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Rev. Robert W. Koons Sermons

 Item
Identifier: ULS-MS-029

Dates

  • Existence: 1946 - 2012

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Rev. Robert Warren Koons was born on July 11, 1917 in Altoona, PA to John Raymond and Kathryn Annabelle (Herr) Koons. He attended Central Pennsylvania Business College from 1935-1936, received an A.B. in English from Gettysburg College in 1943, a bachelor of divinity from Gettysburg Seminary in 1946, attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and received an honorary doctor of divinity from Susquehanna University in 1958.

Rev. Koons was ordained by the Central Pennsylvania Synod in 1946 and served as assistant pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hagerstown, MD from 1946-1950. He also served at Zion in Sunbury, PA from 1950-1960, Christ Lutheran Church in Gettysburg, PA from 1960-1967, Lynchburg, VA from 1967-1974, and Winchester, VA from 1974-1982.

Upon retirement from active ministry in 1982, Rev. Koons served as Associate Director of Field Education at Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary and later as chaplain of the seminary’s Church of Abiding Presence. Rev. Koons passed away on November 1, 2012.

Extent

135 folders (18 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

The Daily Item. “Rev. Robert W. Koons, 95, Gettysburg.” The Daily Item. Accessed June 1, 2018. http://www.dailyitem.com/rev-robert-w-koons-gettysburg/article_af355bfe-17535bf0-a1b4-1ccdcbc4fc80.html.

Wentz, Abdel Ross. Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary Vol 2: Alumni Record. Harrisburg, PA: The Evangelical Press, 1964.


Title
Rev. Robert W. Koons Sermons
Status
In Progress
Author
Macrina Cooper-White, Tina Toburen, Annabelle Peake, Edwina Landry, Roberta Brent, and Sheila Joy
Date
June 2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2011: Updated by Edwina Landry
  • July 2012: Updated by Roberta Brent
  • June 2018: Updated by Sheila Joy

Repository Details

Part of the Personal Papers and Manuscripts Collection, Seminary Archives, United Lutheran Seminary Library, Gettysburg, PA Repository

Contact:
61 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg PA 17325 United States