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Uldine Utley

1912 – 1995

Twentieth-century child evangelist

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About Uldine Utley

Lived 1912 – 1995 (aged 83). Uldine Utley was an American preacher.

Uldine Mabelle Utley (March 16, 1912 – October 31, 1995) was an American Pentecostal child preacher.

Early life Utley was born in Durant, Oklahoma, the daughter of Azle Herbert Utley and Hattie Ellen Bray Utley. Her father was an electrician, and a farmer and postmaster while the family lived in Colorado. Within two years Utley was preaching across the United States, and at the age of fourteen she preached to a crowd of 14,000 people at Madison Square Garden. During Utley's appearances at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, during a heatwave, her program was promoted as having "cooled air" and comfortable seats.

In 1935, she was ordained by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Utley was called "the Joan of Arc of the modern religious world". and, as a young woman, "the ingenue of evangelism"

Later life She married salesman Wilbur Eugene Langkop in 1938. Uldine was committed to a mental hospital shortly after her marriage, and they eventually divorced. Utley spent the rest of her life in and out of mental institutions. She died in 1995, at the age of 83, in San Bernardino, California. A biography of Utley was published in 2016.

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Who was Uldine Utley?

Twentieth-century child evangelist

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Uldine Utley was born on 16 March 1912 in Durant.

When did Uldine Utley die?

Uldine Utley died on 31 October 1995.

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Uldine Utley was a preacher.

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Uldine Utley was American.

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· Wikipedia: Uldine Utley

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