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Obituary for John M. Kineston
MEADVILLE - John Martin Kineston, 75, met his Maker on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Crawford County Care Center in Saegertown, PA. He was born on October 13, 1940, son of the late Thomas Higham and M. Irene Martin Kineston. He graduated in the class of 1958 from the Meadville High School and then from Slippery Rock State College with a degree in education to teach geography and social studies. He also attended Youngstown State University and Ambassador College in Pasadena, CA.
While still in Crawford County, he showed Brown Swiss cattle at the Crawford County Fair and was 4-H Star of the Year.
John taught at Grove City High School, then in the Kansas City School District and also in Whiting, Kansas.
He was married for eleven years to Virginia Green. They divorced.
In California for twenty-five years, John got a public relations job at Ambassador College and was responsible for picking up important people at the airport and driving them around. One of the first major people was Princess Rosetti from Romania. He got to know Felix VonHabsberg, second in line to the throne of Austria. His favorite time on that job was touring King Leopold of Belgium, his wife and two daughters around the western half of the United States incognito. He eventually caught the attention of Herbert W. Armstrong of the Worldwide Church of God and was his assistant for several years. Then, he became assistant to lawyer and accountant, Stanley Rader. He traveled the world setting up conferences and working with government leaders.
Upon his father's illness, he moved back to Meadville in 1986 and worked for Weldon's Men's Store in the Downtown Mall and then for Sax 5th Avenue in the Outlet Mall at Grove City and then at the American Cap Company in Wheatland, PA all as sales representatives.
A consummate athelete, he played catcher in baseball in the youth leagues through high school and knew every professional baseball statistic for any and every year. He lifted weights and ran marathons later in life, but the thing he most enjoyed was driving to Erie nearly every day to ride his bicycle around Lake Erie Peninsula to watch the sunset.
He also loved to write and won a national contest for his poem, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR SEX? John co-wrote the book AGAINST THE GATES OF HELL, with Stanley Rader, about Church vs. State. He also wrote several books that he never had published. The last few years he enjoyed drawing thousands of cartoons and caricatures for friends and family, and putting them together in stories he gave for gifts.
Preceding him in death are his parents and grandparents.
Survivors include his sister, Lois (Chris) Holabaugh; a nephew, Dan (Marcy) Holabaugh, a niece Lee (Brett) Hamilton, a great-niece, Lily Hamilton; and a great-nephew, Cole Hamilton. Also surviving are what he considered his other family, Niki Rader and her children, Carol, Janis, Steve and their families. Stanley Rader, whom he worked for, is deceased.
Family and friends are welcome to call on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Ryan M. Warren Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 544 Chestnut Street, Meadville, from 2:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. with the funeral service to follow at 3:00 P.M. with Pastor Doug Johnson of the Church of God, a Worldwide Association, Inc., officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to The Ernst Trail at Dick Eglinton or Marcy Finton c/o F.C.R.T., P. O. Box 592, Meadville, PA 16335 or to Southern Care Hospice, 1245 Park Avenue, Meadville, PA 16335.
Special thanks go to Erin Huber, Mike Kineston, Linda Smith, and everyone at Crawford County Care Center who cared so much, and to Southern Care Hospice who made his last days worth living. Thanks also to Lindsey, Heather and Tina and to all the people at Red Lobster in Meadville who loved listening to his stories and visited the nursing home, and taking him his birthday dinner.
Please take a moment to share a memory or condolence with the family on John's Book of Memories online at www.warrenfh.com.
While still in Crawford County, he showed Brown Swiss cattle at the Crawford County Fair and was 4-H Star of the Year.
John taught at Grove City High School, then in the Kansas City School District and also in Whiting, Kansas.
He was married for eleven years to Virginia Green. They divorced.
In California for twenty-five years, John got a public relations job at Ambassador College and was responsible for picking up important people at the airport and driving them around. One of the first major people was Princess Rosetti from Romania. He got to know Felix VonHabsberg, second in line to the throne of Austria. His favorite time on that job was touring King Leopold of Belgium, his wife and two daughters around the western half of the United States incognito. He eventually caught the attention of Herbert W. Armstrong of the Worldwide Church of God and was his assistant for several years. Then, he became assistant to lawyer and accountant, Stanley Rader. He traveled the world setting up conferences and working with government leaders.
Upon his father's illness, he moved back to Meadville in 1986 and worked for Weldon's Men's Store in the Downtown Mall and then for Sax 5th Avenue in the Outlet Mall at Grove City and then at the American Cap Company in Wheatland, PA all as sales representatives.
A consummate athelete, he played catcher in baseball in the youth leagues through high school and knew every professional baseball statistic for any and every year. He lifted weights and ran marathons later in life, but the thing he most enjoyed was driving to Erie nearly every day to ride his bicycle around Lake Erie Peninsula to watch the sunset.
He also loved to write and won a national contest for his poem, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR SEX? John co-wrote the book AGAINST THE GATES OF HELL, with Stanley Rader, about Church vs. State. He also wrote several books that he never had published. The last few years he enjoyed drawing thousands of cartoons and caricatures for friends and family, and putting them together in stories he gave for gifts.
Preceding him in death are his parents and grandparents.
Survivors include his sister, Lois (Chris) Holabaugh; a nephew, Dan (Marcy) Holabaugh, a niece Lee (Brett) Hamilton, a great-niece, Lily Hamilton; and a great-nephew, Cole Hamilton. Also surviving are what he considered his other family, Niki Rader and her children, Carol, Janis, Steve and their families. Stanley Rader, whom he worked for, is deceased.
Family and friends are welcome to call on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Ryan M. Warren Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 544 Chestnut Street, Meadville, from 2:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. with the funeral service to follow at 3:00 P.M. with Pastor Doug Johnson of the Church of God, a Worldwide Association, Inc., officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to The Ernst Trail at Dick Eglinton or Marcy Finton c/o F.C.R.T., P. O. Box 592, Meadville, PA 16335 or to Southern Care Hospice, 1245 Park Avenue, Meadville, PA 16335.
Special thanks go to Erin Huber, Mike Kineston, Linda Smith, and everyone at Crawford County Care Center who cared so much, and to Southern Care Hospice who made his last days worth living. Thanks also to Lindsey, Heather and Tina and to all the people at Red Lobster in Meadville who loved listening to his stories and visited the nursing home, and taking him his birthday dinner.
Please take a moment to share a memory or condolence with the family on John's Book of Memories online at www.warrenfh.com.
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