"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 187, No 20, p 13, Dec. 1, 1969. Rev. Herbert L. Polan, retired Seventh Day Baptist pastor, died Nov. 8, 1969, at the Dearborn Convalescent Center, Dearborn Heights, Mich., where he had been a patient just three days. He had been living for 18 months in Livonia, Mich., in the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Turck, and family. His second wife, the former Ruby Tappan Clarke, had died Sept. 22, 1969, after several months in a nursing home. The funeral was held in Battle Creek, Mich., where he had lived from 1951 till failing health meant leaving their home at 11 Buckeye St. His pastor, Rev. Eugene Fatato, and his son-in-law, Rev. David Clarke, officiated. A memorial service was held in the Milton, Wis., Seventh Day Baptist Church the following day conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Earl Cruzan and Mr. Clarke. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery beside his first wife. Mr. Polan was born March 7, 1883, at Lick Run, Doddridge Co., W. Va., the son of Charles Lewis and Frances Hoult Polan. His parents moved soon afterward to Jackson Center, Ohio, where he was baptized at the age of 12 by the Rev. Willard D. Burdick. His education was delayed 3 1/2 years by helping on the farm while his father was ill. He graduated from Milton College in 1910 on was married on June 21 that same year to Adeline Almira Shaw of Milton. They both taught school and then he continued his education for the ministry at Alfred and Union Theological Seminaries. He served as pastor of Seventh Day Baptist churches at New Market, N. J.; Nortonville, Kans.; North Loup, Nebr.; Brookfield, N. Y.; Verona, N. Y.; and Daytona Beach, Fla. He also acted as pastor of Columbus Quarter Baptist Church, Columbus Community Church, and Bartlett Baptist Church in New York. He served his denomination on several committees and was a member of the Commission in the late 1920's. After his wife died March 19, 1949 he continued as pastor at Verona until the summer of 1951 when he retired and went to Battle Creek, Mich., where he married Ruby T. Clarke, August 1 of that summer. A son, Dighton, lost his life as a navy pilot in 1942 during World War II. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Roy (Nina) Potter of Ft. Myers, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Philip (Muriel) Baber, Keeseville, N. Y., Mrs. David (Frances) Clarke, Alfred, N. Y., Mrs. William (Lura) Turck, Livonia, Mich.; and also by eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild, three stepchildren, eight step grandchildren and five step great-grandchildren. A number of memorial gifts have been received by the family, who suggest that any further gifts be made to Our World Mission, a cause for which Mr. Polan consistently campaigned. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders