Rev Dr John Bruce Behney

1905 - 1987  (81 years)

• Name	John Bruce Behney
  Title	Rev Dr
  Birth	15 Oct 1905	Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Aug 1987	Ohio, USA
  Burial	Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I33152	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson, Lamm, Klopp, Hechler
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Dorothy E Hiester,   b. 3 Jan 1910   d. 15 Dec 1994 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F12087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He would more accurately be called "Rev. Dr. Behney" as he earned his PhD from Yale in 1941. Thesis & Dissertation: "Conservatism and liberalism in the theology of late nineteenth-century American Protestantism." From Central Pennsylvania United Methodist Archives, Pennsylvania Conference of United Brethren Pastors: BEHNEY, JOHN BRUCE Born: 10-15-1905 Ralston PA Died: 8-18-1987 Lebanon OH Interment: Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton OH Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1988, married: Dorothy E. Heister Miller-Raker #: no Fulton #: no Gibble list: yes 1925 quarterly conference license, Annville 1928 license, East Pennsylvania Conference 1933 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference 1935-73 faculty, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary in Dayton OH 1973 retired Note: J. Bruce Behney is co-author, with Paul D. Eller, of Abingdon Press' 1979 "The History of the Evangelical United Brethren Church". A biographical sketch appears in Gibble's History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, page 558.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51029954/john-bruce-behney.