STEWART, A. G. , Rev.

The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ Jan 7, 1938 p. 1& 4 Rev. A. G. Stewart Is Laid To Rest Archibald George Stewart, son of H. E. and Sarah Stewart, was born on a farm near Alexis, Ill., on June 24, 1870, and passed away in Wickenburg, Ariz., December 30, 1937, at the age of 67 years, six months and six days. He was the fourth in a family of eight. He received his grade and high school education near and in Alexis, Ill. He attended Monmouth College in Monmouth, Ill., and received his A. B. degree from there. He attended McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and graduated from there in 1899, receiving the B. D. degree and was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. In August of 1902 he was married to Emma Fisk of Viola, Ill. The couple moved to Blount, S. Da. On June 15, 1903 the first child, Rachel was born. In 1904 the family moved to Livermore, Ia. There on December 9, 1905, the second child, Malcolm, was born. In 1907 they moved to Garden Plain, Ill., where Mr. Stewart served the church for the next five years. In 1912 he moved to Edwington, Ill., and was there six years. In 1918 he moved to Bardolph, Ill., where in the spring of 1919 his wife passed away. After the death of his wife he remained in Bardolph for three years. In 1922 he moved to Wadena, Ia., and was there until the fall of 1926. At that time he went East to Princeton Seminary, where he had a year of post-graduate work. He then returned to Iowa and in 1927 took the field at Rowley, Ia. In 1928 he married Sade H. Agnew. They were together but two years, for in the fall of 1930 Mrs Stewart passed away. After the death of his wife he remained in Rowley until the summer of 1935, when due to ill-health, he retired from the ministry. For a year and a half he was out of the ministry. During that time he spent part of the time with his brother, Dr. Harry J. Stewart, of San Diego, Calif., and part of the time traveling through the country in a trailer, which he purchased in San Diego. In the first part of 1937, feeling strong enough for active work again he accepted a call to the Community Presbyterian church of Wickenburg, Ariz., which church he was serving at the time of his death. In the fall of 1937 ill-health again began to assail him. On December 10 he was taken to the hospital in Wickenburg. He grew steadily weaker and on Tuesday, December 28, sank into a coma from which he never roused. On December 30, about 7 o’clock in the evening, he passed quietly away. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. George Poulos of Albuquerque, N. M., his son, the Rev. Malcolm F. Stewart, of Brooklyn, Ia., and seven brothers and sisters: Mr. Orlando P. Stewart, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. J. F. Jamieson, Monmouth, Ill.; Dr. Harry J. Stewart, San Diego, Calif.; Guy Stewart, Kewanee, Mo.; Fred Stewart, Webster City, Ia.; Mrs. Will Morris, Burwick, Ill., and Miss Erma Stewart, Kewanee, Ill. At his own request the funeral services were held in Wickenburg, with is son, the Rev. M. F. Stewart, of Brooklyn, Ia., delivering the sermon, assisted by the Rev. J. T. Hartman of Phoenix, Ariz. Burial was in the Wickenburg cemetery, overlooking the town and country which he had grown to love. His own life was a living testimonial to the faith in which he believed, and his death places upon all who knew and loved him the responsibility of carrying forward the purposes and ideals which were so real to him. His request was not for sorrow but for joy and happiness in our memory of him. Of him it may be well said he was truly was a Christian gentleman.