Rev Alvin Gage

This obit was in the Peoria Journal Star today for my grandfather

Alvin Gage

PEORIA - The Rev. Alvin Forest Gage, 90, of Peoria passed away at 9:25 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Proctor Endowment Home in Peoria.
The Rev. Gage was born Aug. 18, 1918, in East Orange, N.J., a son of John and Elizabeth Riker Gage. He married Mary Martha Root on June 18, 1949, in Nottingham, Pa.
He graduated from the Moody Bible Institute in 1943 with a Missionary Diploma and also graduated from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of Theology Degree (ThB) in 1950. He was ordained on June 24, 1951, by the First Baptist Church of Berlin, Wis.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years; one son, David Gage of Willow Springs, Ill.; one daughter, Darlene (Bill) Bultemeier of Princeville; two brothers, Chandler Gage of Clifton, N.J., and Richard (Margie) Gage of Salisbury, Md.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Gage served as a minister for 40 years.
He pastored the First Baptist Church of Berlin, Wis. (1950-1953), Prospect Heights Baptist Church of Prospect Heights, Ill. (1953-1955), First Baptist Church of Morrisville, Pa., (1956-70) and Bethany Baptist Church of Peoria (1970-1985). He was also interim pastor for Grace Baptist Church of Ottawa, Ill. (1985-1986) and Grace Baptist Church of Mahomet, Ill. (1986). He was past president of Greater Peoria Evangelical and Ministerial Association, and Conservative Baptist Association of Illinois. He was past secretary of Philadelphia Conservative Baptist Association.
He was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at The Wilton Mortuary in Peoria. The Rev. Bob Donaldson will officiate. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to Grace Presbyterian Church or Bethany Baptist Church, both in Peoria.