Deaths
Bash, the Rev. William H., 87, Hillsboro, OR; Oct. 29. Calls: St. John & St. Paul, Bellevue; St. John, Cardington, all OH; St. John & Genesee Valley, Gen- esee, ID; Wilbur, Wilbur, WA; Emanuel, Cornelius, OR.
Bauermeister, the Rev. Jeannette H., 82, Ballwin, MO; Nov. 2. Calls: vice pres. for administration, Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis and Chicago; area rep. (MO, AR, KS, OK), ELCA Foundation.
Blair, the Rev. Ralph E., 85, Greenville, PA; Oct. 31. Calls: Grace, Steuben- ville, OH; St. Paul, Cambridge Springs; Ohio View, Beaver; St. James, Christ/ Mt. Zion & Laurel Trinity, Jennerstown; Resurrection, Oakdale; Holy Cross, St. John & New Hope, Spring Mills, all PA.
Boye, the Rev. Richard E., 86, Devon, PA; Oct. 25. Calls: Amity (now Good Shepherd), Lena; Trinity, Carthage, both IL; Good Shepherd, Southampton, PA; St. Mark, Charlotte, NC; Elim, Minneapolis.
Bredeson, the Rev. Van, 54, pastor of Christ, Somerset, WI; Oct. 30 of a brain aneurism. Calls: Bethany, Rice Lake; Bethel, Hudson, both WI.
Cubbon, the Rev. Arthur E. Jr., 60, pastor of St. Stephen, Stow, OH; Nov. 8 of a heart attack. Call: Shepherd of the Hills, Haymaker, VA.
Docken, the Rev. L. Donald, 91, St. Paul, MN; Nov. 5. Calls: Trinity, Phila- delphia; Emmons & Lime Creek, Emmons, MN; St. John, Janesville; Bethel, Hudson, both WI.
Elhard, the Rev. Paul L., 59 (on disability leave), Logan, OH; Nov. 12. Calls: Friedens, Covington; chaplain, Children’s Hospital, Columbus; St. Matthew, Logan, all OH.
Epting, the Rev. Eugene L. Jr., 85, Savannah, GA; Oct. 23. Calls: St. Paul, Mt. Pleasant, SC; Advent, Doraville; St. James, Brunswick; St. John, Rincon; St. Luke, Thunderbolt, all GA; Peace, Memphis, TN; pastor/counselor, Luther- idge Camp and Conference Center, Arden, NC.
Fagre, the Rev. Ivan B., 90, Middleton, WI; Oct. 26. Calls: missionary & faculty, Luther Seminary, Tokyo; staff, Lutheran Council in the USA serving St. Paul, MN & NY; staff, LWF USA National Committee; Bavarian Lutheran Church, Berchtesgaden, Germany; candidate sec., ALC Div. for World Mis- sion & Inter-church Cooperation, Minneapolis; faculty, St. Olaf College, Northfield, both MN.
Gahl, the Rev. Enno O., 104, Westlake, OH; Nov. 7. Calls: St. Paul, Chicago; Gethsemane, Columbus, OH.
Gangsei, the Rev. Philip A., 86, Scottsdale, AZ; Oct. 22. Calls: Faith, St. Charles, MN; Prince of Peace, Shepherd of the Valley & La Casa de Cristo, Phoenix; Hope, San Mateo, CA.
Hampton, the Rev. William R., 79, pastor of Hope, Mojave, CA; Nov. 12 (cause not reported to synod). Calls: Navy chaplain; First, Pomona, CA.
Hannemann, the Rev. Eugene P., 90, Thousand Oaks, CA; Nov. 4. Calls: Air Force chaplain; Bethel, Santa Maria; Grace, King City; Holy Cross, Ojai, all CA.
Hansing, the Rev. Marlyn D., 93, Bloomington, MN; Nov. 12. Calls: Westby & Comertown, Westby; American, Harlowton; Grace, Barber, all MT; Faith, Hoyt Lakes, MN; Our Savior, Radcliffe; St. John, Waukon; Bethany, Kelley, all IA.
Harr, the Rev. David P., 61 (on disability leave), Chandler, AZ; Oct. 25. Calls: Grace, Snyder; First, EL Campo; St. James, Ganado, all TX; Epiphany, Apache Junction, AZ.
Jackson, the Rev. Diane C., 68, Ivins, UT; Oct. 28. Calls: Holy Cross, Hern- don; Redeemer, Pearisburg, both VA; Peace, Waldorf, MD; Lutheran Memo- rial, Pierre, SD.
Jensen, the Rev. Richard A., 80, Lakeville, Minn., Nov. 19. Calls: mission- ary to Ethiopia; chaplain/faculty, Dana College, Blair, NE; faculty, Wartburg Sem., Dubuque, IA; faculty, Luther Sem., St. Paul, MN; dir. & host, ALC & ELCA Lutheran Vespers radio program; prof. of homiletics, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (see page 12).
Karsten, the Rev. Robert E., 84, Columbus, OH; Nov. 12. Calls: Trinity, Estherville, IA; St. Mark, Kansas City, MO; Pleasant View, Indianapolis; chap- lain, Wittenberg Univ., Springfield; provost, Capital Univ., Columbus, both OH; vice pres./dean, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.
Kershner, Georgie J. (AIM), 93, Detroit Lakes, MN; Oct. 11. Calls: parish ed., First, Detroit Lakes; Good Shepherd, Edina; Bethlehem, Fergus Falls, all MN.
Laeger-Hagemeister, the Rev. Jeffrey G., 58 (on disability leave), Albert Lea, MN; Oct. 3. Calls: Shepherd of the Hills, Karthaus; Messiah, St. Peter & St. Paul, Halifax; Trinity, Mt. Joy, all PA; Medo, Mapleton; chaplain, St. John’s Lutheran Community, Albert Lea, both MN.
Miller, the Rev. Earlean, 78, Chicago; Nov. 10. Calls: Prince of Peace, Greensboro, NC; Calvary, Minneapolis; St. Paul, Chicago; Hope, Columbus, OH. In 1979 she became the first African-American woman ordained by the Lutheran church (LCA).
Norem, the Rev. Harlan M., 90, Sioux Falls, SD; Oct. 3. Calls: First, Duluth; senior higher ed. dir., ALC Parish Ed. & staff, Agora Inc., Minneapolis; Grace, Bloomington, all MN; Faith, Bismarck, ND; campus pastor & dean, Augus- tana Academy, Canton, SD.
Olson, the Rev. Albert S., 97, Amery, WI; Nov. 7. Calls: missionary to China & Taiwan; Ballard, Seattle; Barronett & Timberland, Barronett; Heart Lake, Shell Lake; East Immanuel, Amery; Little Falls, Deronda; Trinity & St. John, Birnamwood, all WI.
Palmquist, the Rev. Keith S., 82, Abilene, TX; Oct. 17. Calls: Immanuel, Sioux City, IA; St. Mark, Point Comfort; Augustana, Houston; Christ the Ser- vant, Denton; Peace, Vernon; Faith, Wichita Falls, all TX.
Patchen, Sister Virginia A., 70, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Oct. 21. Calls: vice principal/teacher, Ft. Richmond (later named Ephiphany) Nursery School, Winnipeg.
Peterson, the Rev. Eldred R., 89, Chippewa Falls, WI; Oct. 15. Calls: Ber- gen, Plato, MN; Grace, Chicago; Bethel, Hawkins; Bethany, Catawba; First, Ingram; Mt. Calvary, Trempealeau; Tamarack, Arcadia; East Lemonweir, Our Savior & Peace, Elroy; North Coon Prairie & Portland, Cashton; Brush Creek, Ontario; Fish Creek Ridge, Rockland; Wiota South, Wayne, all WI.
Pounder, the Rev. Sadie, 68, chaplain of the State Correctional Inst., Camp Hill, PA; Oct. 25 of cancer. Calls: mental health counselor, Adams Co. Prison; Holy Trinity, Lancaster, both PA.
Schmidt, the Rev. Frederick J., 65, Olathe, KS; Oct. 16. Calls: Immanuel, Cairo; St. Paul, Chicago, both IL; Our Redeemer, Omaha, NE; interim minis- tries in KS & MO.
Schmidt, the Rev. John M., 77, Colorado Springs, CO; Nov. 4. Calls: Mt. of the Holy Cross, Vail; Bethany, Colorado Springs, both CO.
Schneiter, the Rev. John F., 87, Knoxville, TN; Oct. 9. Calls: Faith, Lexington; St. Matthew, Paducah; both KY; Resurrection-St. Peter Parish, Madison, IN & Milton, KY.; Trinity, Jackson, MS.
Senft, the Rev. Roderic N., 98, Chambersbur g, PA; Nov. 10. Calls: Plum Creek, Snydertown; Fayetteville, Fayetteville; dir., Camp Sequanota & Christ & Mt. Zion, Jennerstown; First, New Oxford, all PA.
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