Rev. Harlan Henry Naylor

NAYLOR, FINKE, DEITZ, LINGBEEK

Posted By: David L. Skipton (email)
Date: 1/5/2010 at 23:35:41

The Rev. Harlan Henry Naylor, 84, of rural Morning Sun, died Thursday evening, Oct 21, 1999, at Burlington Medical Center.

Born May 3, 1915, at Morning Sun, he was the son of Elvin Lenious and Alpha Josephine Finke Naylor. He married Mildred E. Deitz in 1947 in Morning Sun. She died Oct. 13, 1977. He then married Mabel J. Lingbeek on June 28, 1980, in Tracy, Minn.

Mr. Naylor was a 1932 graduate of Morning Sun High School, a 1937 graduate of Parsons College in Fairfield and a 1942 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NY. He taught school at the former Huron High School in Des Moines County in 1937 and 1938. He served his student internship in 1940 and 1941 at the Granger, McAdow, Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Churches in Memphis, Mo., and was ordained in 1942 in Kansas City. For 38 years he served as minister for the Presbyterian Church, USA in Dexter and Cuba, Mo., Auburn, Iowa, Tracy, Minn., Carthage and Stanford, Ill. He moved to Morning Sun in 1978, ministering during his retirement.

He was a serious student of the Bible and a great appreciator of fine scholarship on history and many other fields. President of his Princeton Alumni class since 1992, he was known and loved for his giftr of thoughtful communication. His avocation was woodworking, crafting furniture from boards made from hardwood trees he selected from his father's farm.

He was a membver of the Great Rivers Presbytery of Illinois, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and a member and past president of the Morning Sun High School Alumni. He served as a moderator to two Presbyteries and was a commissioner for two General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church, USA.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Harlan H. Naylor Jr. of Burlington and John Timothy Naylor of Chicago; and one granddaughter.

Besides his first wife, he was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Morning Sun.

The funeral for Rev. Naylor will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church, rural Morning Sun, with the Rev. Ron Good officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun.

A memorial has been established for Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church.