Deaths
Billow, the Rev. Harry R., 89, McAlisterville, PA; Sept. 1. Calls: St. Peter, Kreamer; St. Paul, Milroy; Friedens, Liberty; Christ, Dillsburg; Zion, Blain; Trinity, McAlisterville, all PA.
Ebbinga, the Rev. Gerald R., 74, Fountain Hills, AZ; Aug. 29. Calls: Redeemer, Biggar; Messiah, Prince Albert; dir., Kinasao Camp, Christopher Lake, all SK, Canada; First, Pomona, CA; staff, Western Region, ELCA Confer- ence of Bishops; Our Savior, Great Falls, MT.
Espeland, the Rev. Loren J., 85, St. Paul, MN; Sept. 2. Calls: Our Redeemer & Garfield, Bryant, SD; Gloria Dei, Redwood Falls; Grace, Belview; St. Luke, Franklin; Revere & Trinity, Johnsonville, all MN.
Frerichs, the Rev. Wendell W., 89, St. Paul, MN; June 23. Calls: Victory, Cleveland, OH; Trinity, Stevens Point, WI; prof. of Old Testament, Luther Seminary, St. Paul.
Hatfield, the Rev. Scott A., 63, chaplain of AsuraCare Hospice, Milwaukee; Sept. 8 of injuries sustained in a car accident. Calls: Grace, Springfield; Holy Apostles, Hickory Hills, both IL; Faith, Walworth, WI.
Haugen, the Rev. Wesley N., 84, Moorhead, MN; Sept. 6. Calls: English & Bethany, Grantsburg, WI; Our Saviour, Canby; First, Trefoldighed & Rindal, Battle Lake, all MN; Grafton, Grafton; Bethany, Halton, both ND. In 1984 he was elected bishop of the ALC Eastern North Dakota District, followed by his election as bishop of the ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod in 1988. He served as bishop until 1992.
Hausele, the Rev. Raymond E., 82, Cabot, PA; Sept. 11. Calls: Resurrec- tion, West Deer Township; St. Mark, Jeannette; Mt. Zion, Donegal & Bethel, Stahlstown; First, Vandergrift; Bethel, Ford City, all PA.
Holje, the Rev. Marvin L., 86, Minot, ND; Aug. 12. Calls: Woodworth, Wood- worth; Pettibone, Pettibone; Pingree, Pingree; Trinity, Napoleon; Glueckstal, Tappen; First, Harvey; Augustana, Underwood, all ND.
Homme, the Rev. James H., 85, Altoona, WI; Sept. 2. Calls: Immanuel, Viroqua; Christ the King, Port Washington; Ascension, Milwaukee; First, Eau Claire; Our Saviour, Chippewa Falls, all WI.
Johnson, the Rev. Judeen O., 87, Volga, SD; Sept. 8. Calls: Oslo, Bethania & Lone Rock, Flandreau; Emmanuel & Skrefsrud, Beresford; American, DeSmet, all SD; First, Sioux Rapids, IA.
Labuhn, the Rev. Gerald H., 87, Oregon, OH; Sept. 23. Calls: Christ Memo- rial & Gracious Saviour, Detroit, MI; St. Mark & exec. dir., Lutheran Orphans’ and Old Folks’ Home Society, Toledo, OH.
McCracken, the Rev. Martha L., 67, pastor of St. Michael, Cogan Station, Pa.; Aug. 31 of a heart attack. Calls: Grace, Jersey City, NJ; Grace, San Juan, PR.
Muller, the Rev. John D., 94, Rockville, MD; July 19. Calls: Shippenville, Shippenville, PA; St. John, Petersburg, OH; Kingsbridge, Bronx, NY; youth dir., ALC Division for Life and Mis- sion in the Congregation East Region & spe- cialized ministry, Lutheran Social Services, Washington, DC.
Olawsky, the Rev. Ruben H., 83, Lexington, SC; Sept. 16. Calls: St. James, Leesville; Mes- siah, Mauldin; Mt. Hermon, West Columbia; Shepherd of the Sea, Garden City; St. Ste-
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phen, Lexington, all SC; shared and deployed staff, stewardship and evan- gelism, in the Central States, Rocky Mountain, Nebraska, Red River Valley and Wisconsin synods, LCA Division for Parish Services.
Pearson, the Rev. Joanne E.; 76, Bellingham, WA; Sept. 4. Calls: dir. for Christian ed., Gloria Dei, Wichita, KS (as an AIM); St. Peter by the Sea, Edmonds; Zion, Custer, both WA.
Pettyjohn, the Rev. Dennis G.; 67, Owatonna, MN; Sept. 19. Calls: Mans- field, Kiester; Lime Creek, Emmons; St. John, Owatonna, all MN; Immanuel, Earlville, IL.
Pratt, the Rev. Lawrence C. Jr., 81, Minneapolis; July 12. Calls: Zion, Kulm; St. Paul, Jud, both ND; Our Savior, Muskegon, MI; Zion, Minneapolis.
Reichert, the Rev. Carl B., 88; Akron, NY; Aug. 6. Calls: Christ, Edmonton, AB, Canada; St. Jacob, Massillon; St. John, Steubenville; Redeemer, Brook Park, all OH; Trinity, Akron; St. Nicodemus, East Aurora; Trinity, Old Buffalo, all NY; interim pastor, ALC Eastern District; Messiah, Panama City, FL; Stuart Avenue, Pittsburgh.
Sorum, the Rev. Daune K., 84, Bismarck, ND; Sept. 10. Calls: Wilmington & Zoar, Arnegard; First, Mandan, all ND.
Stellhorn, the Rev. Theodore T., 82, Marblehead, OH; Sept. 1. Calls: Epiph- any, Dayton; Zion, St. Marys, both OH.
Swanson, the Rev. Stephen O., 82, South St. Paul, MN; Aug. 23. Calls: Lake Wilson, Lake Wilson; faculty, St. Olaf College, Northfield, both MN; Good Shepherd & Central, Eugene, OR; faculty, Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, TX; Wynyard Parish, Wynyard; faculty, Camrose Lutheran College, Alberta, both SK, Canada; interim pastor, ALC Minnesota & Wisconsin districts.
Trost, the Rev. Richard L., 85, Des Moines, IA; Sept. 16. Calls: St. John, Charles City; Zion, Iowa City; Faith, Des Moines, all IA; Central, Eugene, OR.
Verhulst, the Rev. Harold C., 81, Sioux Falls, SD; Sept. 9. Calls: Trinity, Yank- ton; Trinity, Chamberlain; Zion, Hamill; American, Milbank; Grace, Sturgis; Trinity, Tea, all SD.
Walen, the Rev. Philip A., 67, Stillwater, MN; Sept. 9. Calls: St. Philip, Hast- ings; House of Prayer, Oakdale; interim, St. Paul Area Synod, all MN.
Wilson, the Rev. Woodrow W., 97, Lincoln, NE; Sept. 11. Calls: Immanuel & Grace, Albion; North Branch, Petersburg; Prince of Peace, Geneva, all NE; St. Paul & Clark Center, Clark SD.
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