Let op: Leeftijd boven de 100 (101).
Hij is getrouwd met Eunice Elvira Davis.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 28 juni 1934 te Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York, hij was toen 27 jaar oud.Bron 4
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SOURCE: Wikipedia, online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Edward_Dodge
Ralph Edward Dodge (born January 25, 1907)[1] is a retired American Bishop of The United Methodist Church, elected in 1956. He was the youngest of four children of Ernest and Lizzie Longshore Dodge of Dickinson County, Iowa.
After high school graduation, Ralph followed his father and older brother into farming. The family attended the Methodist Episcopal Church in Terril, Iowa. It was there that his Pastor suggested God might be calling Ralph to preach. In spite of scoffing at the idea initially, Ralph earnestly wrestled with the possibility for several years. Finally, he decided to pursue this call, trusting that if God willed it, seemingly impassible doors would open.
Ralph put himself through Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, by working for the university greenhouse and farm. While at Taylor, Ralph met Eunice Davis, a coed from Little Valley, New York. They married in June 1934. After graduation from Taylor, Ralph went on to Boston University School of Theology.
After seminary graduation, Ralph served small churches in Massachusetts and North Dakota. But he and Eunice both felt called to foreign missions work. In 1935 they were accepted as candidates for a missionary opening in Angola, then called Portuguese West Africa. The birth of their first child in January 1936 delayed their departure. But just a few months later they were in language school in Lisbon, Portugal. They arrived in Portuguese West Africa December 1936.
The Rev. Dodge was elected Bishop in 1956, the first Methodist Bishop elected by the Africa Central Conference. He was the only American Methodist missionary ever elected Bishop by the Africa Central Conference, as well. Previously Bishops to Africa had been appointed from America. Bishop Dodge served as Bishop in Africa until 1968, leading the African church through the turbulent years from colonial control to African leadership. His Episcopal Area included the colonial territories of Angola, Mozambique, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Dodge lives in retirement in Inverness, Florida. He recently celebrated his 101st birthday.
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Ralph Edward Dodge, born 25 January 1907 in Milford Township, Dickinson County, Iowa, son of Ernest Ira Dodge and Lizzie Longshore Dodge. [However, Ralph himself states that he was born in Lloyd Township, Dickinson County, Iowa, which is verified by his nephew Calvin Dodge. The census of 1910 gives the location of the homestead as Lloyd Township, not Milford Township.]
Ralph Edward Dodge died peacefully at the age of 101 in Inverness, Florida, on 8 August 2008, surrounded by family and friends. He was born on 25 January 1907, the youngest of four children of Ernest and Lizzie Longshore Dodge of Dickinson County, Iowa. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living bishop of the United Methodist Church.
DAVIS-DODGE -- At a quiet home wedding on Thursday, June 28, at three o'clock, Miss Eunice E. Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd J. Davis of Little Valley, New York, and Rev. Ralph E. Dodge of Boston, Mass., son of Mrs. Ernest Dodge of this place, were married by Rev. Frank A. Wimer, pastor of the First M.E. church.
As members of the immediate family and intimate friends gathered, Miss Roberta O. Bennet entertained on the piano. Mrs. Dorothy Dye sang "At Dawning" and Ernest Bessell sang "O, Promise Me." To the strains of the Lohengrin wedding march, played by Miss Bennett, the bridal party descended the open stairway to meet the groom and his attendants before a mantel massed with flowers. Miss Harriet E. Davis, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid and descended first. She wore a gown of pale muslin de soie and carried a colonial bouquet of pink roses. Following her came the maid of honor, Miss Martha E. Curry, wearing a gown of delicate green crepe and carrying a colonial bouquet of yellow roses. The bride, wearing white satin and a veil of illusion and carrying a shower bouquet of white gardenias and lillies of the valley, entered on the arm of her father. Mr. James F. Davis, brother of the bride, acted as best man and Mr. Charles Bund as second attendant.
Following the ceremony and informal reception, buffet refreshments were served by the Misses Betty Jacobs, Evelyn Lloyd, and Edythe Cannon.
The bride went away in a silk suit of grey crepe and navy blue taffeta with navy blue accessories. The bride and groom are spending a week on Lake Chautauqua after which they will take an extended motor trip through the middle west, stopping at the Century of Progress Exposition and the home of the groom's mother.
Rev. and Mrs. Dodge will be at home after August 1 at 48 Floral Avenue, Malden, Mass., where Rev. Dodge is pastor of the Forest Dale Community Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dodge were graduated from Taylor University in the class of 1931; since that time Mrs. Dodge has been teaching English and French in the Little Valley high school and Mr. Dodge has been attending Boston University, taking the degrees Master of Arts and Bachelor of Sacred Theology.
Guests from out of town included: Martha E. Currey of Marion, Indiana; Charles Bund, Jr., of Malden, Mass; Roberta O. Bennett of Westfield, N.Y.; Beatrice Bartoo of Catskill, N.Y.; Marian L. Derby of Frewsburg, N.Y.; Mary Ware Morton of Jamestown, N.Y.; Cliford Russell and Ernest Bessell of Falconer, N.Y.; Rev. and Mrs. Marvin Stuart of Woods Hole, Mass; Edythe Cannon and Charles Barrett of Conewango Valley, N.Y.; Alice Veeder and Russell Veeder of Bradford, Pennsylvania.
The Record extends congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy married life.