Background
McCarney, Howard John was born on April 11, 1921 in Spiesville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Guy Emory and Ethel (Hamlen) McCarney.
McCarney, Howard John was born on April 11, 1921 in Spiesville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Guy Emory and Ethel (Hamlen) McCarney.
AB, Gettysburg College, 1942. Doctor of Divinity, Gettysburg College, 1962. Bachelor's Degree, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1945.
Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church in American, 1945. Field secretary Luth.Theol. Seminary, 1945-1946; chaplain Gettysburg College, 1946-1950, now trustee.
Pastor Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown, Maryland., 1950-1956, Saint Matthew Luth.Ch., Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1957-1966.
Bishop Central Pennsylvania Synod Lutheran Church American.
Field secretary Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1945—1946. Chaplain Gettysburg College, 1946—1950, trustee. Pastor Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown, Maryland, 1950—1956, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1957—1966.
Bishop Central Pennsylvania Synod Lutheran Church American.
Married Ruth Naomi Sowers, April 7, 1945. Children: Kathryn McCarney Foster, Christine McCarney Gotwalt, Elizabeth.