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Harold R Martin Obituary and Family Listing The Rev. Harold R. Martin, 91, of Bloomington, a minister at Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, for more than 30 years, died at 5:10 p.m. yesterday (March 24, 1986) at the Martin Healthcare Center, Bloomington. He was born Aug. 18, 1894, at Lima, Ohio, a son of Julius P. and Alice Perdrizet Martin. He first married Leone Bruce. She died June 26, 1921. He later married Alice Shonkwiler on Oct. 9, 1923, at Washington, D.C. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Carol Dyer, Indianapolis, and Susie Martin Shew, Toledo, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son and one sister. The Rev. Martin was a graduate of LaPorte High School, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He also attended Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J. He was commissioned an Army First Lieutenant and Chaplain toward the close of World War I. After the war, he served as pastor at many churches in Indiana. He was minister at Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, from 1930 to 1962. The Rev. Martin was named moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the USA during the 169th General Assembly of the church from 1957 to 1958, when the church was joined with the United Presbyterian Church. While moderator, the Rev. Martin preached a sermon to President Eisenhower and members of Congress. He also traveled to many parts of the United States as well as foreign countries, including countries in Latin America and the Far East. He received honorary degrees from Monmouth College, Monmouth; Millikin University, Decatur; and Illinois College, Jacksonville. The medical center at Bloomington's Westminster Village was named after him. He was a former member of General Assembly's Commission on Church Union and the National Council of United Presbyterian Men. The Rev. Martin was a former president of the board of directors of the Immanuel Bible Foundation and was a contributing editor of The Presbyterian Outlook magazine. The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois · Tuesday, March 25, 1986 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112971889/harold_r_martin