Background
Lirely, Stephen W. was born on March 20, 1955 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Ivan Lavelle Lirely and Barbara Marie (Miller) Swinburne.
Lirely, Stephen W. was born on March 20, 1955 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Ivan Lavelle Lirely and Barbara Marie (Miller) Swinburne.
Bachelor, Mackendree College, 1977; Master of Divinity, Christ Seminary, St. Louis, 1984.
Pastor Mulberry Grove (Illinois) United Methodist Church, 1977-1982. Youth pastor St. Paul United Methodist Church, Rosewood Heights, Illinois, 1982-1984. Pastor West Frankfort (Illinois) First United Methodist Church, 1984-1986.
Youth and Christian education pastor East Peoria (Illinois) First United Methodist Church, 1986-1990. Youth and singles pastor Whitefish Bay (Wisconsin) United Methodist Church, since 1990. Board directors Wesley Foundation, Milwaukee, co-chairman Bridgepoint Productions, Inc., O'Dell, Illinois.
Member youth leadership committee, Glendale, Wisconsin, 1991.
Married Joyce Ann Havel, November 26, 1977 (divorced January 1986). Married Ann Elizabeth Watson Hood, July 11, 1987. 1 child, Lara Elizabeth.
Stepchildren: Jill Christine Baxter, Scott Robert Baxter.