Richard P. Liston
Birth: 23 February 1909
Washington Twp., Butler County, Pennsylvania
Death: 17 April 1977
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
The Rev. Richard Liston
BIGGSVILLE, Ill - The Rev. Richard P. Liston, 68 of Monmouth, Ill., was dead on arrival at community Memorial Hospital in Monmouth on April 17, 1977 at 7:53 a.m. of an apparent heart attack.
He was born in Butler County on Feb. 23 1909, to the late Peter and Mary Cranmer Liston. He was a United Presbyterian minister for more than 40 years before he retired.
The Rev. Liston was a graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. His pastorates included, Garrettsville, New York; College Hill United Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls; Fairmount United Presbyterian Church, Canton, Ohio; Southfield Church in Michigan; the Somonauk Church in Illinois, and since 1954, the Biggsville United Church in Illinois, from which he retired. He also served as interim pastor at Little Cedar and Sugar Grove Grove Churches and at Monmouth United Presbyterian Church. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Warren County Ministerial Society; active in the Biggsville and Little York Lions Clubs and was a member of the the Great Rivers Presbytery in Illinois.
He is survived by his wife the former Ellen Elizabeth Hawkins, whom he married Aug. 9, 1938 in Bethel Church of Enon Valley; two sons, Russell James of Biggsville, and Charles Robert of East Lansing, Mich.; a brother Robert of Bellevue, Ohio: a sister Mrs. Evelyn Timmons of Meridian, Pa; a half-brother Earl Hilliard of New Castle and two step-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Sederwall Chapel in Biggsville, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Biggsville United Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev. Gideon Krein, the Rev. Stafford Weeks and the Rev. George Baldridge. Burial will follow in Biggsville Cemetery.
The family suggests that memorial tributes be made in his name to the Memorial Fund at Biggsville United Presbyterian Church.
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - New Castle News - Monday, 18 April 1977 - Page 3
Birth: 23 February 1909
Washington Twp., Butler County, Pennsylvania
Death: 17 April 1977
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
The Rev. Richard Liston
BIGGSVILLE, Ill - The Rev. Richard P. Liston, 68 of Monmouth, Ill., was dead on arrival at community Memorial Hospital in Monmouth on April 17, 1977 at 7:53 a.m. of an apparent heart attack.
He was born in Butler County on Feb. 23 1909, to the late Peter and Mary Cranmer Liston. He was a United Presbyterian minister for more than 40 years before he retired.
The Rev. Liston was a graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. His pastorates included, Garrettsville, New York; College Hill United Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls; Fairmount United Presbyterian Church, Canton, Ohio; Southfield Church in Michigan; the Somonauk Church in Illinois, and since 1954, the Biggsville United Church in Illinois, from which he retired. He also served as interim pastor at Little Cedar and Sugar Grove Grove Churches and at Monmouth United Presbyterian Church. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Warren County Ministerial Society; active in the Biggsville and Little York Lions Clubs and was a member of the the Great Rivers Presbytery in Illinois.
He is survived by his wife the former Ellen Elizabeth Hawkins, whom he married Aug. 9, 1938 in Bethel Church of Enon Valley; two sons, Russell James of Biggsville, and Charles Robert of East Lansing, Mich.; a brother Robert of Bellevue, Ohio: a sister Mrs. Evelyn Timmons of Meridian, Pa; a half-brother Earl Hilliard of New Castle and two step-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Sederwall Chapel in Biggsville, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Biggsville United Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev. Gideon Krein, the Rev. Stafford Weeks and the Rev. George Baldridge. Burial will follow in Biggsville Cemetery.
The family suggests that memorial tributes be made in his name to the Memorial Fund at Biggsville United Presbyterian Church.
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - New Castle News - Monday, 18 April 1977 - Page 3
Richard P. Liston
Birth: 23 February 1909
Washington Twp., Butler County, Pennsylvania
Death: 17 April 1977
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
The Rev. Richard Liston
BIGGSVILLE, Ill - The Rev. Richard P. Liston, 68 of Monmouth, Ill., was dead on arrival at community Memorial Hospital in Monmouth on April 17, 1977 at 7:53 a.m. of an apparent heart attack.
He was born in Butler County on Feb. 23 1909, to the late Peter and Mary Cranmer Liston. He was a United Presbyterian minister for more than 40 years before he retired.
The Rev. Liston was a graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. His pastorates included, Garrettsville, New York; College Hill United Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls; Fairmount United Presbyterian Church, Canton, Ohio; Southfield Church in Michigan; the Somonauk Church in Illinois, and since 1954, the Biggsville United Church in Illinois, from which he retired. He also served as interim pastor at Little Cedar and Sugar Grove Grove Churches and at Monmouth United Presbyterian Church. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Warren County Ministerial Society; active in the Biggsville and Little York Lions Clubs and was a member of the the Great Rivers Presbytery in Illinois.
He is survived by his wife the former Ellen Elizabeth Hawkins, whom he married Aug. 9, 1938 in Bethel Church of Enon Valley; two sons, Russell James of Biggsville, and Charles Robert of East Lansing, Mich.; a brother Robert of Bellevue, Ohio: a sister Mrs. Evelyn Timmons of Meridian, Pa; a half-brother Earl Hilliard of New Castle and two step-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Sederwall Chapel in Biggsville, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Biggsville United Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev. Gideon Krein, the Rev. Stafford Weeks and the Rev. George Baldridge. Burial will follow in Biggsville Cemetery.
The family suggests that memorial tributes be made in his name to the Memorial Fund at Biggsville United Presbyterian Church.
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - New Castle News - Monday, 18 April 1977 - Page 3
Birth: 23 February 1909
Washington Twp., Butler County, Pennsylvania
Death: 17 April 1977
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
The Rev. Richard Liston
BIGGSVILLE, Ill - The Rev. Richard P. Liston, 68 of Monmouth, Ill., was dead on arrival at community Memorial Hospital in Monmouth on April 17, 1977 at 7:53 a.m. of an apparent heart attack.
He was born in Butler County on Feb. 23 1909, to the late Peter and Mary Cranmer Liston. He was a United Presbyterian minister for more than 40 years before he retired.
The Rev. Liston was a graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. His pastorates included, Garrettsville, New York; College Hill United Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls; Fairmount United Presbyterian Church, Canton, Ohio; Southfield Church in Michigan; the Somonauk Church in Illinois, and since 1954, the Biggsville United Church in Illinois, from which he retired. He also served as interim pastor at Little Cedar and Sugar Grove Grove Churches and at Monmouth United Presbyterian Church. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Warren County Ministerial Society; active in the Biggsville and Little York Lions Clubs and was a member of the the Great Rivers Presbytery in Illinois.
He is survived by his wife the former Ellen Elizabeth Hawkins, whom he married Aug. 9, 1938 in Bethel Church of Enon Valley; two sons, Russell James of Biggsville, and Charles Robert of East Lansing, Mich.; a brother Robert of Bellevue, Ohio: a sister Mrs. Evelyn Timmons of Meridian, Pa; a half-brother Earl Hilliard of New Castle and two step-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Sederwall Chapel in Biggsville, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Biggsville United Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev. Gideon Krein, the Rev. Stafford Weeks and the Rev. George Baldridge. Burial will follow in Biggsville Cemetery.
The family suggests that memorial tributes be made in his name to the Memorial Fund at Biggsville United Presbyterian Church.
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - New Castle News - Monday, 18 April 1977 - Page 3
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