Individual Details

Blaine Evron Kirkpatrick was born October 15 1887 in Raub, Indiana and died January 23 1959 in Wheeler, Indiana. Blaine married Vernia Marks on June 26 1912. After Vernia’s death in 1937, Blaine married Lois ‘Bunny’ Wentworth in 1938. Blaine was a pastor at Trinity Church in South Bend, Indiana, in 1912. He graduated from Northwestern Univeristy in Evanston, Illinois in 1912 with a bachelors and a masters in the arts. He was a pastor at First Church in Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1914. He was a pastor at College Avenue Church in Greencastle, Indiana in 1916. He became head pastor at First Church in Salem, Oregon between 1920 and 1925. He graduated from Williamette University in Salem, Oregon in 1923 with a doctorate in divinity. He was assistant secretary to the board of education at Methodist Episcopal Church in Salem, Oregon, in charge of young people’s work, between 1925 and 1936. At his retirement he returned to Chicago, Illinois, and authored two books about young people’s work in the church. From Ryan Elizabeth Blue Kirkpatrick's e-mail of Dec. 23, 2018.

Birth	15 Oct 1887	Raub, Benton Co., Indiana
Marriage	26 Jun 1912	Wisconsin - Vernia Marks
Marriage	1938	Lois "Bunny" Wentworth
Death	23 Jan 1959	Wheeler, Porter Co., Indiana
Burial		Metal Marker: United Methodist Minister, Fleming Cemetery, Benton Co., Indiana

Spouse	Vernia Marks (1887 - 1937)
Child	Blaine "Truman" Kirkpatrick (1913 - 1997)
Child	Mary Esther Kirkpatrick (1919 - 2010)
Child	Virginia Kirkpatrick (1924 - 2007)

Spouse

Lois "Bunny" Wentworth (1905 - 1994)

Father	Truman Kirkpatrick (1853 - 1918)
Mother	Emma Shonkwiler (1863 - 1943)
Sibling	Adaline "Addie" Kirkpatrick (1884 - 1956)
Sibling	Mabel Kirkpatrick (1890 - 1934)
Sibling	Omer Kirkpatrick (1892 - 1979)
Sibling	Leland Albert Kirkpatrick (1897 - 1965)