Funeral services were held Saturday, November 17, 1956 at lola Evangelical United Brethren church for Rev. C. L Heatherington, former pastor here, who passed away at his home in lola on November l4. Ministers conducting the services were Dr. Earl R. Ford, Dr. Donavan W. Smith, Rev Lyle B. Rose, and Rev. Merwin R. Kurtz. Mrs. J. W. Ireland, Weldon Douglas, Charles Kellogg, and a male quartet of lola sang selections for the memorial services. Internment was made at the Highland Cemetery at Iola.
Clarence Linder Heatherington, second in a family of six children, was born to Henry and Mattie Heatherington on August 20, 1883 at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and passed to his eternal reward last Wednesday evening, November 14, 1956, having reached the age of 73 years.
After completing elementary and secondary schools of education he enrolled as a student in our denominational church school, Campbell college, at Holton, Kansas. Rev. Heatherington's home church, in the days of his youth, was the Prairie Gem church located between Norton and Lenora, Kansas. He was converted to the Christian Faith under the ministry of Dr. C. 0. Main. He was himself soon called to preach the Gospel of our Lord as his life work. The Athol church granted him a Quarterly Conference License to preach in the year 1920. His Annual Conference License was granted in 1921, and in the year 1924 he was ordained as an Elder in the Active Itinerancy of our church at the Annual Conference Session held at Concordia, Kansas, with Bishop C. J. Kephart officiating.
On April 29 ,1915, Mr. Heatherington was united in marriage with Nora Beulah Scott, of Athol Kansas. To this union were born five children: Regina, Scott, Eugene and Morris, and a son who died in infancy.
Rev. Heatherington began his ministry in Woodston, Kansas on January 20 where he served for a period of six years. Subsequent pastorates in his continuing ministry were the following: McCracken, 2 years; Lawrence, 7 years; Iola, 9 years; Mullinville, 5 years; and Maize, 1 year. At the Annual conference held last May, 1956, at Wichita, he took Retired Relations from the active ministry, moving to Iola to make his home at 305 W. Jackson. Due to a shortage ministers he has been serving at Jeddo and the Golden Valley churches during the present year.
During the course of his ministry in the conference, Rev. Heatherington has served in a number of capacities as leader and promoter in Kingdom programs. Among such are the following: in 1920, president of the conference Laymen's Movement; from 1922 to 1924, president of Christian Endeavor in the conference; from 1946 to 1050: Executive Secretary of Evangelism work in the conference; a number of years as District Leader and Director; for 22 years he was a member of the Conference Male Quartet, singing the tenor; he was a strong exponent of the Visitation Program of Evangelism, helping as Guest Leader in a number of local churches over the conference, and also was a real enthusiast for the God's Acres program in the rural areas.
While serving the Mullinville church, he led in the construction of a fine church edifice, valued at $140,000.00, using in part, the God's Acre Plan for financing the project. This building stands today as one of the crowning acts of his long and faithful ministry in the service of the One who he loved and whom he served so well across the years. But more than that, he will be remembered and respected by the large number of souls which he won and lead to Christ and into fellowship of the church which he loved deeply.
Mr. Heatherington was a splendid churchman, a real gentleman, a faithful minister of Christ, a loving husband and father and grandfather, a true friend, and as one of God's under-shepherds, held in high esteem in the hearts of those who followed his able leadership.
Among those who survive him are the following relatives: his wife of the home in Iola; his four children, Regina of Greensburg, Kansas, Scott of Medford, Oregon, Eugene of Seattle Washington, Morris of Wichita, Kansas; one brother, Omar, of Riverton, Wyoming; two sisters, Mrs. Roy McAllister, Clayton, Kansas and Mrs. S. H. Cramer, Rawlins, Wyoming; ten grand-children; other relatives and a host of friends.
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