1. | Rev. Leon Franklin Stillman was born on 2 Dec 1919 in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York, United States; died on 13 Feb 2012 in Rushville, Yates County, New York, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
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- Residence: 1976, Bombay, Franklin County, New York, United States
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His obituary appeared on 17 Jun 2012 in the Watertown Daily Times (NY) - June 17, 2012, Dateline: LORRAINE, Edition: Both, Section: Obits, Page: B4 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, as follows:
?b?REV. LEON STILLMAN
?/b?Rev. ?b?Leon ?/b?F. ?b?Stillman?/b?, age 92, passed away at his home in Rushville, NY, on Feb. 13, 2012.
A graveside service will be held at the Adams Rural Cemetery on Rte. 11 at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 23rd.
Memorial contributions may be made to "Scholarships for Camp Aldersgate", Upper NY Annual Conference, 3rd Floor, 324 University Ave., Syracuse, NY 13219.
Rev. ?b?Stillman ?/b?was a graduate of Adams High School and Empire State College. He was a dairy and poultry farmer until the age of 52, when he attended the Wesley Seminary in Washington, D.C. He served many upstate churches, including Sulfur Springs, Bombay and S. Bombay, Ft. Covington, Massena, Brasher Falls, N. Lawrence, Buckton, Newport and Middleville, Dekalb and Dekalb Junction. He retired in 1989 after pastoring the Middlesex and Vine Valley United Methodist Churches in the Finger Lakes area.
Rev. ?b?Stillman ?/b?is survived by his wife of 64 years, Roberta Shelmidine ?b?Stillman?/b?; six children, Elwin (Pamela) ?b?Stillman?/b?, Diane ?b?Stillman?/b?, Marvin ?b?Stillman?/b?, Marcia ?b?Stillman?/b?, Wayne ?b?Stillman ?/b?and Cathy ?b?Stillman?/b?; six grandchildren, Benjamin Loomis, Phillip ?b?Stillman?/b?, Molly ?b?Stillman?/b?, Joel Provost, Joy Dyson, and Robert ?b?Stillman?/b?; nine great-grandchildren; and his twin sister, Leona Macklen. He was predeceased by his son, Alan ?b?Stillman ?/b?in 1961, and by his parents, Benjamin and Mae Spencer ?b?Stillman?/b?.
Arrangements by the Kenneth J. Perkins Funeral Home, Gorham, NY.
He was buried in Adams Rural cemetery, Adams, Jefferson, New York.
Leon married Roberta Shelmidine about 1948. Roberta (daughter of Everett P. Shelmidine and Josephine McClear) was born on 1 Jan 1928 in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York, United States; died on 14 Jan 2017 in Rushville, Yates County, New York, United States; was buried in Adams, Jefferson County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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