Stan Ingersol (right) receives D. I. Vanderpool memorabilia from grandson Daniel (left). (Click View Slideshow for additional photos.)
Vanderpool family donates former general superintendent's memorabilia
Global Ministry Center
Friday, August 3, 2012
Daniel Vanderpool, grandson of General Superintendent Emeritus D. I. Vanderpool, donated some of his grandfather's memorabilia to Nazarene Archives last week. Nazarene Archivist Stan Ingersol received the items on behalf of the general church.
Included among the donated items were:
He passed away in 1988. His funeral was conducted in the Biltmore Church of the Nazarene, Phoenix, Arizona, where he is buried. Vanderpool and his wife, Edith Nelson, who passed away in March 1929, had three sons, Wilford and Crawford, who have passed away, and Ramon, who lives in Nampa, Idaho. They also had a daughter, Ramona McLean, who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Vanderpool later married Emmalyn Whittington.
Daniel has fond memories of his grandfather.
“Granddad traveled a lot when I was a boy, mostly on the train,” he said. “When he and grandmother would stop by for a visit or when we as a family went to visit them, I always remember his big smile. Norman Rockwell could have used him as a model for painting the picture of what a grandfather should look like.”
Daniel explained how D. I. Vanderpool got his name and how the name was passed down.
"Granddad named himself 'Daniel' so he could have three names like all the other preacher boys had in the Bible school he attended after being converted, sanctified, and called to the ministry," he said. "During one of the school breaks, he went home and while there told his father he wanted three names like all the other boys had at the school. His father asked him what he would like to be called, and without hesitation he said Daniel. At school he had been studying Daniel, and he thought that would be a good man to model his life after and so he would like to be named Daniel Isom Vanderpool. His father and mother went with him to the court house in the county where their farm was located and he officially added the name Daniel. Many years later people began calling him D. I. Vanderpool and the name stuck.
"When I was born, my father, Crawford, said he wanted to name me after his father. My mother (bless her heart) said, ‘That's fine, but don't you dare name him Isom.'"
Daniel Vanderpool is the executive pastor at the Olathe, Kansas, College Church of the Nazarene.
Included among the donated items were:
- Numerous handwritten messages and speeches Vanderpool gave at missions and youth conventions
- A three-ring notebook containing handwritten messages from Vanderpool’s ministry
- The tan Stetson hat he wore during most of his travels
- A book of helps for funerals with names of people whose funerals he conducted
- Cassette recordings of his speeches at revivals, camp meetings, and pastors' retreats
- Certificate presented at the 1960 General Assembly making him an honorary Kansas City, Missouri, citizen
He passed away in 1988. His funeral was conducted in the Biltmore Church of the Nazarene, Phoenix, Arizona, where he is buried. Vanderpool and his wife, Edith Nelson, who passed away in March 1929, had three sons, Wilford and Crawford, who have passed away, and Ramon, who lives in Nampa, Idaho. They also had a daughter, Ramona McLean, who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Vanderpool later married Emmalyn Whittington.
Daniel has fond memories of his grandfather.
“Granddad traveled a lot when I was a boy, mostly on the train,” he said. “When he and grandmother would stop by for a visit or when we as a family went to visit them, I always remember his big smile. Norman Rockwell could have used him as a model for painting the picture of what a grandfather should look like.”
Daniel explained how D. I. Vanderpool got his name and how the name was passed down.
"Granddad named himself 'Daniel' so he could have three names like all the other preacher boys had in the Bible school he attended after being converted, sanctified, and called to the ministry," he said. "During one of the school breaks, he went home and while there told his father he wanted three names like all the other boys had at the school. His father asked him what he would like to be called, and without hesitation he said Daniel. At school he had been studying Daniel, and he thought that would be a good man to model his life after and so he would like to be named Daniel Isom Vanderpool. His father and mother went with him to the court house in the county where their farm was located and he officially added the name Daniel. Many years later people began calling him D. I. Vanderpool and the name stuck.
"When I was born, my father, Crawford, said he wanted to name me after his father. My mother (bless her heart) said, ‘That's fine, but don't you dare name him Isom.'"
Daniel Vanderpool is the executive pastor at the Olathe, Kansas, College Church of the Nazarene.