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served for 10 more years: Winchester Circuit, 1922-27; Staunton, 1927-29; Tomas Brook, 1930-32; West
Frederick, 1932-33; and Staunton, 1933-34, where there were 1,100 members. He died Feb. 11, 1934, at
age 75 in Winchester, Virginia and was buried there. His memoir, as well as his wife’s, is provided in Section
II.A (below). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 141, 174; see also pp. 128, 196, 293, 305] and [Glovier 1965, p. 123,
from which the picture is taken; see also pp. 90-91, 95, 108, 112, 182, 184, 230, 249]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUTTRELL: J. D. Luttrell served Edinburg Circuit in 1909; nothing else is known [Burch 1985, p. 28].
LUTZ: Dr. Lewis Walter Lutz, D.D. [b. Aug. 25, 1872; d. Sep. 7, 1947; mar. Mary
Catherine Thompson (d. 1932) and Mrs. Ada Frankam Markley (d. 1943)] “was born near
Middletown, Md., and graduated in 1897 from Otterbein University, joining the W.Va.
Conf. the same year.” He took classes at the College of Gettysburg 1892-93. He then
transferred to Va. Conf. in 1899 and was ordained there in 1900. His work in this
conference included South Branch, 1897-99, and Edinburg, 1899-1901. He was given a
transfer to Pa. Conf.in 1904, where he served West Fairview, 1901-04; Chambersburg,
1904-13; Baltimore Fourth, 1920-23; Waynesboro, 1923-25; York Second, 1925-32; and
New Cumberland Trinity, 1932-40, after which he retired. He died in 1947 and is interred
in Home Cemetery, Dallastown, Pa. He was listed as a member of the Board of Trustees
from Pa. Conf. for Lebanon Valley College, living in Chambersburg, Pa. (Class of 1916, Class of 1922); York,
Pa. (Class of 1928). He was located in Myersville in Oct. 1938 when mentioned (in an article about the
assignment of pastors) in the Hagerstown Daily Mail on Oct. 7th. [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 141, 174-175; see
also pp. 197, 219, 294-296, 298]; [Pa. Conf. 1923, p. 10, which provided the picture]; [Glovier 1965, p. 245
(“L. Walter”)]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUTZ: William Lutz became a member of Conference in 1843; ordained 1846; native of Page Co., Va.;
joined Lutheran Ch. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141]. “To William Lutz Conference extended Christian sympathy
and prayers; also a strong desire of Conference was expressed that he be more faithful in attending to the
means of grace, especially in this own neighborhood” [1878 Minutes, p. 6]. Note: An L. W. Lutz was a
member of Pa. Conf. in 1938 [Holdcraft 1938, p. 344]. For the Mar. 4, 1908, Religious Telescope (Vol. 74,
p. 17) he wrote the work in Dallastown, Pa., including mention of the recent revival services conducted by
G. K. Little that resulted in 11 conversions and renewals and 75 accessions to the church, the new building
still under construction in Jan. 1908. See also [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 126, 250-256, 258-261, 265-270, 272-
273, 275-278, 288] and [Glovier 1965, p. 88].
LUZADER: Lois Luzader (Lois Ruth Radabaugh; b. Aug. 10, 1899, Centerville, W.Va.; mar. Frank Luzader,
Aug. 10, 1919; d. Aug. 3, 1967), the daughter of Frank G. Radabaugh (b. Oct. 1870) and Emma Grace Fox
(b. July 1870) was identified (by mistake?) as a member of the Va. EUB as well as W.Va. Conference on her
death in Pennsboro, Ritchie County, W.Va., in 1967 [Va. EUB Conf. Journal 1968, p. 15; W.Va. Conf. Journal
1968, p. 15]. She is identified as Rev. Mrs. Luzader in the W.Va. Conf. minutes of Sep. 1936 [GCAH; July A.
Allender memoirs]. She was pastor of the EUB Church at Dale, W.Va., in Oct. 1963. In 1937 a letter
mentions that appointed to Grafton U.B. Church she was the only lady pastor in the W.Va. Conf. She was at
Pruntytown, W.Va., when she officiated at services for Christine Shinn in June 1944. She was at Pennsboro in
May 1954 when she officiated at services for Christine Shinn for Austin Keys.
MACE: Dr. Delbert C. Mace, Jr., son of Delbert Mace, Sr., and Maxine Mace, served Lacey Springs Circuit,
1958-59. He graduated from Shenandoah College with a Junior College Diploma in 1960, received his B.A.
from Youngstown University, and Th.D. from Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2002 he was Senior Pastor at
Waterford Baptist Cathedral in Waterford, Mich., and was living in Canton, Mich., with his wife Linda. Their
children are Dennis, Daniel, and Steven.
MAIDEN: Arthur Lee Maiden, son of Rev. John William and Mary Ann
“Polly” Maiden (see below), was born near Elkton, Va., Aug. 31, 1886,
was converted in 1899, licensed in 1905, joined Conference in 1907, and
ordained in 1912. He graduated from Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in
1905. He served Shenandoah, 1905-06; Prince William, 1906-07; and
Westernport, 1912-20, graduating from Bonebrake Theological Seminary
1922. He then served Dayton, 1922-26, and Manassas, 1930-32.
Between 1922 and 1930, he was Dean and then President of
Shenandoah College. Classified as a local elder in 1965, his address was 3154 20th Street, N. Arlington, Va.
In the Washington area, he taught at the Washington Preparatory School and the Woodward School for Boys
before joining the faculty at Washington and Lee High School in Arlington in 1937. He taught there until
1945, when he became a counselor with the Arlington County Police Department’s juvenile bureau. He held
that post until reaching mandatory retirement age in 1956. After that, he worked in real estate, conducted
marriages at the Arlington Court House, and devoted increasing time to charitable works. While he worked for
the police, he found that some children were not going to school because they did not have clothes, especially
shoes. He established the “Dr. Maiden Shoe Fund,” at first on his own and later with help from the Arlington
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served for 10 more years: Winchester Circuit, 1922-27; Staunton, 1927-29; Tomas Brook, 1930-32; West
Frederick, 1932-33; and Staunton, 1933-34, where there were 1,100 members. He died Feb. 11, 1934, at
age 75 in Winchester, Virginia and was buried there. His memoir, as well as his wife’s, is provided in Section
II.A (below). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 141, 174; see also pp. 128, 196, 293, 305] and [Glovier 1965, p. 123,
from which the picture is taken; see also pp. 90-91, 95, 108, 112, 182, 184, 230, 249]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUTTRELL: J. D. Luttrell served Edinburg Circuit in 1909; nothing else is known [Burch 1985, p. 28].
LUTZ: Dr. Lewis Walter Lutz, D.D. [b. Aug. 25, 1872; d. Sep. 7, 1947; mar. Mary
Catherine Thompson (d. 1932) and Mrs. Ada Frankam Markley (d. 1943)] “was born near
Middletown, Md., and graduated in 1897 from Otterbein University, joining the W.Va.
Conf. the same year.” He took classes at the College of Gettysburg 1892-93. He then
transferred to Va. Conf. in 1899 and was ordained there in 1900. His work in this
conference included South Branch, 1897-99, and Edinburg, 1899-1901. He was given a
transfer to Pa. Conf.in 1904, where he served West Fairview, 1901-04; Chambersburg,
1904-13; Baltimore Fourth, 1920-23; Waynesboro, 1923-25; York Second, 1925-32; and
New Cumberland Trinity, 1932-40, after which he retired. He died in 1947 and is interred
in Home Cemetery, Dallastown, Pa. He was listed as a member of the Board of Trustees
from Pa. Conf. for Lebanon Valley College, living in Chambersburg, Pa. (Class of 1916, Class of 1922); York,
Pa. (Class of 1928). He was located in Myersville in Oct. 1938 when mentioned (in an article about the
assignment of pastors) in the Hagerstown Daily Mail on Oct. 7th. [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 141, 174-175; see
also pp. 197, 219, 294-296, 298]; [Pa. Conf. 1923, p. 10, which provided the picture]; [Glovier 1965, p. 245
(“L. Walter”)]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUTZ: William Lutz became a member of Conference in 1843; ordained 1846; native of Page Co., Va.;
joined Lutheran Ch. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141]. “To William Lutz Conference extended Christian sympathy
and prayers; also a strong desire of Conference was expressed that he be more faithful in attending to the
means of grace, especially in this own neighborhood” [1878 Minutes, p. 6]. Note: An L. W. Lutz was a
member of Pa. Conf. in 1938 [Holdcraft 1938, p. 344]. For the Mar. 4, 1908, Religious Telescope (Vol. 74,
p. 17) he wrote the work in Dallastown, Pa., including mention of the recent revival services conducted by
G. K. Little that resulted in 11 conversions and renewals and 75 accessions to the church, the new building
still under construction in Jan. 1908. See also [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 126, 250-256, 258-261, 265-270, 272-
273, 275-278, 288] and [Glovier 1965, p. 88].
LUZADER: Lois Luzader (Lois Ruth Radabaugh; b. Aug. 10, 1899, Centerville, W.Va.; mar. Frank Luzader,
Aug. 10, 1919; d. Aug. 3, 1967), the daughter of Frank G. Radabaugh (b. Oct. 1870) and Emma Grace Fox
(b. July 1870) was identified (by mistake?) as a member of the Va. EUB as well as W.Va. Conference on her
death in Pennsboro, Ritchie County, W.Va., in 1967 [Va. EUB Conf. Journal 1968, p. 15; W.Va. Conf. Journal
1968, p. 15]. She is identified as Rev. Mrs. Luzader in the W.Va. Conf. minutes of Sep. 1936 [GCAH; July A.
Allender memoirs]. She was pastor of the EUB Church at Dale, W.Va., in Oct. 1963. In 1937 a letter
mentions that appointed to Grafton U.B. Church she was the only lady pastor in the W.Va. Conf. She was at
Pruntytown, W.Va., when she officiated at services for Christine Shinn in June 1944. She was at Pennsboro in
May 1954 when she officiated at services for Christine Shinn for Austin Keys.
MACE: Dr. Delbert C. Mace, Jr., son of Delbert Mace, Sr., and Maxine Mace, served Lacey Springs Circuit,
1958-59. He graduated from Shenandoah College with a Junior College Diploma in 1960, received his B.A.
from Youngstown University, and Th.D. from Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2002 he was Senior Pastor at
Waterford Baptist Cathedral in Waterford, Mich., and was living in Canton, Mich., with his wife Linda. Their
children are Dennis, Daniel, and Steven.
MAIDEN: Arthur Lee Maiden, son of Rev. John William and Mary Ann
“Polly” Maiden (see below), was born near Elkton, Va., Aug. 31, 1886,
was converted in 1899, licensed in 1905, joined Conference in 1907, and
ordained in 1912. He graduated from Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in
1905. He served Shenandoah, 1905-06; Prince William, 1906-07; and
Westernport, 1912-20, graduating from Bonebrake Theological Seminary
1922. He then served Dayton, 1922-26, and Manassas, 1930-32.
Between 1922 and 1930, he was Dean and then President of
Shenandoah College. Classified as a local elder in 1965, his address was 3154 20th Street, N. Arlington, Va.
In the Washington area, he taught at the Washington Preparatory School and the Woodward School for Boys
before joining the faculty at Washington and Lee High School in Arlington in 1937. He taught there until
1945, when he became a counselor with the Arlington County Police Department’s juvenile bureau. He held
that post until reaching mandatory retirement age in 1956. After that, he worked in real estate, conducted
marriages at the Arlington Court House, and devoted increasing time to charitable works. While he worked for
the police, he found that some children were not going to school because they did not have clothes, especially
shoes. He established the “Dr. Maiden Shoe Fund,” at first on his own and later with help from the Arlington
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