Keith Carl Ferguson, 77, Normal, Illinois, passed away Monday (June 17, 2019) at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center.
Keith was born July 17, 1941 near Bowman, North Dakota to Carl and Evelyn (Van Meter) Ferguson. He was a graduate of Jamestown College, Jamestown, N.D.; Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston; and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He married Barbara Pratt on June 17, 1966, in Delaware, Ohio. She survives.
Also surviving are son, David (Laura) Ferguson with grandchildren, Ella and Xavier, Indiana, Pennsylvania; daughter, Amy (Logan) Blewett, Paducah Kentucky; sister, Reva (Wayne) Friez, Sioux Falls, S.D. and six nieces and nephews.
Ferguson served as a United Methodist minster for 55 years. He began his ministry in North Dakota in Hillsboro, before serving in the following towns in Illinois: Streator, Donovan, Iroquois, Decatur, Kankakee, Tremont and Chillicothe, and most recently as the pastor of visitation at Wesley UMC, Bloomington. In addition to his service in the ministry, he served as a volunteer firefighter, ambulance driver, and as a hospital and Scout camp chaplain. He also worked with CROP hunger walks, Walk to Emmaus, and numerous international mission trips. He was fond of camping, and will be remembered for his kind and loving presence, and the way that he elevated common human decency in daily interactions.
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Keith was born July 17, 1941 near Bowman, North Dakota to Carl and Evelyn (Van Meter) Ferguson. He was a graduate of Jamestown College, Jamestown, N.D.; Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston; and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He married Barbara Pratt on June 17, 1966, in Delaware, Ohio. She survives.
Also surviving are son, David (Laura) Ferguson with grandchildren, Ella and Xavier, Indiana, Pennsylvania; daughter, Amy (Logan) Blewett, Paducah Kentucky; sister, Reva (Wayne) Friez, Sioux Falls, S.D. and six nieces and nephews.
Ferguson served as a United Methodist minster for 55 years. He began his ministry in North Dakota in Hillsboro, before serving in the following towns in Illinois: Streator, Donovan, Iroquois, Decatur, Kankakee, Tremont and Chillicothe, and most recently as the pastor of visitation at Wesley UMC, Bloomington. In addition to his service in the ministry, he served as a volunteer firefighter, ambulance driver, and as a hospital and Scout camp chaplain. He also worked with CROP hunger walks, Walk to Emmaus, and numerous international mission trips. He was fond of camping, and will be remembered for his kind and loving presence, and the way that he elevated common human decency in daily interactions.
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Keith Carl Ferguson, 77, Normal, Illinois, passed away Monday (June 17, 2019) at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center.
Keith was born July 17, 1941 near Bowman, North Dakota to Carl and Evelyn (Van Meter) Ferguson. He was a graduate of Jamestown College, Jamestown, N.D.; Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston; and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He married Barbara Pratt on June 17, 1966, in Delaware, Ohio. She survives.
Also surviving are son, David (Laura) Ferguson with grandchildren, Ella and Xavier, Indiana, Pennsylvania; daughter, Amy (Logan) Blewett, Paducah Kentucky; sister, Reva (Wayne) Friez, Sioux Falls, S.D. and six nieces and nephews.
Ferguson served as a United Methodist minster for 55 years. He began his ministry in North Dakota in Hillsboro, before serving in the following towns in Illinois: Streator, Donovan, Iroquois, Decatur, Kankakee, Tremont and Chillicothe, and most recently as the pastor of visitation at Wesley UMC, Bloomington. In addition to his service in the ministry, he served as a volunteer firefighter, ambulance driver, and as a hospital and Scout camp chaplain. He also worked with CROP hunger walks, Walk to Emmaus, and numerous international mission trips. He was fond of camping, and will be remembered for his kind and loving presence, and the way that he elevated common human decency in daily interactions.
Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph
Keith was born July 17, 1941 near Bowman, North Dakota to Carl and Evelyn (Van Meter) Ferguson. He was a graduate of Jamestown College, Jamestown, N.D.; Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston; and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He married Barbara Pratt on June 17, 1966, in Delaware, Ohio. She survives.
Also surviving are son, David (Laura) Ferguson with grandchildren, Ella and Xavier, Indiana, Pennsylvania; daughter, Amy (Logan) Blewett, Paducah Kentucky; sister, Reva (Wayne) Friez, Sioux Falls, S.D. and six nieces and nephews.
Ferguson served as a United Methodist minster for 55 years. He began his ministry in North Dakota in Hillsboro, before serving in the following towns in Illinois: Streator, Donovan, Iroquois, Decatur, Kankakee, Tremont and Chillicothe, and most recently as the pastor of visitation at Wesley UMC, Bloomington. In addition to his service in the ministry, he served as a volunteer firefighter, ambulance driver, and as a hospital and Scout camp chaplain. He also worked with CROP hunger walks, Walk to Emmaus, and numerous international mission trips. He was fond of camping, and will be remembered for his kind and loving presence, and the way that he elevated common human decency in daily interactions.
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