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Memorial Service Held for Harold Yarrington

NEW HAVEN, CT (June 3, 2003) - Memorial services were held last Wednesday (May 28) at the Evangelical Covenant Church of New Haven for Harold Yarrington, a licensed retired Covenant pastor who died on May 21.

The 85-year-old Yarrington had been a longtime pastor at the Evangelical Covenant Church of New Haven, having served there since 1970. He was a busy man during that period. He was a chaplain at the nearby New Haven Community Correctional Center. He also served as director of chaplain services at the Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown for 20 years, according to information provided by the Evangelical Covenant Church's Department of the Ordered Ministry.

Yarrington had begun ministry at Bible Fellowship Church, a Mennonite congregation, in the 1950s. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, whom he married in 2001; a son, Harold Jr., a daughter, Betty Svirsko, and their families.

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