinois, was a law school graduate of the University of Southern California in 1917 who decided to train for the ministry. He graduated from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo in 1921.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens started his Valley Church of the Air in 1936. At one time, 10 radio stations carried the program. Four stations, in San Francisco, San Jose, Modesto and Long Beach, aired it at the time of his death. In addition to this weekly program, he also had a nightly program six times a week on station KLS, now KDIA, for some 30 years. The Rev. Mr. Lukens was also, at one time, pastor of the Hayward Presbyterian Church and the Castro Valley Union Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice; a son Paul Lukens of Taft; two brothers, Mitchell Lukens of Pasadena and John Lukens of Altadena; and two grandaughters.
[Additional Notes: The parents of Rev. Charles Edward Lukens, Jr. were the Rev. Charles Edward Lukens MD (1869 IL-1948 NM) and Georgia V. (Hough) Lukens (1871 IL – 1941 CA). He was predeceased by his 1st wife Vesta Mae (Clement) Lukens (1890 BC Canada – 1925 CA) and his 2nd wife Dorothy Viola (Buehrer) Lukens (1904 IL – 1943 CA).]
Obituary from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, February 27, 1973.
Rev. Lukens, Broadcasting Pastor, Dies
HAYWARD - Private funeral services will be held for the Rev. Charles E. Lukens, Jr., director and pastor of the Valley Church of the Air, who died Saturday. He was 79.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens, a native of Illinois, was a law school graduate of the University of Southern California in 1917 who decided to train for the ministry. He graduated from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo in 1921.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens started his Valley Church of the Air in 1936. At one time, 10 radio stations carried the program. Four stations, in San Francisco, San Jose, Modesto and Long Beach, aired it at the time of his death. In addition to this weekly program, he also had a nightly program six times a week on station KLS, now KDIA, for some 30 years. The Rev. Mr. Lukens was also, at one time, pastor of the Hayward Presbyterian Church and the Castro Valley Union Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice; a son Paul Lukens of Taft; two brothers, Mitchell Lukens of Pasadena and John Lukens of Altadena; and two grandaughters.
[Additional Notes: The parents of Rev. Charles Edward Lukens, Jr. were the Rev. Charles Edward Lukens MD (1869 IL-1948 NM) and Georgia V. (Hough) Lukens (1871 IL – 1941 CA). He was predeceased by his 1st wife Vesta Mae (Clement) Lukens (1890 BC Canada – 1925 CA) and his 2nd wife Dorothy Viola (Buehrer) Lukens (1904 IL – 1943 CA).]
Rev. Lukens, Broadcasting Pastor, Dies
HAYWARD - Private funeral services will be held for the Rev. Charles E. Lukens, Jr., director and pastor of the Valley Church of the Air, who died Saturday. He was 79.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens, a native of Illinois, was a law school graduate of the University of Southern California in 1917 who decided to train for the ministry. He graduated from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo in 1921.
The Rev. Mr. Lukens started his Valley Church of the Air in 1936. At one time, 10 radio stations carried the program. Four stations, in San Francisco, San Jose, Modesto and Long Beach, aired it at the time of his death. In addition to this weekly program, he also had a nightly program six times a week on station KLS, now KDIA, for some 30 years. The Rev. Mr. Lukens was also, at one time, pastor of the Hayward Presbyterian Church and the Castro Valley Union Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice; a son Paul Lukens of Taft; two brothers, Mitchell Lukens of Pasadena and John Lukens of Altadena; and two grandaughters.
[Additional Notes: The parents of Rev. Charles Edward Lukens, Jr. were the Rev. Charles Edward Lukens MD (1869 IL-1948 NM) and Georgia V. (Hough) Lukens (1871 IL – 1941 CA). He was predeceased by his 1st wife Vesta Mae (Clement) Lukens (1890 BC Canada – 1925 CA) and his 2nd wife Dorothy Viola (Buehrer) Lukens (1904 IL – 1943 CA).]
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