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Ernest Boyd Stewart

Ernest Boyd Stewart

Male 1894 - 1993  (99 years)


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  • Name Ernest Boyd Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 5 Sep 1894  Morganville, Clay, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Nov 1993  St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I34794  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Velton Arvine Stewart, Sr,   b. 20 Apr 1858, Amber, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1945, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Hammerli,   b. 8 Mar 1870, Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1938, Holton, Jackson, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred Estelle Spencer,   b. 17 Jun 1902, Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1991, St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1924  Baldwin City, Douglas, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mildred Elaine "Milly" Stewart,   b. 27 Sep 1927, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 2005, St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Francis Ernest "Fran" Stewart, Major,   b. 19 Jun 1932, Altoona, Polk, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1969, Quang Nam, Vietnam Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Eugene Vernon Stewart
     4. Eldean Boyd "Dean" Stewart,   b. 15 Oct 1939, Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 2012, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F11124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, November 18, 1993; pg. 3

      Rev. Ernest Boyd Stewart passed away Saturday, November 13, 1993, at the Palms of Pasadena Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was born in Morganville, Kansas, September 5, 1894.

      He received his elementary education at a one-room rural school near his home. Ernest then went to Manhattan, Kansas where he earned his high school diploma at the Kansas State Academ (sic). His Bachelor's Degree was received from Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas, and his Theology Degree was from Garrett Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.

      On December 23, 1924, he was married to Mildred Estelle Spencer in Baldwin, Kansas. They observed their 65th wedding anniversary in 1989. Mrs. Stewart preceded her husband in death on March 31, 1990.

      Rev. Stewart began his ministry as a student pastor at Ives Chapel in West Baldwin when he was an undergraduate student at Baker University. After graduating from Garrett Seminary, he preached in the following towns in southwest Iowa: Yorktown, Blockton, Redding, Minburn, Northboro and Riverton. In 1948 Earnest transferred from the Iowa Conference to the Nebraska Conference. During the next 19 years he was minister at Nelson and Nora, Sterling and Vesta, Beaver Crossing and Salem, Weeping Water and Nehawka and at Eagle. In 1960 Ernest Stewart was selected by the Nebraska Methodist Conference as the "Rural Pastor of the Year" while serving the Beaver Crossing and Salem churches.

      After retiring from active ministry, Ernest and Mildred Stewart alternated living in their home in St. Petersburg, Florida, during the winter and on an acreage near Weeping Water, Nebraska, during the summer. Ernest loved the farm and spent many hours working in his gardens. In 1987 Mildred's failing health required they no longer could moved back and forth. They then resided in St. Petersburg year-round.

      Rev. Stewart is also survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Gene and Leeta of Jackson Heights, New York, Dean and Jackie of Arapahoe, Nebraska, and Terry and Judy of Dubuque, Iowa; daughter, Mildred Drew of St. Petersburg, Florida; daughter-in-law, Rhoda Stewart of Sacramento, California; 10 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Oldest son, Major Francis Stewart, was killed in Vietnam on April 30, 1969, when flying on a mission for the United States Air Force.

      Funeral services will be at Ives Chapel in Baldwin, Kansas, at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 20. Memorial services will be at the Beaver Crossing Methodist Church, Thursday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Baldwin, Kansas. Memorials are asked to be sent to the Francis E. Stewart Scholarship Fund at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

  • Sources 
    1. [S876] Ancestry.com, Web: Kansas, Find A Grave Index, 1854-2012, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;).

    2. [S46] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;;), Number: 505-46-8592; Issue State: Nebraska; Issue Date: 1955.

    3. [S106] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;;), Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Clay; Roll: 1643429.

    4. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Altoona, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 678; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0098; Image: 35.0; FHL microfilm: 2340413.

    5. [S5] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.