Deaths
Ballantine, the Rev. John O., 87, Selinsgrove, PA; April 20. Calls: Air Force chaplain; Christ, Stouchsburg; Altalaha, Rehrersburg; Trinity & Grace, Point Township; Trinity, Cowan; interim, Salem, Selinsgrove, all PA.
Baucom, the Rev. Michael R., 68, Green Bay, WI; April 11. Calls: Christ, Sedalia, MO; McFarland, McFarland; chaplain, Mercy Medical Center, Osh- kosh; Trinity, Green Bay, all WI.
Christensen, the Rev. Merton E.L., 83, Billings, MT; April 2. Calls: Air Force chaplain; Bethlehem, Alvarado; Kongsvinger, Oslo, both MN; Concordia, Superior, WI; Richland, Walcott; Our Savior, Colfax; St. Paul Ojibwa, Belcourt, all ND; First American, Hardin, MT.
Collard, the Rev. Ernest W., 86, East Wenatchee, WA; March 28. Calls: Good Hope, Gifford, ID; Peace, Tacoma; Our Savior, Issaquah; St. Paul, Quincy; Zion, Fairfield; asst. chaplain, American Lake VA Hospital, Lakewood, all WA.
Fish, the Rev. Peter D., 82, Cherry Hill, NJ; March 29. Calls: St. Michael, Cherry Hill; St. Luke, W. Collingswood, both NJ; dir. of counseling, Lutheran Counseling and Family Services, Philadelphia.
Grant, the Rev. Theodore S., 86, Hicksville, NY; April 16. Calls: Epiphany, Laurelton; St. Luke, Woodhaven (Long Island); Redeemer & Parkway Com- munity, Hicksville, all NY.
Hunteman, the Rev. Paul R., 92, Winter Haven, FL; April 19. Calls: St. Paul, Frankfort; Second English, Richmond; Our Saviour, Princeton; St. Mark, Uniondale; St. Paul, Bluffton; Eberhard, Columbia City, all IN; St. Matthew, Paducah, KY.
Javorsky, the Rev. Joseph, 39 (on leave from call), Lake Placid, FL; April 1. Call: St. Mark, St. Paul, NE.
Kepley, the Rev. Robert J., 78, Raleigh, NC; March 31. Call: St. Philip, Raleigh.
Muedeking, the Rev. George H., 98, Albuquerque, NM; April 20. Calls: Holy Trinity, Long Beach; First, Fullerton; Mission, La Habra; Christ, El Cerrito; prof. of theology, Pacific Lutheran Theological Sem., Berkeley, all CA. From 1965 to 1978 he served as editor of The Lutheran Standard, the national magazine of the former ALC. From 1979 until his retirement in 1980 he was a roving editor for Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis.
Myhrwold, the Rev. Arvid C., 92, Minneapolis; March 31. Calls: Midland, Trinity, Immanuel & Deep Creek, Midland, SD; Our Savior & Longwood Emmanuel, Greenwood; New Hope, Downsville; Little Elk Creek, Meno- monie; Fagerness, First & Zion, Blair, all WI.
Pettinger, the Rev. Roger W., 80, Pullman, WA; April 14. Calls: Christ the King, Durango, CO; Christ, Sante Fe, NM; campus pastor, Washington State Univ., Pullman.
Phillips, the Rev. Stanley M., 77, Jonestown, PA; April 21. Call: St. John, Williamstown, NJ.
Preisinger, the Rev. Arthur A., 80, Houston; March 11. Calls: Christ, Elk City; Good Shepherd, Midwest City, both OK; Air Force Reserves chaplain; cam- pus pastor, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock; prof., Dept. of Theology and Philoso- phy & Dept. of History, Texas Lutheran Univ., Seguin; dir., Lutheran Inst. for Religious Studies for three ELCA synods, all TX.
Strege, the Rev. Paul H., 85, Creve Coeur, MO; March 30. Calls: missionary to Japan; East Asia sec., LCMS Board for Missions & project dir., Partners in Mission (now International Partners in Mission), St. Louis.
Strieter, the Rev. Thomas W., 80, Forest Park, IL; April 17. Calls: St. Peter, Portage, IN; teacher, religion & music, Lutheran High School, Racine, WI; asst. prof. of theology, Concordia College, River Forest; Grace, Glen Ellyn; Zion, Tinley Park; Trinity & adjunct prof., Mundelein College, Loyola Univ., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, St. Xavier Univ. & Lutheran Diacon-
ate program, Chicago, all IL.
Watrous, the Rev. Harold A., 66, Sioux Falls, SD; March 27. Calls: St. John, Poplar; Zion & Our Savior, Brockton; Malta, Malta; Dodson, Dodson; White- water, Whitewater; Loring, Loring, all MT; Faith, New Effington; Our Savior, Veblen; First, Claire City, all SD.
Wolf, the Rev. Jesse E., 91, Kingsport, TN; March 24. Calls: Glasgow- Blandbury Parish, Glasgow; Grace, Sudbury; Salem, Jacobus; Laurel-Trinity, Jennerstown, all PA.
Vierow, the Rev. Duain W., 79, Lady Lake, FL; April 9. Calls: missionary to Malaysia; world mission coord., LCA Minnesota Synod & Upper Midwest; Christ the Servant & Our Redeemer, St. Paul, all MN.
Anniversaries
ELCA congregations observing their founding in 2014 are listed in 25-year increments, beginning with 300 years and ending with 100 years. Additional listings will appear in future issues. See also, February and March, page 46: May, page 45. Source: ELCA Office of the Secretary.
125 YEARS
NEBRASKA: St. Paul, Diller; Zion, Newman Grove; Grace & Cristo Rey, Omaha; Immanuel, Rushville; First, Wilber. NEW JERSEY: Trinity, Dover; St. John the Baptist, Hoboken. NEW YORK: St. Jacobi, Brooklyn; Redeemer, Binghamton.
NORTH CAROLINA: Ebenezer, Catawba; St. John, Lenoir; St. Luke, Monroe.
NORTH DAKOTA: Concordia, Fessenden; St. Paul, Hazen; Trinity, Marchon; Milton, Milton; Our Saviour, Park River; Valle, Rolette; Walcott, Walcott.
OHIO: Bethel, Boardman; Christ Evangelical, Bowling Green; St. John, Deshler.
OREGON: St. Paul, Portland.
PENNSYLVANIA: Zion, Akron; Zion, Everett; St. John, Ford City; St. Paul Evangelical, Johnstown; St. Paul, Ligonier; Evangelical, Reedsville; Trinity, Verona; Holy Trinity, Wallingford; St. Matthew Evangelical, York.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Mount Hermon, Peak.
SOUTH DAKOTA: Bethesda, Bristol; Zion, Eureka; Hudson, Hudson; Trinity, Revillo; Trinity, Tea. TENNESSEE: St. John, Knoxville. TEXAS: St. John, Gatesville; Immanuel, Killeen; St. John, Marchon. UTAH: Elim, Ogden. VIRGINIA: Bethel, Manassas. WASHINGTON: Kent, Kent. WEST VIRIGNIA: Mount Olive, Moorefield.
WISCONSIN: Our Savior, Beldenville; Nathaniel, Bruce; Immanuel, Milwaukee; First, New Richmond; Immanuel, Pepin; Emmanuel, Racine; Christ, Somerset; Our Savior, Stanley; Wilson, Wilson.
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