Essex County NJ Archives Obituaries.....Joseph A. OWEN, October 2, 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Leonard Campbell soup@dm.net September 13, 2008, 8:52 pm Minutes of the Newak Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Joseph A. Owen, of Newark, NJ, died at 5AM. Summerfield ME Church (Friday) The final Sunday of the week of dedication was outstanding. The church had secured as the preacher, Bishop John F. Hurst, D.D., LL.D., of Washington, D.C. William H. Perry, chairman of the Building Committee, then transferred the keys to Read Benedict, President of the Board of Trustee and Mr. Benedict in the name of the Trustees presented the church to Bishop Hurst for dedication. The Rev. Joseph A. Owen of St. James Church, Elizabeth, a former pastor preached at the evening service. After "Jerusalem" by Gounod was sung by Fred E. Muller, the exercise of dedication for the second time in a period of just 30 years ended. Additional Comments: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=campbell219&id=I124 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/essex/obits/owen-ja.txt