Paul M. Webster

Dec. 17, 1949 ? May 25, 2010

Paul Marvin Webster, 60, of Reading, passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at home. He was born Dec. 17, 1949, in Nyack, N.Y., to Albert Jerome and Marjie (Brennan) Webster. He graduated from Vernon Verona Sherryl High School in New York and received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia International University in South Carolina.

He was a pastor at the United Brethren Church in Alvordton, Ohio for four years and at the United Brethren Church in Munson for 10 years. Paul was a humble servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. His faithful devotion to his calling as a pastor, husband, and father was an inspiration to all those who knew him. Paul was a member of the Hillsdale County United Brethren Ministerial Association, Missionary Church Ministerial Association and Morenci Area Ministerial Association. He enjoyed bicycling, classic cars, fishing, baseball and woodworking.

On June 15, 1984, he married Rita Christley and she survives in Reading.

Also surviving: daughters, Grace Webster of Reading, Samantha Webster of Reading, Martha Webster of Reading; son, Hobart Webster of Pittsburgh, Pa.; grandson, Gavin Dombrowski of Reading; mother, Marjie Brennan of Carlisle, Pa.; sisters, Esther (Alan) Barejekia of Baltimore, Md., LaVonne (Geoffrey) Mackey of Florida; brother, Tim (Susan)Webster of Charlotte, N.C.

He was preceded in death by his father and daughter (Anna).

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the North Reading Baptist Church with Pastor Stephen Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Reading. Visitation is scheduled from 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the George White Funeral Home, Reading.

Memorials are suggested to Gideons of Hillsdale County.