Reverend Theodore Jackson Kitchen, Sr. passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Fairfax Hospital at 98 years old. He was born on January 19,1927 in Criglersville, VA.
In 1953, he went on to Tokyo to start his career as a missionary and professor at Aoyama Gakuin University. A year later, in 1954, Margaret joined him, after finishing her studies and preparations for becoming an English instructor at the Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College. Soon after she arrived, they were united in marriage at Aoyama Gakuin University. Their Mission was sponsored and funded by the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. Margaret’s untimely death in 1979 defined much that came after. After serving as a missionary in Japan for 41 years, he moved back home in 1994 and was able to spend time supporting Oak Grove United Methodist Church [Madison, closed in 2023] and the local community.
In lieu of flowers please donate to United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) https://umcmission.org/ways-to-give/
