Leslie W. Morgan A Stalwart Leader of the Church Following the announcement in these columns of the death of Leslie Morgan in England, Robert Lyall of Australia, who recently passed through St. Louis from England on his way home, wrote from Winnipeg, Canada, concerning Brother Morgan as follows: "Leslie W. Morgan, M. A., was a preacher for some years with the Christian Church near London and took part in the union of the older churches with those established by American preachers many years ago. He edited the church paper published up to the time of that union for a period. At the outbreak of war he took service with the Y. M. C. A. and assisted their work amongst the soldiers and did very good service with them." "After peace was declared he continued with the Y. M. C. A., and had to do with the immigration scheme and visited Australia about five years ago, to interview government heads of different churches to get them to take an interest in immigrants and caring for them and trying to place them in favorable conditions." "Brother Morgan visited the churches of Australia and often took part in the services. We heard that a couple of years ago he had fallen in bad health after returning to England. On visiting London I called on him June 30 and found him very ill indeed, just able to converse. He was quite affected in speaking of the fellowship he had in Australia and with the brethren and remembered their kindness to him gratefully. He appeared to be very weak. He passed away about the end of July. His body was cremated. He leaves a wife, a daughter and two sons." The Christian Evangelist Oct. 4, 1928 Alice Morgan Wickizer Sudden Death of Mrs. Alice Wickizer, Well-Known C. W .B. M. Leader. Mrs. Alice Wickizer, wife of D. A. Wickizer, pastor of the Christian church at Norman, Okla., answered the summons of our Lord, June 14. She had been suffering for a short time from abdominal troubles. A surgical operation was performed in the University Hospital, Oklahoma City, from which she rallied for a few hours and then suddenly passed away. Her husband was with her in the last hours. She went to the operating table saying, "I leave my case in the hands of the Lord and the surgeon." She leaves in bereavement, her husband, three children, Wilma, Willard and Lucille, all college students, and three brothers and a sister. Mrs. Wickizer is of the Morgan family, noted for its preachers. She, herself, has ministered jointly with her husband in all of their successful pastorates which have been in Oskaloosa, Capitol hill, Des Moines and Bloomfield, Iowa; Beatrice, Nebraska; Kirksville, Missouri; Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all of those churches she held in tenderest memory. Every agency which had in it the promise of safeguarding the innocent, improving the community and extending the Kingdom of God, had her sympathy and hearty do-operation. She was a factor, recognized for many years in the national and state work of the C. W. B. M. Her addresses at conventions always ranked high for their clearness of thought and spiritual power. She will be missed in the councils of that great missionary organization. I. N. McCash The Christian-Evangelist June 28, 1917 D. A. Wickizer D. A. Wickizer, father of Willard M. Wickizer, executive secretary of the Home Missions Division of the United Christian Missionary Society, died at his home in Springfield, Mo., Oct. 23. His funeral was held in the South Street church, Springfield, on Oct. 26. Robert M. Hopkins, president of the United Christian Missionary Society, and J. O. Michael, minister of Central Church, shared in the service with Barton A. Johnson, minister of South Street Church. Interment was at Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he began his ministry. Mr. Wickizer was born in Earlville, Ill., May 12, 1861, the son of Timothy C., and Elizabeth Fulmer Wickizer. He attended Drake University from 1883 to 1889, receiving the A.B. and B.D. Degrees. In 1891 he married Alice Morgan, and they had four children, Lela Belle (deceased), Wilma (Mrs. J. Lee Rogers), Willard, and Lucille (Mrs. R. M. Bowles): Mrs. Alice Wickizer died in 1917. In 1920 he married Emma J. Maris who died in an auto accident. During his student days he preached at What Cheer and Union chapel, Iowa. He became pastor at Oskaloosa, Iowa, in the fall of 1890, and remained there for five years. During this ministry over 700 were received into the church. From Oskaloosa he went to East side (now Capitol Hill) church, Des Moines, Iowa, where he served for four years. Following his ministry there served for a year as state evangelist in Iowa, leaving that work to locate in Beatrice, Neb., where he remained two years. In the fall of 1903 he became pastor of the church at Bloomfield, Iowa, remaining there four years. From there he went to Kirksville, Mo., where he remained three years. Leaving Kirksville in the fall of 1907 he became pastor of First Church, Tulsa, Okla., where he served for three years resigning to become the first employed state secretary in Oklahoma following statehood. After four years as state secretary, the last year being shared with the church at Norman, Okla., Mr. Wickizer devoted his full time to the work at Norman, the seat of the state university. He was with the Norman church seven years, resigning to become pastor at Vinita, Okla., where he served about three years. His final pastorate was with the Ravenswood church, Chicago, Ill., where he served for seven years, retiring in July, 1929. Following his retirement from the active ministry Mr. Wickizer made his home in Springfield, Missouri. He continued active almost to the time of his death, preaching for outlying churches and being the teacher of the men's class of the South Street church, Springfield. The Christian Evangelist Dec. 1, 1943 Wickizer, Willard Morgan, clergyman; b. Des Moines, Ia. June 2, 1899; s. David Andrew and Alice (Morgan) W.; A.B., U. Of Okla., 1920; M.R.E. Boston U., 1923; m. Frances Orpha Miller, of Norman, Okla., Aug 4, 1920; children--Alice Frances, Willard Morgan, Charles Medbury. Ordained ministry Disciples of Christ Ch., 1919; pastor at Mounds, Okla., 1919-20, Caney, Kan., 1920-21, Malden, Mass., 1922-23; northwest regional dir. of Christian edn., Disciples of Christ Ch. 1923-26; asso. Pastor Univ. Ch. Christ, Des Moines 1926-30; pastor First Christian Ch. Maryville, Mo., 1930-36; exec. sec. div. of home missions, United Christian Missionary soc., since 1936. Mem. O.T.C., Camp McArthur, Tex., 1918. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Ind. Democrat. Author: The Derelict Saint and Other Sermons. Home: 52 S. Irvington Av. Office: Missions Blg., Indianapolis, Ind. Who's Who in America Vol. 21 1940-1941 Located by Dennis Nicklaus 1995, retyped by Lyman Morrison Willard M. Wickizer Sr. Willard M. Wickizer Sr., 74 retired executive of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and former vice president of the National Council of Churches, died May 21, 1974, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He retired in 1966 after more than 30 years as a general official and serving at the time as executive chairman of the Division of church Life and Work (now the division of Homeland Ministries). Dr. Wickizer helped found the Home and State Missions Planning Council in 1938 and served as its administrative secretary for 22 years. He was administrative secretary of the National Church program Coordinating Council from its formation in 1950 until his retirement. He held many other positions of brotherhood leadership, and in 1946 received citations from the United States War and Navy Departments for patriotic Service. He was graduated from the University of Oklahoma and from Boston University. He received the honorary doctorate from Drake University. Ordained at Norman, Okla., in 1919, he held pastorates in Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Massachusetts and Missouri. Survivors include his wife, Frances, a daughter, Alice Frances of Indianapolis, two sons, Willard M. Wickizer Jr., Indianapolis, and Charles M. Wickizer, Flora, Ind. The Disciple Aug. 18, 1974, Page 28. (A Christian Church publication.) Clara Grace Morgan Wilkinson Clara Grace Wilkinson was born near South English, Ia., Oct 31, 1858, the eldest of seven children. At the age of 16 she became a member of the church. She enrolled in Drake University the day it opened. Here she met Benjamin A. Wilkinson and they were married on Sept. 27, 1885. They labored together in the Christian Ministry, serving in Melbourne, Prairie City, Kellerton, Oakland, and Liscomb, Ia., and Gordon and Grand view, Neb., where she was a missionary society president and teacher of the women's Bible Class. Three sons and two daughters were born to this union. The daughters died in infancy, and Earl L. Wilkinson passed away in 1916. Two sons survive: Harold M. Wilkinson, of Casper, Wyo., and J. E. Wilkinson, of Huntington Park, Calif. She has made her home with the latter since the death of her husband three years ago. She is also survived by one brother, Frank A. Morgan, of La Grange, Ill. She passed on July 12, 1932. The Christian Evangelist Page 1054 August 11, 1932 Benjamin A. Wilkinson Benjamin A. Wilkinson, pastor and devout Christian, passed from this life on June 26, 1929. He was born near Peoria, Ill. On February 21, 1852. When 18 years of age he became a Christian under the ministry of A. T. Hobbs at De Soto, Iowa. At this time he decided to enter the ministry. He immediately subscribed for The Christian Evangelist and has been a constant reader ever since. He entered Drake University the first year it opened and was graduated in the class of 1886. His ministry included churches at the following places: Kellerton, Oakland, Melbourne, Prairie city, and Liscomb, Iowa, and Gordon and Grandview, Nebraska. On September 27, 1885, he was united in marriage to Clara Grace Morgan, who survives him. The work that these saints accomplished together ever counted for the upbuilding of the Church and the betterment of the community. He was always active in reform movements, fighting the forces of evil wherever he found them. He took sick at the home of his son, Harold M. Wilkinson, at Kaycee, Wyo. Feeling that a change to a less rigorous climate might be beneficial, they came to the home of their son, J. E. Wilkinson, Huntington Beach, Calif., but the earthly tabernacle was unable to hold the spirit. He lived true to his Commander and died like a fine Christian soldier, firm in his hope of the future life. The Christian Evangelist Page 926 July 11, 1929 From Dennis Nicklaus, Typed by Lyman M. ------------------------------------------------- IUL News for January 20, 1997 Volume 24, Number 2 http://www.indiana.edu/~libadmin/iuln/7iuln02.html 1. FACULTY/STAFF NEWS Alice Wickizer announced her retirement from the Libraries and her position as Head of Government Publications, effective at the end of January. She came to the IU Libraries in 1968 from the position of Chief Cataloger and Head of the Catalog Division at the Indiana State Library. In 1971 Alice became the Head of Documents - only the second head librarian of the department in 1941. Alice Wickizer is renowned for her reference expertise and the priority which excellent reference service always had in the department. Faculty, students, and other librarians recognized and appreciated the research support and guidance always available. Her colleagues in the Libraries offer thanks and congratulations to Alice and a productive, satisfying retirement.