IVORY, Alfred William, Rev (1882-1962)
Assembly memorial minute 1962
A countryman by birth, the Rev. Alfred William Ivory exercised his ministry in country charges with the exception of his last parish. Born on January 6th, 1882, he rendered useful service to the Home Mission Committee prior to entering the Ormond College Theological Hall, from which he went to Tasmania, being ordained and inducted at Ulverstone on January 5th, 1925.
He returned to Victoria to be inducted to the pastorate at Inglewood on November 1st, 1933. He removed to Leongatha, where he was inducted on February 17th, 1938. His only suburban ministry followed when he undertook the composite charge of Black-Rock-Cheltenham, his induction there being on March 25th, 1943.
On account of the rapid growth of population in this, as in so many outer areas, it became necessary to divide the charge, and Mr. Ivory remained minister of Cheltenham, while Black Rock became a separate parish. On August 31st, 1954, Mr. Ivory resigned his pastorate, but in his retirement rendered useful service to the wider church by such supply work as his health permitted. He died on May 16th, 1962, his wife (who was highly esteemd in their various pastorates) having predeceased him.
Alfred William Ivory was a man of strong convictions, who never wavered in expressing them. In his various Presbyteries he was always prepared to take his share of any committee work, and was faithful in his attendance at all courts of the Church. He could always be relied upon to perform to the utmost any task which he felt to be his duty, and it may truly be said of him that those who knew him best loved him best.
To his surviving relatives the sympathy of the Assembly is extended, with the prayer that the God of all comfort may be their Refuge and their strength.
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