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Article: Rev. Reuben A. Sheares II, of United Church of Christ
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 13, 1992
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The Rev. Reuben A. Sheares II, 58, pastor of the Congregational
Church of Park Manor and a leader of the United Church of Christ,
died Saturday at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical
Center.
From 1973 to 1988, Mr. Sheares directed the Office for Church
Life and Leadership, providing programming for congregations of the
1.6 million-member United Church of Christ.
"He was a saint of the church," said the Rev. Dr. Paul H. Sherry,
president of the United Church of Christ. "He was a person of vision
and compassion, of wisdom and humor, of brilliance and humility. He
preached the gospel with persuasive power. Reuben will be remembered
always as one of the primary architects of the ...