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David Gillespie Obituary
died on November 4, 2019 in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Morristown, New Jersey on March 16, 1925, he graduated from Yale University in 1951 and Berkeley Divinity School in 1954. His ministry of 63 years included serving as the Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and as affiliate clergy at Saint Philip's, Tucson. Memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Philips in Tucson, AZ. Arrangements by DESERT ROSE HEATHER MORTUARY.
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Gene Laskowski, Seminarian trainee 1967-68
May 27, 2024
St. Paul´s in Englewood, NJ, was my first fieldwork situation from Union Theological Seminary. It was also what shifted my seminary concentration from church history to psychiatry and religion and led to a near decade of service as chaplain at Groton School. David was the central figure in that first year fieldwork experience. He and Bill Peabody strongly influenced my view of chaplaincy at Groton School. Without David and Bill´s influence, the direction of my life´s work would have been different.
November 27, 2019
Allen Hinman, seminarian trainee in Englewood NJ
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