[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 129 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REVEREND FRANK MUSGRAVE

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 3, 2002

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tribute to a man whose life 
embodied the living Gospel, the Reverend Frank Musgrave. Reverend 
Musgrave, of Toledo, Ohio, passed from this life on Tuesday, September 
10, 2002. A personal friend, Reverend Musgrave was a true servant and 
legendary figure of ministry and service whose love extended to our 
community as well as his church.
  A Baltimore native, Frank Musgrave served four years in the Army Air 
Corps, then went on to pursue his degree in early childhood education. 
He met his wife Jane while both were students at Johns Hopkins 
University. Reverend Musgrave attended the Episcopal Theological School 
in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was ordained in 1952. His first 
assignment was St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Toledo, where he remained 
until his 1991 retirement. Even after retiring, he continued ministry 
on a part-time basis in churches in Fostoria and Monroeville, Ohio and 
later at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Toledo. He served the Episcopal 
diocese as well, as youth chaplain and examining chaplain for new 
clergy.
  Fervently ecumenical, Reverend Musgrave served on the Toledo 
Ministerial Association and the Toledo Area Council of Churches as 
president and past president of the organizations. An ``outstanding 
ecumenist who was ahead of his time'' according to one associate, 
Reverend Musgrave would say, ``. . . if the good Lord came down and put 
us all in a bag, shook it up, and rolled us out, we wouldn't know who 
we were anyway.'' He was very much a leader in the early years of the 
ecumenical movement, and remained a visionary for ecumenism. He is 
credited with starting Toledo's ecumenical Feed Your Neighbor Program, 
a comprehensive network of area churches providing groceries for those 
of our own community who do not have enough to eat.
  A real labor minister, Reverend Musgrave was long a member of the 
Toledo Labor Management Citizen's Committee, and served as the 
organization's chair from 1975 to 1993. His voice of reason, coupled 
with tenaciousness and passion marked his tenure, as Reverend Musgrave 
guided the Committee into the cooperative entity which has become its 
hallmark.
  Reverend Musgrave lived out Christ's teachings by zealously pursuing 
social justice and never backing down on his principles. His heart was 
with those among us most vulnerable, and he never lost sight that true 
Christian ministry served all people. Our community has been privileged 
to call him a true and enduring friend.
  As he joins our Creator, he leaves to this earth his wife Jane and 
their children Amy and Jane, his brother and grandchildren. May they 
find comfort in the memory of this gifted and wonderful priest, family 
man and friend, committed activist and Christian. May he guide them and 
us from above on our journey forward.

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