Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-07
DR.. RADCLIFFE DIES
AT ADVANCED AGE
Pastor, Former Moderator
of Presbyterian Church,
III Several Months.

Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor
emeritus of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church and former mod
orator of the Presbyterian Church oil
the United States of America General
Assembly, died yesterday at his home
1875 Thirty-first street. after long
illness. He was 88 years old
DR. Radcliffe became i'll several
months ago and was for six weeks con-
fined to hospital Two months age
he was removed to his home, where his
condition took a turn for the worse
last week. His wife, Mrs. Jessie r
Radcliffe, was with him at the time OF
his death.
Funeral services will be held in the
New York Avenue Church at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon. The BODY VII lie in
state at the church for two hours Mon
day. from 1880 until 1:30 o'clock
The Washington Presbytery will have
charge of the services, with Rev. DR..
Godfrey Chobot, vice moderator, pre-
sizing. He will be assisted by Rev. Dr.
JJjeph r. Sizoo, pastor of the church,
and Rev. DR.. John C. Palmer. Burial
will be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Rev.
Joseph T. Kelly. Rev. Charles Wood,
Rev. Francis ]. Grimke, Rev. Parke P.
Flournoy, Rev. Thomas C. Clark, Rev.
George S. Duncan. Rev. Hubert r.
Johnson, Rev. James T. Marshal, John
B. Larner, George Fleming, George
White and DR.. Charles Moore.
Head of National Church.
Active pallbearers will be Rev. Frank
Niles, Rev. Irving Ketchum, Rev. Henry
B. Wooding. Rev J. H. Durham, Rev.
Walter F. Eagleson and Rev. J. Alt
father
AS moderator of the General As
Sembly in 1898, DR.. Radcliffe was at
the head of his church in this country.
He won wide commentator for his
work in this position.
Or. Radcliffe was born in Pittsburgh,
August Is, 1912. a son of Elias and
Susanna Radcliffe. He received his
elementary education in Pittsburgh and
studied at Jefferson College, at the
United Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary, Princeton Theological Seminary,
Lafayette College, Washington and
JEFFERSON University and at George
Washington University.
One of his first pastorates was in
Reading, Pa. Later he went to the Fort
Street Presbyterian Church, in Detroit,
Mich, where he remained until he
accepted the call from the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1895.
H retired in April, 1922, as pastor of
the New York Avenue Church after 81
years of distinguished activity in the
affairs of the Presbyterian Church, both
locally. and nationally.
Member Of Cosmos Club.
DR.. Radcliffe was a member of the
Washington Presbytery and of the
Cosmos Club. During his long service
in the church he held many important
posts, the last Of which was that of
director of the Princeton Theological
Seminary. to which he was elected at
the National Assembly of the Presby-
terrain Church held in st. Paul. MINI,
last year, DR.. Radcliffe also was the
author OF numerous newspaper and
articles on church matters.
He was founder and president of the
Tappan Presbyterian Association at the
University Of Michigan and a delegate
to the Pan-Presbyterian Council in
London in 1888. Washington in 1899,
New York in 1909, Aberdeen in 1918,
pittsburgh in 1921 and Cardiff, Wales,
"a 1925. He was a member of Sigma
Chi and Theta Sigma Phi Fraternities.
DR.. Radcliffe on May 4, 1887, married
Miss Jessie Walker. society belle of
Detroit Mrs. Radcliffe was very active
In the work of the New York Avenue
Church during his pastorate. They
have no children.