Raymond F. (Fred) Kinne 12715 Fairview Road Heath, OH 43056 740-323-5772 fredkinne@aol.com
Spouse:
Abby Jean Wiggins Kinne (deceased 11/30/11)
Children:
Raymond Frederic (Rick) Kinne (deceased), Abby Rene Flowers, Stephanie Christian Kinne, Heather Daniel Henry, Matthew Scott Kinne
Grandchildren:
Ray Kinne; Dani and Ryan Flowers; Nicholas, Michael and
After completing my sophomore year at Otterbein I returned to my home town (Syracuse, NY), met my incredible wife, and completed my undergraduate degree in June, 1969. Upon graduation, I was employed by The Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company as their upstate New York sales representative (college textbooks). After three successful years, I was asked to move to Columbus, OH, as an elementary education textbook editor. After nine years, there was a downsizing and my position was eliminated. I took my severance pay and started a general bookstore in Circleville, OH. At this time I experienced a call into pastoral ministry, sold the store, was assigned a four point charge in Logan, OH, and started attending Methesco in Delaware, OH. In my third year at Methesco, we were moved to Raymond OH. (A one point charge, yippee!). I served the Raymond UMC for 9 years. While there, I completed my studies at Methesco and was ordained. We were eventually moved to the West Jefferson UMC where we served for 14 years. I am now retired and serving a small United Methodist congregation part-time, Pleasant Chapel UMC in Newark, OH. I want to say a couple of words about my incredible wife, Abby. When I met her she was a freshman student at Syracuse University. It was one of those love at first sight things and several months later we were married. I became a part-time student and worked in the student bookstore. She finished her first year and quit school to have our son, Rick. He was a beautiful baby (as they all are, right?) but she did not like the procedures in the hospital. We began to look at alternatives and discovered home birth. To make a long story short we had five children and I "caught" the last two in our own home. Between child four and five we moved from upstate New York to Worthington, OH. We made a movie of delivery of our last child and because we were in contact with other couples who wanted a better birth experience, we showed the video. This eventually led Abby into being a midwife. This became her career and as of her death she had helped deliver over 1,000 babies in Ohio. She became the first Certified Professional Midwife in the country. And she had the opportunity to train many other midwives. I am very proud of all she accomplished. I think that is all. I now live on 67 acres of woods with my daughter and three grandsons, serve the Pleasant Chapel UMC and do a variety of volunteer work.