Ann Ree Colton
Ann Ree Colton | |
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| Born | Ann Ree Whitaker August 17, 1898 Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | June 28, 1984 (aged 85) Glendale, California, U.S. |
Ann Ree Colton (August 17, 1898 – June 28, 1984) was an American religious figure, co-founder of the Ann Ree Colton Foundation of Niscience, a New Age religious sect described as a cult by its former adherents.[1][2]
Biography
Colton was born in Georgia as Ann Ree Whitaker, the daughter of Emory Achilles Whitaker and Harriet Elizabeth Mitchell. Colton was billed as a "mother-teacher" when she was head of the First Church of Corinthian Brotherhood in Florida in the 1930s and 1940s.[3][4] She was a minister of the Chapel of Jesus Ethic,[5] and with her husband Jonathan Murro founded Niscience in 1953.[1] She published an autobiography, Prophet of the Archangels, recommending meditation and healing techniques, and "dimensional contemplation."[6]
Colton was married several times, first to Alexander Taranko in 1916; they had two daughters, Harriette and Ann.[7] Her usual surname came from a husband named Albert Leo Colton, whom she married in 1936.[8] She married Rudolph Blumberg in 1939;[9] they divorced in 1949.[10] She was married to Llewis Trubey when she spoke at an events in California in the early 1950s.[11][12] She married her last husband, Jonathan Murro, in California in 1953.[13] Murro continued to run their foundation after Colton's death in 1984,[1] until his death by suicide in 1991.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Biedermann, Patricia Ward (November 6, 1992). "Dancer's Movements Express Her Anguish". The Los Angeles Times. p. 771 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Kazmin, Amy Louise (November 14, 1991). "Suicide of Sect Leader". The Los Angeles Times. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Corinthian Topic is Christ-Mass". Tampa Bay Times. December 23, 1939. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Esoteric Classes". Tampa Bay Times. November 16, 1940. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "They Begin Married Life". The Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. April 18, 1969. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Autobiography of Ann Colton will be reviewed". Daily Times-Advocate. May 15, 1968. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "St. Peter's Church is Setting for Mastry-Taranko Wedding". Tampa Bay Times. September 7, 1939. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Decrees Awarded to Two Wives". Tampa Bay Times. April 9, 1939. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marriage License". The Bradenton Herald. May 3, 1939. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Divorces". The Tampa Tribune. March 23, 1949. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. Trubey to Give Talk at Aum Haven". Santa Barbara News-Press. July 22, 1950. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Health Convention Gets Under Way". Santa Barbara News-Press. June 29, 1951. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Licenses to Wed". The Californian. September 9, 1953. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.