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Supplement 419
Death due to senility. Buried in Sacramento. Survived by wife and a
granddaughter.
Virgil Eugene Rorer, LL.B. 1889.
Born March 18, 1867, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Died June 15, 1944, tn St. Petersburg, Fla.
Father, David Rorer, a farmer in Oak Lane, Philadelphia; son of David
and Maria (Cressman) Rorer of Philadelphia. Mother, Mary Felton
(Bickley) Rorer; daughter of Rev. George Bickley and May (Williams)
Bickley of Frankford, Pa. Yale relatives include: William D Rorer, '91
(brother), and William Y. Rorer, £#-'14 S. (nephew).
B.A. Central High School, Philadelphia, 1886, MA. 1891; attended
Yale School of Law 1887-89 (LLB 1889), admitted to Connecticut bar
1889; studied theology at Boston University and oratory at Boston School
of Expression 1889-90; licensed to preach in Methodist Episcopal church
1889 and accepted in Philadelphia Conference of the church 1890, ordained traveling deacon 1892 and traveling elder 1894, mmister Jenkin-
town and North Wales, Pa., 1890-94, St. Luke's, 19th Street, Wissahickon,
Seventh Street, Grace, and Arch Street churches, Philadelphia, 1894-1920,
minister Meridian Street Church, Indianapolis, 1920-3,0 and St. Paul's
Church, Wilmington, Del., 1930-33; engaged in writing, lecturing, and
preaching on special occasions 1933-41; DD. Dickinson College 1919,
resided in St. Petersburg 1942-44.
Married February 11, 1892, in Philadelphia, Nellie Minora Blakely
(National School of Elocution Oratory [Philadelphia] 1884), daughter
of Rev. James Blakely and Elizabeth (Ford) Blakely Children: Dwight
Eugene (Univ. Pennsylvania 1914-16; LLB Dickinson Coll. 1917),
Nelson Virgil (Wesleyan Univ. 1914-17); and Adele Madeline, Mrs
Rorer died December 27, 1924.
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Buried in Oak Lane
Cemetery. Survived by children and two grandchildren
George Robert McKenna, LL.B. 1892.
Born August 18, 1865, in Stonington, Conn
Died June 25, 1944, in Stonington, Conn.
Father, Patrick McKenna, a quarryman in Westerly, RI. Mother,
Mary (Ward) McKenna.
Westerly High School; attended Yale School of Law 1890-92 (LL.B.
1892; member Kent Club); admitted to the bar 1892; lawyer in Westerly
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 419 |
| Transcript | Supplement 419 Death due to senility. Buried in Sacramento. Survived by wife and a granddaughter. Virgil Eugene Rorer, LL.B. 1889. Born March 18, 1867, in Philadelphia, Pa. Died June 15, 1944, tn St. Petersburg, Fla. Father, David Rorer, a farmer in Oak Lane, Philadelphia; son of David and Maria (Cressman) Rorer of Philadelphia. Mother, Mary Felton (Bickley) Rorer; daughter of Rev. George Bickley and May (Williams) Bickley of Frankford, Pa. Yale relatives include: William D Rorer, '91 (brother), and William Y. Rorer, £#-'14 S. (nephew). B.A. Central High School, Philadelphia, 1886, MA. 1891; attended Yale School of Law 1887-89 (LLB 1889), admitted to Connecticut bar 1889; studied theology at Boston University and oratory at Boston School of Expression 1889-90; licensed to preach in Methodist Episcopal church 1889 and accepted in Philadelphia Conference of the church 1890, ordained traveling deacon 1892 and traveling elder 1894, mmister Jenkin- town and North Wales, Pa., 1890-94, St. Luke's, 19th Street, Wissahickon, Seventh Street, Grace, and Arch Street churches, Philadelphia, 1894-1920, minister Meridian Street Church, Indianapolis, 1920-3,0 and St. Paul's Church, Wilmington, Del., 1930-33; engaged in writing, lecturing, and preaching on special occasions 1933-41; DD. Dickinson College 1919, resided in St. Petersburg 1942-44. Married February 11, 1892, in Philadelphia, Nellie Minora Blakely (National School of Elocution Oratory [Philadelphia] 1884), daughter of Rev. James Blakely and Elizabeth (Ford) Blakely Children: Dwight Eugene (Univ. Pennsylvania 1914-16; LLB Dickinson Coll. 1917), Nelson Virgil (Wesleyan Univ. 1914-17); and Adele Madeline, Mrs Rorer died December 27, 1924. Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Buried in Oak Lane Cemetery. Survived by children and two grandchildren George Robert McKenna, LL.B. 1892. Born August 18, 1865, in Stonington, Conn Died June 25, 1944, in Stonington, Conn. Father, Patrick McKenna, a quarryman in Westerly, RI. Mother, Mary (Ward) McKenna. Westerly High School; attended Yale School of Law 1890-92 (LL.B. 1892; member Kent Club); admitted to the bar 1892; lawyer in Westerly |
