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=====Kenneth Gombert=====
Captain **Kenneth V. Gombert**.

^Captain Kenneth Gombert||
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^Rank|Captain|
^Birth Date|January 21, 1919|
^Death Date|May 4, 1997|
^Relations|[[Helen Williamson Gombert|Captain Helen Gombert (wife)]]|

====Appointments====
^Appointment^Rank^From^Until^
|Envoy in Charge - Tunkhannock Corps|Envoy| | |
|Cadet - [[College for Officers Training - Eastern Territory]]|Cadet|1941|1942|
|Corps Officer - [[Lewistown PA|Lewistown, Pennsylvania]]|Captain|1942|1944|

====Students Honored====
Kenneth and Helen Gombert are to leave for the Salvation Army's Training College in New York City and a farewell service was held in their honor last evening at Salvation Army Citadel. Both young people graduated from West Pittston High School.

//Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, September 8, 1941//

====Get Commissions In Salvation Army====
Mr. and Mrs. George Gombert of 717 Wyoming avenue, West Pittston, have returned from New York after attending the commissioning of their son, Cadet Kenneth Gombert and his wife, the former Helen Williamson, in the Salvation Army.
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They received the commissions of probationary captains and will be in command of the Salvation Army Corps at [[Lewistown PA|Lewistown, Pa]]. Previous to training at the Salvation Army College, New York, Mr. and Mrs. Gombert were in command of the Tunkhannock Corps in the capacity of envoy.
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The newly appointed officers will spend a vacation with local relatives before assuming their duties at Lewistown.

//Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, June 24, 1942//

====Rev. Kenneth Gombert Accepts New Charge====
Rev. Kenneth V. Gombert, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church for two and a half years, has accepted pastorate of the Methodist Church in Taylor, effective September 1.
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Rev. Mr. Gombert is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George I. Gombert of Wyoming Avenue, West Pittston. He was graduated from Pittston High School and was engaged in Salvation Army work for several years before entering the Methodist ministry. He was graduated from Juanita College, Huntingdon, attended Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was graduated in June from the Evangelical School of Theology in Reading.
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Rev. Mr. Gombert is married to the former Helen M. Williamson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Williamson, Franklin Street, West Pittston. They have one son, Kenneth, Jr.

//The Times Leader, August 7, 1950//
====External====
  * [[https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilkes-barre-times-leader-the-evening-n/15766778/|Students Honored]]
  * [[https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilkes-barre-times-leader-the-evening-n/15766858/|Get Commissions In Salvation Army]]
  * [[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-leader-rev-kenneth-v-gombert/42390906/|Rev. Kenneth Gombert Accepts New Charge]]
  * [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43697871/kenneth-v-gombert|Find a Grave]]
  * Private Collection of [[Andrew Peters]]