Obituary of Haydn Lewis Gilmore

Haydn Lewis Gilmore, of Hilltop Drive, Tunkhannock, died Saturday, October 8, 2016, at home. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 13, 1928, son of the late Haydn and Anna (Sylvanus) Gilmore. He was a graduate of West Pittston High School, received his Bachelor degree in philosophy at Temple University in 1950, Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1954, and Master of Arts in journalism from Syracuse University in 1970. He was ordained in 1955 and was Methodist pastor in Center Moreland, before serving in the United States Air Force as Chaplain for ten years. He served as pastor of American Baptist churches in Lansford and Nesquehoning, held positions in public relations at Messiah College and community relations at Hospital Council NE PA, as well as manager of the French Azilum. He taught at Keystone College, Luzerne Community College, Penn State extensions, before teaching English at Marywood University for over twenty years. He was author of Jog For Your Life (Zondervan, 1974) and frequent contributor to Runner’s Gazette. He was recipient of Freedoms Foundation medal in 1967, and member of St. David’s Society and Wyoming County Chorale. He was a beekeeper. He is survived by his second wife Marlene; son and daughter-in-law, James and Beth, and grandchildren Evan and Anna, of Chesterland, Ohio; son, Dwight, of Shaker Heights, Ohio; sister Maryanna, of Sellersville; and sister Rachel Sweterlitsch, of Bethlehem. Funeral services will be held Saturday October 15, 2016 at 10:00AM from the Northmoreland Baptist Church, Ripplebrook Rd., Tunkhannock, with Rev. James May officiating. Interment will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua at 2:00PM. Friends may call the church on Saturday from 9AM until time of service. Funeral Arrangements are entrusted into The Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock PA. For directions and online condolences please visit www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com