San Diego Union-Tribune (CA) June 12, 2002:
Torrey Pines Christian minister
For Dr. Ewart H. Wyle, it was the move of a lifetime: leaving a 4,000-member congregation in Kansas City, Mo., to conduct services at La Jolla Mortuary.
Persuaded to come west by one of his former parishioners, a retired medical school dean, Dr. Wyle turned the mortuary into a temporary site for Torrey Pines Christian Church in 1959.
In December 1962, he moved his ministry into the church's new building on La Jolla Scenic Drive North that would become home to several hundred parishioners in ensuing years.
Dr. Wyle, who retired as Torrey Pines Christian Church's full-time pastor in 1979, died May 26 at Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. He was 97 and had been suffering from an irregular heart beat, said his wife, Prudence.
Before the church adopted the mortuary as a temporary home for its 35 founding members, Dr. Wyle conducted services in his home and in classrooms of La Jolla Country Day School. One of the first to attend was Edward H. Hashinger, the former dean of the University of Kansas medical school who donated the funds to build the church on 9.58 acres of choice La Jolla land.
The land was purchased for $64,000 in December 1961.
Another founding member was David Blair, manager of Benbough Investment Co., which operated La Jolla Mortuary. Within a few years, Dr. Wyle helped Blair select the site for what would become El Camino Memorial Park and Mortuary, Prudence Wyle said.
By the time Dr. Wyle retired after 20 years to become minister emeritus, Torrey Pines Christian Church had accepted 1,436 members. He served as an interim minister for 10 months in Portland, Ore., then returned to La Jolla, where at various times he served as substitute pastor at the Torrey Pines church.
His last service was a couple of years ago, conducted from a wheelchair.
"I couldn't get over how a person in his 90s could be so dynamic," said Richard Peerson, a retired educator who knew Dr. Wyle 40 years. "He was an outstanding preacher, a natural leader who loved to speak, and he had a great sense of humor."
In November 1986, the chapel at Torrey Pines Christian Church was named Wyle Chapel in his honor.
Dr. Wyle, a native of London, followed eight successive generations of his family into the ministry. His parents were missionaries, and he joined them in moving to the United States in 1920 after seven years in Canada.
As a youth, he was a Cub Scout under Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the international brotherhood of Boy Scouts. He became a Boy Scout and rose to Eagle Scout and won several Scouting awards, including the Silver Beaver as an adult leader in the East Texas Council.
He also began collecting stamps as a youth, assembling a lifelong collection from throughout the world.
Dr. Wyle earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Louisville and a bachelor of divinity at Lexington Theological Seminary. Texas Christian University awarded him a doctorate of divinity.
He began his career as an associate pastor at First Christian Church in Louisville and served at various parishes before World War II in Palestine, Texas, Birmingham, Ala., and Mayfield, Ky.
As an Army chaplain, he was on the first convoy to Pearl Harbor from the United States mainland after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He served for the duration of the war and attained the rank of major in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps.
While living in La Jolla for 43 years, Dr. Wyle served 18 years on the board of directors of Scripps Memorial Hospital and was president in 1979.
In demand as a speaker, he often addressed minister's institutes and national and international conventions.
He was awarded the Citizenship of the Year citation in 1964 by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the George Washington Medal for patriotic preaching in 1969 by the Freedoms Foundation.
Survivors include his wife, Prudence; a son, Ewart H. Wyle Jr. of Winchester, Va.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Services were held May 30 at Torrey Pines Christian Church.
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Source: "A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas" San Antonio, Tex.: Naylor Co., 1936:
REV. E. H. WYLE
Dr. Ewart H. Wyle. pastor of the First Christian Church. Palestine. Texas, is the ninth successive generation of ministers, his father, Dr. Edwin Wyle, being the present minister of the First Christian Church of Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
His family geneology is recorded in the British Cathedrals since 1209. He has traveled in four continents and lived in five countries. He was born in London, England, in 1904, and came to the United States in 1920.
He was educated in Eureka College, Illinois; Transylvania University, Kentucky; the University of Louisville; the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; and Temple University of Philadelphia. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, and Doctor of Theology. Dr. Wyle is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and Pi Kappa Delta, honorary forensic fraternity, and the Lions Club. He married Ruth Conner, of Wilkes Barre, and has one son, Ewart Herbert II.
Torrey Pines Christian minister
For Dr. Ewart H. Wyle, it was the move of a lifetime: leaving a 4,000-member congregation in Kansas City, Mo., to conduct services at La Jolla Mortuary.
Persuaded to come west by one of his former parishioners, a retired medical school dean, Dr. Wyle turned the mortuary into a temporary site for Torrey Pines Christian Church in 1959.
In December 1962, he moved his ministry into the church's new building on La Jolla Scenic Drive North that would become home to several hundred parishioners in ensuing years.
Dr. Wyle, who retired as Torrey Pines Christian Church's full-time pastor in 1979, died May 26 at Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. He was 97 and had been suffering from an irregular heart beat, said his wife, Prudence.
Before the church adopted the mortuary as a temporary home for its 35 founding members, Dr. Wyle conducted services in his home and in classrooms of La Jolla Country Day School. One of the first to attend was Edward H. Hashinger, the former dean of the University of Kansas medical school who donated the funds to build the church on 9.58 acres of choice La Jolla land.
The land was purchased for $64,000 in December 1961.
Another founding member was David Blair, manager of Benbough Investment Co., which operated La Jolla Mortuary. Within a few years, Dr. Wyle helped Blair select the site for what would become El Camino Memorial Park and Mortuary, Prudence Wyle said.
By the time Dr. Wyle retired after 20 years to become minister emeritus, Torrey Pines Christian Church had accepted 1,436 members. He served as an interim minister for 10 months in Portland, Ore., then returned to La Jolla, where at various times he served as substitute pastor at the Torrey Pines church.
His last service was a couple of years ago, conducted from a wheelchair.
"I couldn't get over how a person in his 90s could be so dynamic," said Richard Peerson, a retired educator who knew Dr. Wyle 40 years. "He was an outstanding preacher, a natural leader who loved to speak, and he had a great sense of humor."
In November 1986, the chapel at Torrey Pines Christian Church was named Wyle Chapel in his honor.
Dr. Wyle, a native of London, followed eight successive generations of his family into the ministry. His parents were missionaries, and he joined them in moving to the United States in 1920 after seven years in Canada.
As a youth, he was a Cub Scout under Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the international brotherhood of Boy Scouts. He became a Boy Scout and rose to Eagle Scout and won several Scouting awards, including the Silver Beaver as an adult leader in the East Texas Council.
He also began collecting stamps as a youth, assembling a lifelong collection from throughout the world.
Dr. Wyle earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Louisville and a bachelor of divinity at Lexington Theological Seminary. Texas Christian University awarded him a doctorate of divinity.
He began his career as an associate pastor at First Christian Church in Louisville and served at various parishes before World War II in Palestine, Texas, Birmingham, Ala., and Mayfield, Ky.
As an Army chaplain, he was on the first convoy to Pearl Harbor from the United States mainland after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He served for the duration of the war and attained the rank of major in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps.
While living in La Jolla for 43 years, Dr. Wyle served 18 years on the board of directors of Scripps Memorial Hospital and was president in 1979.
In demand as a speaker, he often addressed minister's institutes and national and international conventions.
He was awarded the Citizenship of the Year citation in 1964 by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the George Washington Medal for patriotic preaching in 1969 by the Freedoms Foundation.
Survivors include his wife, Prudence; a son, Ewart H. Wyle Jr. of Winchester, Va.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Services were held May 30 at Torrey Pines Christian Church.
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Source: "A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas" San Antonio, Tex.: Naylor Co., 1936:
REV. E. H. WYLE
Dr. Ewart H. Wyle. pastor of the First Christian Church. Palestine. Texas, is the ninth successive generation of ministers, his father, Dr. Edwin Wyle, being the present minister of the First Christian Church of Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
His family geneology is recorded in the British Cathedrals since 1209. He has traveled in four continents and lived in five countries. He was born in London, England, in 1904, and came to the United States in 1920.
He was educated in Eureka College, Illinois; Transylvania University, Kentucky; the University of Louisville; the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; and Temple University of Philadelphia. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, and Doctor of Theology. Dr. Wyle is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and Pi Kappa Delta, honorary forensic fraternity, and the Lions Club. He married Ruth Conner, of Wilkes Barre, and has one son, Ewart Herbert II.
San Diego Union-Tribune (CA) June 12, 2002:
Torrey Pines Christian minister
For Dr. Ewart H. Wyle, it was the move of a lifetime: leaving a 4,000-member congregation in Kansas City, Mo., to conduct services at La Jolla Mortuary.
Persuaded to come west by one of his former parishioners, a retired medical school dean, Dr. Wyle turned the mortuary into a temporary site for Torrey Pines Christian Church in 1959.
In December 1962, he moved his ministry into the church's new building on La Jolla Scenic Drive North that would become home to several hundred parishioners in ensuing years.
Dr. Wyle, who retired as Torrey Pines Christian Church's full-time pastor in 1979, died May 26 at Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. He was 97 and had been suffering from an irregular heart beat, said his wife, Prudence.
Before the church adopted the mortuary as a temporary home for its 35 founding members, Dr. Wyle conducted services in his home and in classrooms of La Jolla Country Day School. One of the first to attend was Edward H. Hashinger, the former dean of the University of Kansas medical school who donated the funds to build the church on 9.58 acres of choice La Jolla land.
The land was purchased for $64,000 in December 1961.
Another founding member was David Blair, manager of Benbough Investment Co., which operated La Jolla Mortuary. Within a few years, Dr. Wyle helped Blair select the site for what would become El Camino Memorial Park and Mortuary, Prudence Wyle said.
By the time Dr. Wyle retired after 20 years to become minister emeritus, Torrey Pines Christian Church had accepted 1,436 members. He served as an interim minister for 10 months in Portland, Ore., then returned to La Jolla, where at various times he served as substitute pastor at the Torrey Pines church.
His last service was a couple of years ago, conducted from a wheelchair.
"I couldn't get over how a person in his 90s could be so dynamic," said Richard Peerson, a retired educator who knew Dr. Wyle 40 years. "He was an outstanding preacher, a natural leader who loved to speak, and he had a great sense of humor."
In November 1986, the chapel at Torrey Pines Christian Church was named Wyle Chapel in his honor.
Dr. Wyle, a native of London, followed eight successive generations of his family into the ministry. His parents were missionaries, and he joined them in moving to the United States in 1920 after seven years in Canada.
As a youth, he was a Cub Scout under Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the international brotherhood of Boy Scouts. He became a Boy Scout and rose to Eagle Scout and won several Scouting awards, including the Silver Beaver as an adult leader in the East Texas Council.
He also began collecting stamps as a youth, assembling a lifelong collection from throughout the world.
Dr. Wyle earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Louisville and a bachelor of divinity at Lexington Theological Seminary. Texas Christian University awarded him a doctorate of divinity.
He began his career as an associate pastor at First Christian Church in Louisville and served at various parishes before World War II in Palestine, Texas, Birmingham, Ala., and Mayfield, Ky.
As an Army chaplain, he was on the first convoy to Pearl Harbor from the United States mainland after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He served for the duration of the war and attained the rank of major in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps.
While living in La Jolla for 43 years, Dr. Wyle served 18 years on the board of directors of Scripps Memorial Hospital and was president in 1979.
In demand as a speaker, he often addressed minister's institutes and national and international conventions.
He was awarded the Citizenship of the Year citation in 1964 by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the George Washington Medal for patriotic preaching in 1969 by the Freedoms Foundation.
Survivors include his wife, Prudence; a son, Ewart H. Wyle Jr. of Winchester, Va.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Services were held May 30 at Torrey Pines Christian Church.
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Source: "A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas" San Antonio, Tex.: Naylor Co., 1936:
REV. E. H. WYLE
Dr. Ewart H. Wyle. pastor of the First Christian Church. Palestine. Texas, is the ninth successive generation of ministers, his father, Dr. Edwin Wyle, being the present minister of the First Christian Church of Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
His family geneology is recorded in the British Cathedrals since 1209. He has traveled in four continents and lived in five countries. He was born in London, England, in 1904, and came to the United States in 1920.
He was educated in Eureka College, Illinois; Transylvania University, Kentucky; the University of Louisville; the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; and Temple University of Philadelphia. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, and Doctor of Theology. Dr. Wyle is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and Pi Kappa Delta, honorary forensic fraternity, and the Lions Club. He married Ruth Conner, of Wilkes Barre, and has one son, Ewart Herbert II.
Torrey Pines Christian minister
For Dr. Ewart H. Wyle, it was the move of a lifetime: leaving a 4,000-member congregation in Kansas City, Mo., to conduct services at La Jolla Mortuary.
Persuaded to come west by one of his former parishioners, a retired medical school dean, Dr. Wyle turned the mortuary into a temporary site for Torrey Pines Christian Church in 1959.
In December 1962, he moved his ministry into the church's new building on La Jolla Scenic Drive North that would become home to several hundred parishioners in ensuing years.
Dr. Wyle, who retired as Torrey Pines Christian Church's full-time pastor in 1979, died May 26 at Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. He was 97 and had been suffering from an irregular heart beat, said his wife, Prudence.
Before the church adopted the mortuary as a temporary home for its 35 founding members, Dr. Wyle conducted services in his home and in classrooms of La Jolla Country Day School. One of the first to attend was Edward H. Hashinger, the former dean of the University of Kansas medical school who donated the funds to build the church on 9.58 acres of choice La Jolla land.
The land was purchased for $64,000 in December 1961.
Another founding member was David Blair, manager of Benbough Investment Co., which operated La Jolla Mortuary. Within a few years, Dr. Wyle helped Blair select the site for what would become El Camino Memorial Park and Mortuary, Prudence Wyle said.
By the time Dr. Wyle retired after 20 years to become minister emeritus, Torrey Pines Christian Church had accepted 1,436 members. He served as an interim minister for 10 months in Portland, Ore., then returned to La Jolla, where at various times he served as substitute pastor at the Torrey Pines church.
His last service was a couple of years ago, conducted from a wheelchair.
"I couldn't get over how a person in his 90s could be so dynamic," said Richard Peerson, a retired educator who knew Dr. Wyle 40 years. "He was an outstanding preacher, a natural leader who loved to speak, and he had a great sense of humor."
In November 1986, the chapel at Torrey Pines Christian Church was named Wyle Chapel in his honor.
Dr. Wyle, a native of London, followed eight successive generations of his family into the ministry. His parents were missionaries, and he joined them in moving to the United States in 1920 after seven years in Canada.
As a youth, he was a Cub Scout under Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the international brotherhood of Boy Scouts. He became a Boy Scout and rose to Eagle Scout and won several Scouting awards, including the Silver Beaver as an adult leader in the East Texas Council.
He also began collecting stamps as a youth, assembling a lifelong collection from throughout the world.
Dr. Wyle earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Louisville and a bachelor of divinity at Lexington Theological Seminary. Texas Christian University awarded him a doctorate of divinity.
He began his career as an associate pastor at First Christian Church in Louisville and served at various parishes before World War II in Palestine, Texas, Birmingham, Ala., and Mayfield, Ky.
As an Army chaplain, he was on the first convoy to Pearl Harbor from the United States mainland after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He served for the duration of the war and attained the rank of major in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps.
While living in La Jolla for 43 years, Dr. Wyle served 18 years on the board of directors of Scripps Memorial Hospital and was president in 1979.
In demand as a speaker, he often addressed minister's institutes and national and international conventions.
He was awarded the Citizenship of the Year citation in 1964 by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the George Washington Medal for patriotic preaching in 1969 by the Freedoms Foundation.
Survivors include his wife, Prudence; a son, Ewart H. Wyle Jr. of Winchester, Va.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Services were held May 30 at Torrey Pines Christian Church.
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Source: "A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas" San Antonio, Tex.: Naylor Co., 1936:
REV. E. H. WYLE
Dr. Ewart H. Wyle. pastor of the First Christian Church. Palestine. Texas, is the ninth successive generation of ministers, his father, Dr. Edwin Wyle, being the present minister of the First Christian Church of Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
His family geneology is recorded in the British Cathedrals since 1209. He has traveled in four continents and lived in five countries. He was born in London, England, in 1904, and came to the United States in 1920.
He was educated in Eureka College, Illinois; Transylvania University, Kentucky; the University of Louisville; the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; and Temple University of Philadelphia. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, and Doctor of Theology. Dr. Wyle is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and Pi Kappa Delta, honorary forensic fraternity, and the Lions Club. He married Ruth Conner, of Wilkes Barre, and has one son, Ewart Herbert II.
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