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Aller, the Rev. Edward R., 72, Grosse Ile, MI; April 30. Call: St. Thomas, Grosse Ile.
Almen, the Rev. Louis T., 88, Oviedo, FL; June 3. Calls: Bartholomew, Eliza- beth; prof., Upsala College, East Orange, both NJ; religion prof., Augustana College, Rock Island; Messiah, Port Byron, both IL; exec. sec., LCA Board of College Education and Church Vocations; exec. dir., LCA Division for Profes- sional Leadership; pres., Thiel College, Greenville, PA.
Andersen, the Rev. Stanley B., 90, San Jose, CA; April 27. Calls: St. John Colonial Chapel, Duluth; Trinity & Silver Creek, Monticello; Saron, Big Lake, all MN; Bethlehem, Temple City; Concordia, Kingsburg; Prince of Peace, Saratoga; St. Paul, Santa Monica; St. Timothy, San Jose, all CA.
Barnes, the Rev. Allen S., 74, Fresno, CA; June 14. Calls: Redeemer, Ben- nington, VT; Trinity, Westbrook, ME.
Bentley, the Rev. Elder, 86, St. Paul, MN; May 26. Calls: Our Savior & West Prairie, Leland; Good Shepherd, Des Moines, all IA; Bricelyn, Bricelyn; Immanuel, St. Paul, both MN.
Beausang, the Rev. Holmes C., 77, Melbourne, FL; June 1. Calls: St. John, Easton, PA; St. Timothy, Melbourne; Messiah, Cocoa, both FL.
Brown, the Rev. Gerald F., 81, Washington, IA; May 8. Calls: Hope, St. Paul; St. Paul, Harmony; St. Matthew, Granger; Bethlehem, Myrtle, all MN; Trinity, Malcom; St. John, Tama, both IA.
Evans, the Rev. George W., 80, St. Michaels, MD; June 10. Calls: Trinity, Avis; Garman/Grace, Jersey Shore; St. Stephen, Lancaster; Christ, York; Atonement, Wyomissing, all PA; Navy chaplain; Redeemer, McLean, VA.
Evenson, the Rev. Richard V., 62 (disability leave), Medical Lake, WA; May 31. Calls: Hope, Heppner; Valby, Ione, both OR; Shepherd of the Valley, Afton, MN; Good Shepherd, Spokane Valley, WA.
Falk, the Rev. Philip L., 86, Seven Bays, WA; May 21. Calls: Our Savior, Austin, MN; Emmanuel, Reardan, WA.
Frederick, the Rev. L. Edward, 63, pastor of St. Phillip, Hastings, MN; June 1 of cancer. Calls: Peace, Akron; New Hope, Yuma; St. Paul, Canon City, all CO; Prince of Peace, Casper, WY.
Heggem, the Rev. Warren L., 90, Fargo, ND; May 28. Calls: Bethlehem, Minneapolis; Oak Knoll, Minnetonka, both MN; Trinity, San Francisco; Martin Luther, Youngstown; develop. dir., Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Home, Niles, both OH; develop. dir., Lutheran development, ALC Eastern ND District.
Hlatshwayo, the Rev. Kathy F., 65, pastor of Grace, Washington, DC; June 20 of cancer. Calls: Gethsemane, Port Allegany; Trinity, Smethport, both PA; Bethany, Forestville, MD; Peace, Alexandria, VA.
Hohenstein, the Rev. Herbert E., 85, Ballwin, MO; June 9. Calls: instruc- tor, Concordia Lutheran Sem., Clayton; Luther Memorial, Richmond Heights; Unity, Bel-Nor, all MO; Faith, Inglewood, CA.
Holmin, the Rev. Ralph W., 89, Toms River, NJ; May 24. Calls: Lebanon, West New York; faculty & dean of faculty, Lutheran College Bible Inst., Teaneck; Cape May, Cape May; Trinity, Runnemede; Holy Cross, Toms River, all NJ; faculty, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Kaylor, the Rev. Ray B., 75, Gastonia, NC; June 4. Calls: Immanuel, Blount- ville; St. Paul, Maryville, both TN; Redeemer, Gastonia, NC.
Keemss, the Rev. Ulrich M., 75, Nutley, NJ; June 2. Calls: St. Michael, Phila- delphia; St. John, Passaic, NJ.
Kruger, the Rev. Robert L., 78, Rock Island, IL; June 14. Calls: Grace, Way- zata; East Union, Carver; both MN.
Loberger, the Rev. Diane K., 57, pastor of St. Peter, Sheboygan, WI; April 7 of cancer. Calls: Our Savior, Vero Beach; All Saints, Tamarac, both FL.
Olson, the Rev. Merville L., 77, Bozeman, MT; June 13. Calls: First, Lam- bert; American, Richey; Malta, Malta; Atonement, Billings; chaplain/dir., Christian ministry, Yellowstone National Park, all MT.
Pickering, the Rev. Eldon L., 75, Renton, WA; June 8. Calls: Resurrection, Portland, OR; Bethlehem, Sedro Woolley; faculty, Lutheran Bible Institute, Issaquah; chaplain, Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care of St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, all WA; Christ the King, Bozeman, MT.
Robertson, the Rev. Charles A.S., 81, Debary, FL; June 2. Calls: mission developer, ULCA Board of American Mission, Richmond; Nativity, Alexandria, both VA; missionary to Lima, Peru; mission developer, Hispanic ministry, LCA Div. for Mission in N. America, Washington, DC; St. Peter & St. Mark, Miami.
Shupp Saxe, the Rev. Joanne, 83, Cape May Court House, NJ; May 23. Calls: Bethlehem, Dorothy; chaplain, Lutheran Home at Ocean View, Ocean View, both NJ.
Springer, the Rev. Charles R. Jr., 87, Burlington, NC; June 13. Calls: mis- sionary to India; Christ, Toledo; First, Lorain; Trinity, Dayton, all OH.
Sucher, the Rev. Melvin R., 93, Perham, MN; June 8. Calls: Bear River, Bear River; Silverdale, Gheen; Celina, Togo; Our Savior & McCrea, Warren; Melo, Angus; Our Redeemer, Benson; North Prairie, Lanesboro; Pilot Mound, Chat- field; Central Freeborn & North Freeborn, Clarks Grove, all MN.
Zeckser, the Rev. Clifford A., 67, Venice, FL; June 14. Calls: Shepherd of the Hills, Montpelier, VT; St. John, Palatka; Our Savior, Nokomis, both FL.
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Upper Susquehanna, June 20-21, Selinsgrove, Pa. (
www.uss-
elca.org). Participants collected $1,000 for the synod’s new Fund for Leaders after Bishop Robert L. Driesen challenged them to raise at least $200 and he would do a dance to be posted on the synod’s website. After a two-year study pro- cess, the assembly voted to call for all environmental and public health exemptions on shale gas and oil drilling and its related processes to be repealed and all processes related to the same be subject to the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. —Chad Hershberger
Metropolitan Washington, D.C., June 21, Fairfax, Va. (www.
metrodcelca.org/events/synod-assembly). “How many of you are here for the first time?” asked Bishop Richard H. Graham—more than a third in the church raised a hand. When the synod tried a one-day assembly in a biennial rota- tion with the more traditional multiday, conference-venue event, it was hoped the lower cost and reduced time com- mitment would pull voting members from a larger pool from congregations. It worked. Fresh questions, new volunteers, and idea affirmation and introduction seemed to mark the assembly. As Phil Hirsch, director for evangelical mission and assistant to the bishop, put it when discussing grow- ing congregations: the forest requires saplings. —Karen Krueger
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