Deaths


Aaseng, Helen J. (AIM), 95, Los Angeles; Jan. 17. Call: teacher, Salem Lutheran School, Glendale, CA.


Asplund, the Rev. Lowell, 73, pastor of First, Butterfield & Bethlehem, Dar- fur, MN; Feb. 6 in a car accident. Calls: Our Savior, Brewster, KS; Martin Luther, Auburn, NE; Good Shepherd, Lake Wilson; American & Rock Valley, Echo; Long Lake, St. James; all MN.


Becker, the Rev. Arthur H., 94, Alameda, CA; Jan. 23. Calls: Christ, Walla Walla; exec. asst., Assoc. Lutheran Welfare, Seattle, both WA; Friendly, Rich- mond, CA; assoc. exec., Lutheran Welfare Society, Fargo, ND; resettlement dir., NLC, Avon; Bethany, Boston, both MA; faculty, Trinity Lutheran Sem., Columbus, OH.


Bidne, the Rev. Arvid E., 90, North Oaks, MN; Jan. 24. Calls: Grace, Sioux Falls, SD; Morningside, Sioux City, IA; Paynesville, Paynesville; asst. dir. of stewardship, ALC, Minneapolis; First, Albert Lea; dir. of development, Luther Sem., St. Paul, all MN.


Bohn, the Rev. Donald M., 82, Greencastle, PA; Feb. 18. Calls: Centerville, Newville; Grace, York; Evangelical, Greencastle, all PA.


Braughler, the Rev. John T., 93, Upper St. Clair, PA; Feb. 13. Calls: Emman- uel, Etna; Good Shepherd, Monroeville; First, Pittsburgh, all PA.


Dietrich, the Rev. Helmut T., 90, Orange City, FL; Jan. 25. Calls: Redeemer, Lawrence, MA; Zion, Brooklyn; Good Shepherd, Rochester; First, Pough- keepsie, all NY.


Halvorsen, the Rev. Richard E., 79, Fresno, CA; Feb. 19. Calls: St. James, Peoria, IL; mission developer, LCA Board of American Missions, McKinney, TX; Army chaplain; chaplain, Fresno Veterans Administration Medical Cen- ter, Fresno.


Hansen, the Rev. Thorvald C., 98, Des Moines, IA; Jan. 27. Calls: Danish, Alden, MN; St. John & asst. prof., Grand View College; Des Moines; both IA; welfare work, State of Iowa; St. John, Cozad, NE; Our Savior, Viborg & Trinity, Gayville, SD.


Hanson, the Rev. Duane E., 72, Middleton, WI; Feb. 24. Call: dir., Bethel Horizons Bible Camp, Madison, WI.


Nelson, the Rev. Vernon A., 92, Bemidji, MN; Feb. 20. Calls: Hope, Dixon, IA; Bethel, Bemidji; Bethel & Salem, Turtle River; First, Hines, all MN.


Nimal, the Rev. Dorothy M., 65, Richmond, VA; Jan. 27. Calls: St. Paul, Anniversaries


ELCA congregations observing their founding in 2015 are listed in 25-year increments, beginning with 300 years and ending with 100 years. Additional listings will appear in future issues. Source: ELCA Office of the Secretary.


225 years


PENNSYLVANIA: Messiah, Elliottsburg; St. John, Hamburg; St. John, McClure; Zion’s Stone Church of West Penn Twp., New Ringgold; Messiah, Osterburg; Zion & Sharon, Selinsgrove. VIRGINIA: St. Peter, Churchville; Reformation, New Market.


200 years OHIO: Jerusalem, Columbiana; St. Jacob, Massillon; Salem Evangelical of Ellerton, Miamisburg. PENNSYLVANIA: St. Peter, Pine Grove. VIRGINIA: St. Mark, Buchanan.


175 years ALASKA: Sitka, Sitka. NEW YORK: Evangelical, Raymertown; Evangelical, Redwood. NORTH CAROLINA: St. Paul, Statesville. OHIO: First, Bellefontaine; Nazareth, Chatfield; St. John, Crestline; Eman- uel, Logan; Clay Memorial, Mansfield; First, Plymouth; St. John, Racine; St. John, Sidney; Zion, Wooster. PENNSYLVANIA: Bethlehem, Bendersville; New Jerusalem, Fleetwood; New Hope Evangelical, Freedom; Laurel Trinity, Jennerstown; Jerusalem, Lititz; St. Peter, Luthersburg; Emmanuel (Heilman), Kittanning; Mount Carmel, Meyersdale; St. Paul, Pottsville; Trinity, Shamokin; Zion, Zionhill. SOUTH CAROLINA: St. Matthew, Charleston; St. James, Newberry.


Continued on page 46 April 2015 45 Shenandoah; St. Luke, Richmond, both VA.


Nygaard, the Rev. Gerhard J., 90, Northfield, MN; Jan. 23. Calls: Trinity, Red Deer, AB, Canada; First & Laketown, Cushing; St. Peter, Luck, both WI; admin./chaplain, Sunset Nursing Home, Bowman, ND; admin., Northfield Retirement Community & Northfield Manor.


Peterson, Barbara A. (diaconal minister), 58, congregational life minister, Zumbro, Rochester; Feb. 20 of cancer. Calls: First, Blooming Prairie; Grace, Waseca, both MN.


Reitan, the Rev. John R., 94, Tacoma, WA; Dec. 26. Calls: Oak Knoll, Min- neapolis; Richland, Richland; St. Mark, Tacoma, both WA; Shepherd of the Valley, Boise, ID; Our Savior, East Mesa, AZ.


Riethmiller, the Rev. Robert R., 91, Zelienople, PA; Feb. 2. Calls: Trinity, McKean; Faith, Pittsburgh; Trinity, Latrobe, all PA; St. Mark, Clarksburg, WV.


Roose, Carol E. (AIM), 82, Berea, OH; Feb. 2. Call: parish sec., St. Paul, Berea.


Sandquist, the Rev. John G., 86, Lago Vista, TX; Jan. 14. Calls: Advent, Citrus Heights, CA; Bethany, Dallas; asst. to the pres., LCA Texas-Louisiana Synod; Kent Memorial, Sunrise Beach, MO; Bethlehem, WaKeeney, KS.


Schroeder, David L. (AIM), 66, faculty, Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ.; Jan. 28 of an apparent heart attack. Call: Living Christ, Luther, OK.


Shaull, the Rev. Robert K., 88, Easton, MD; Jan. 11. Calls: Trinity, Arendts- ville; St. John, Catawissa; St. James, Lebanon; St. James, York, all PA; St. Paul, Cordova; Grace, Easton, both MD.


Souders, the Rev. Harry G., 72, Wexford, PA; Feb. 24. Calls: Calvary, McKeesport; dir. of communications, Christian Assoc. of Southwestern Pennsylvania & St. James, Pittsburgh; exec. dir., Inter-Church Ministries, NW Pennsylvania, Erie; Trinity, Elwood City; Trinity, Verona; Faith, Natoma Heights, all PA.


Stephenson, the Rev. James R., 86, Hickory, NC; Jan. 31. Calls: St. Mark, Clarksburg, WV; staff, LCA Commission on Evangelism, Atlanta; St. Peter, Miami; St. John, Salisbury; Holy Trinity, Hickory; Prince of Peace, Kinston, all NC.


Walrod, the Rev. Robert L., 83, Blaine, MN; Jan. 11. Calls: Bethany & Hill- man, Onamia; Incarnation, Shoreview; First, Litchfield; Gustavus Adolphus, St. Paul, all MN.


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