Deaths
Anderson, the Rev. Carroll N., 89, Madison, WI; April 6. Calls: Air Force & Air National Guard chaplain; Westchester, Los Angeles; Western region dir. & national dir., Lutheran Ingathering for Education & staff, ALC Commitment to Mission, Minneapolis; Trinity, Madison. From 1980 to 1985 he was chief of chaplains, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Bahe, the Rev. Richard R., 85, Alexandria, MN; May 3. Calls: Trinity & Zion, Rosthern, SK, Canada; Grace, Marshfield, WI; St. John, Tama; Strand, Mar- shalltown, both IA; St. John, Raymond, MN; Our Savior & Evanger (Kenmare), Sherwood; Immanuel, New Leipzig, all ND.
Bringman, the Rev. Dale S., 89, Gettysburg, PA; May 16. Calls: Redeemer, Harrisburg; Grace, State College, both PA; St. Peter’s by the Sea, San Diego.
Cornell, the Rev. Paul M., 87, Lansdale, PA; April 7. Calls: Calvary & field staff, AUG Board of Parish Education & field staff, LCA Board of Parish Edu- cation & field super./dir. of evangelism, LCA Div. for Parish Services, Phila- delphia; St. Matthew, Mt. Jewett; all PA.
Erb, the Rev. Alfred H., 88, Wernersville, PA; May 10. Calls: Salem, Bethel; Trinity, Strausstown; Trinity, Rehrersburg; St. Luke, Shoemakersville; St. John, Leesport, all PA.
Floan, the Rev. Hans S.T., 71, Mt. Horeb, WI; April 18. Calls: Trinity, Sharon; Ottawa, Aneta; Pembina, Pembina, all ND; Bethlehem, Newfolden; Kingo, Fosston, both MN; Trinity, Hawkeye; Hesper & Burr Oak, Decorah, all IA; Perry, Mt. Horeb, WI.
Hattendorf, the Rev. Norbert E., 81, Lafayette, CO; April 22. Calls: asst. prof./instructor, Concordia College & Pilgrim, St. Paul, MN; Grace, Boulder, CO; instructor, Kodaikanal International School, Kodaikanal, India.
Hull, the Rev. Elliott D., 68, Toppenish, WA; April 3. Calls: St. John, Janes- ville, WI; Trinity, Palmer, AK; Trinity, Endicott; Faith, Toppenish; Emmanuel, Reardon; Emmanuel, Walla Walla, all WA.
Inglebret, the Rev. Lyle J., 85, Sioux Falls, SD; April 11. Calls: Crane Creek & Immanuel, Lawler, IA; Bethel, Porter, MN; Our Savior, Flandreau; East Side, Sioux Falls, both SD.
Anniversaries
ELCA congregations observing their founding in 2014 are listed in 25-year increments, beginning with 300 years and ending with 100 years. See also, February and March, page 46: May and June, page 45. Source: ELCA Office of the Secretary.
100 YEARS ARIZONA: Grace, Phoenix.
CALIFORNIA: Bethel, Fresno; Trinity, Hemet; St. Paul, Monterey Park; St. Peter, Santa Ana. COLORADO: St. Paul, Calhan; Messiah Community, Denver. CONNECTICUT: Holy Trinity, Stafford Springs. GEORGIA: Redeemer, Macon. ILLINOIS: Mt. Zion Evangelical, Oak Lawn; St. Luke, Park Ridge. IOWA: St. Paul, La Motte; Immanuel, Ogden. MARYLAND: St. Luke, Baltimore. MASSACHUSETTS: Zion, Worcester. MICHIGAN: Hope, Rhodes. MINNESOTA: Bethlehem, Darfur; First English, Faribault; St. John
Evangelical, Lakeville; Gustavus Adolphus, Minneapolis; Faith, St. Paul. MONTANA: Hinsdale, Hinsdale; Christ, Libby. NEW JERSEY: St. Bartholomew, Trenton; Our Saviour, Stone Harbor.
NEW YORK: St. Philip, Brooklyn; St. Paul Evangelical, East Northport; St. Paul, South Richmond Hill. NORTH CAROLINA: Kimball Memorial, Kannapolis.
NORTH DAKOTA: Zion, Beulah; St. John, Carson; Spring Creek, Wat- ford City. OHIO: St. Mark, Fremont; Olivet, Sylvania; Augsburg Evangelical, Toledo. OKLAHOMA: St. John Evangelical, Shawnee.
PENNSYLVANIA: Christ, Bendersville; St. John, Mt. Wolf; Bethany, Reading.
SOUTH CAROLINA: St. John, Irmo. SOUTH DAKOTA: Trinity, Rapid City. TEXAS: St. John, Bishop; Zion, Houston; St. John, Waller. WASHINGTON: United, Tacoma. WISCONSIN: Shepherd of the Hill, Elk Mound; Bethel, Green Bay; Our Savior, Solon Springs.
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Johnson, the Rev. I. Murray, 89, Sun City, AZ; May 3. Calls: Our Savior, Tolgen, Bethany, Calvary & Bethlehem, Kelliher; First & St. Petri, Stephen; Our Savior, Argyle, all MN; Carlton Hills, Santee; Grace, Rancho Cordova; Immanuel, Fresno, all CA; American, Sun City, AZ.
Pelkonen, the Rev. Peter J., 76, Jacksonville, FL; May 7. Calls: Holy Trinity, Fort Walton Beach, FL; faculty, Hamma School of Theology, Springfield; First, Beach City; Faith, Akron; St. John, Dayton, all OH.
Rasmussen, the Rev. LaVern D., 81, Frederick, MD; April 24. Calls: St. John, Pittsburgh; St. John, Cumberland; tri-district coord. & assistant to the bishop, LCA Maryland Synod; Good Shepherd, Frederick, all MD.
Sease, the Rev. Milas “Mike” III, 64 (ret.), Columbia, SC; April 26. Calls: St. John, Winter Park; Trinity, Jacksonville, both FL; St. Mark, Prosperity; Corinth, Saluda; Resurrection & St. Paul, Columbia; St. Matthew, Lexington, all SC.
Servey, the Rev. James N., 80, Oreland, PA; March 3. Calls: Army chaplain; Ohio View, Beaver; Zion’s First, Ambridge; St. Paul & Zion, Philadelphia, all PA.
Severtson, the Rev. Murley A., 94, Clear Lake, IA; April 15. Calls: Our Sav- ior, Pequot Lakes, MN; Good Shepherd, Rockford, IL; Zion & Zion United, Clear Lake; Trinity, Mason City, all IA; field dir., Tentmakers Inc., Minneapolis.
Sjoberg, the Rev. Merlin O., 81, Pasadena, TX; March 28. Calls: St. John, Ster- ling, NE; St. Stephen, Lancaster; Trinity, Danville; St. Michael, Klingerstown; Graeff, Cairnbrook, all PA.
Smith, the Rev. Rodney J., 56, pastor of New Hope, Jamaica, NY; April 29 of a heart attack.
Thoresen, Ethel M. (AIM), 83, Bloomington, MN; April 22. Calls: staff, ELCA Board of Pensions.
Wolber, the Rev. David A., 87, Key Largo, FL; May 22. Calls: Zion, Sandusky, OH; Nativity & staff, Southeast region, ALC Eastern Dist., Palm Beach Gar- dens, FL; staff, ELCA Mission Partners & rep., ELCA Foundation, Chicago. From 1981 to 1987 he served as bishop of the ALC Southeastern Dist. in Atlanta.
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