Background
Towner, Margaret Ellen was born on March 19, 1925 in Columbia, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Milton Carsley and Dorothy Marie (Schloeman) Towner.
Towner, Margaret Ellen was born on March 19, 1925 in Columbia, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Milton Carsley and Dorothy Marie (Schloeman) Towner.
Bachelor, Carleton College, 1948. Master of Divinity, Union/Auburn Theological Seminary, 1954. Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling, Western Michigan University, 1967.
DDiv (honorary)., Carroll College, 1989.
Director Christian education Takoma Park (Maryland) Presbyterian Church, 1954-1955. Minister of education 1st Presbyterian Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1955-1958, associate pastor Kalamazoo, 1958-1969, Northminster Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, 1970-1972. Executive director Kalamazoo Young Women’s Christian Association, 1969-1970.
Co-pastor Kettle Moraine Parish, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 1973-1990. Pastor emerita Delafield Presbyterian Church, since 2006. Member Christian education and youth committees Western Michigan Presbytery, Southern Michigan Presbytery.
Chair synod school committee Synod of Michigan. Member nominating committee Whitewater Presbytery, Indiana. Member advisory committee discipleship and worship General Assembly Mission Council, commissioner, 1965—1981, vice moderator, 1981—1982, boundries committee, 1983.
Chair Synod of Lakes and Prairies Comprehensive Review Committee. Member council advisors Dubuque Theological Seminary. Vice moderator general assembly Presbyterian Church, 1982.
Records and overtures Peace River Presbyterian Church. Parish associate Siesta Key Chapel, Sarasota, Florida.
President Timberlakes Homeowners Association, Sarasota, 1992-1995, Lakes Maintenance Board, Sarasota, 1994-1996. Chair board of trustees Camp Brainerd, Pennsylvania, 1955-1956. Member School of Faith Committee and Faculty Greater Washington Council of Churches.
Dean, director Council of Churches Leadership Schools, Kalamazoo, member radio-television, C.E. and youth committees, Public school committee. Member community committee United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund;board directors Planned Parenthood. Member inter-agency Executive Committee Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Kalamazoo.
Member Japan International Christian U. Indianapolis Committee. Chair, volunteer chaplain emergency room Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Memorial Hospital of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Member Philanthropic and Educational Organization (guard, historian since 1972), National Association Presbyterian Clergywomen.