DEATHS
Alberti, the Rev. Paul G., 93, East Islip, NY; Nov. 29. Calls: Reformation, Long Branch, NJ; Transfiguration, Rochester; St. Mark, Ken- more; Trinity, White Plains; Cross of Christ, Babylon, all NY; missionary to Malaysia.
De Oliveira, the Rev. Fred H., 71, Dekalb, IL; Nov. 19. Call: St. James, Houston.
Dovenmuehler, the Rev. Robert N., 76, Sioux Falls, SD; Nov. 26. Calls: Orient & St. Michael, Orient; Zion, Hamill; Trinity, Chamberlain; First & Palisade, Valley Springs; Grace, Watertown; St. John American, Sioux Falls, all SD.
Eskildsen, the Rev. Edward C., 89, Clare- mont, CA; Nov. 26. Calls: First Trinity, Indian- apolis; missionary to Japan.
Estrem, the Rev. John C., 79, Mahtowa, MN; Dec. 1. Calls: St. John, Jamestown; Eden, Grandfield & First, Sheyenne; Antelope Valley, Oberon; Zoar & St. Ansgar, LaMoure, all ND.
Foley, the Rev. Audrey B., 98, Claremont, CA; Oct. 9. Calls: Bethany, Jamaica; Redeemer, New Paltz, both NY.
Gantt, the Rev. James R., 83, Cumming, GA; Dec. 14. Calls: St. Andrew, Concord, NC; Our Savior, Tampa, FL; Good Shepherd, College Park, GA; regional mission dir., LCA South- eastern Synod; mission dir., Southeastern and South Carolina synods, ELCA Division for Outreach.
Gard, the Rev. Edward L. Jr., 88, Zanesville, OH; Nov. 18. Calls: Trinity, Hillsdale, MI; Air Force chaplain; Our Saviour, Columbus; Our Savior, Lancaster; St. Peter, Amanda; David, Canal Winchester, all OH.
Hafer, the Rev. Walter L., 87, Penbrook, PA; Dec. 7. Calls: St. John, East Earl; St. Paul, Numidia; Zion, St. Paul & Blain, Perry Co.; St. Andrew & Jerome-Boswell, Somerset, Co.; Klingerstown, St. Michael & Erdman, Schuylkill Co., all PA.
Heller, the Rev. John R., 85, Poughkeepsie, NY; Nov. 15. Calls: Bernadotte, Bronx; Mes- siah, Annandale, Staten Island; St. John, Poughkeepsie, all NY.
Hoh, the Rev. David W., 85, Dickinson, TX; Nov. 19. Calls: Mt. Calvary, St. Paul, MN; Army chaplain; First, Galveston, TX.
Holm, the Rev. Donald A., 83, Lincoln, NE; Nov. 28. Calls: Bethany, Lyons; Immanuel Rosalie, both NE.
Horst, the Rev. Richard E., 86, Rockford, IL; Nov. 29. Calls: Grace, Virginia; First, Chad- wick; Our Saviour, Lansing; chaplain, Rockford Memorial Hospital & Faith, Rockford, all IL; chaplain, Oakwood Lutheran Homes, Madi- son, WI.
Jahsmann, the Rev. Allan H., 100, Westwood, CA; Dec. 13. Calls: LCMS congregation & Board of Parish ed.; senior ed. & ed. for leadership resources, LCA Division for Parish Services, Philadelphia. He was a frequent contribu- tor to The Lutheran magazine and the author and editor of many books and articles for the Lutheran church. His family devotion book,
Little Visits with God, has been translated in 19 languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
Kamens, the Rev. Alan W., 80, Lansing, MI; Dec. 9. Calls: Hope, Detroit; asst. to bishop, LCA Michigan Synod; Grace, Lansing, all MI.
Keller, the Rev. Gerald L., 77, Wadsworth, OH; Nov. 25. Calls: Augsburg, Toledo; Jerusalem, Seville, both OH; Holy Trinity, Harlan, Ind.
Koger, the Rev. Larry A., 56, Temecula, CA; Dec. 12. Calls: Trinity, Porterville; interim, Paci- fica Synod, recently at First, San Diego, all CA.
Kraabel, the Rev. A. Thomas, 81, Decorah, IA; Nov. 2. Calls: Our Saviour & faculty, classics dept., Univ. of MN, both Minneapolis; dean & faculty, religion & classics, Luther College, Decorah.
Michel, the Rev. Walter L., 84, Glencoe, IL; Oct. 28. Calls: campus pastor, Univ. of Wis- consin, Madison, WI; prof. of Old Testament, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Ohl, the Rev. Arthur L., 78, Spring Hill, KS; Nov. 22. Calls: St. John, Mifflinville; Hidlay, Bloomsburg, both PA; Holy Cross, La Junta, CO; Trinity, Pyrmont; Immanuel, Brauersville, both MO.
Paiva, the Rev. Carlos E., 66, Los Angeles, Nov. 22. Calls: Amoroso, Gardena; Angelica, Los Angeles, both CA.
Spath, the Rev. Levon H.J., 95, Crockett, TX; Nov. 25. Calls: missionary to Argentina and Chile; exec. sec., Publicationes el Escudo, National Lutheran Council; sec., Dept. of Span- ish Pub., LCUSA; Grace, Bell; Messiah, Pasa- dena, both CA.
Rehrig, the Rev. Arlington D., 88, Cincinnati; Nov. 19. Calls: St. Peter, St. Nicholas & St. Mark, Batesville; St. Paul, Jasper; Holy Trinity, South Bend, all IN; St. Paul, Louisville, KY.
Reinke, the Rev. Frederick W., 85, Ft. Walton Beach, FL; Nov. 22. Calls: Our Saviour, Fond du Lac, WI; St. John, Great Falls, MT; Air Force chaplain; interim in Florida-Bahamas Synod; St. Paul, Niceville, FL.
Rinkel, the Rev. Bernard A., 76, Longview, WA; Nov. 20. Call: Bethany, Longview.
Schowalter, the Rev. Quintin C., 91, Jackson, WI; Nov. 24. Calls: St. Paul Dupont, Marion; St. Peter, Big Falls; Cambridge, East Koshkonong, all WI; Immanuel, Compton; Prince of Peace, St. Joseph; Mahomet, Mahomet, all IL.
Shook, the Rev. Daniel A., 85, Springfield, PA; Nov. 5. Calls: Trinity, Bowmanstown; Dinkey Memorial, Ashfield; chaplain to seamen, LCA Southeast PA Synod; dir., Family Life Coun- seling Center, Richboro; Christ, Upper Darby; Zion, Zion Hill; Emmanuel, St. Matthew & St. Andrew, Philadelphia; Christ, Barnesville; St. John, East Jim Thorpe, all PA.
Snyder, Forence (AIM), 90, Emmaus, PA; Nov. 25. Calls: organist/choir dir., St. James, Allen- town; Jerusalem, Western Salisbury, both PA.
Stordahl, the Rev. Lowell S., 77, Camano
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Island, WA; Nov. 27. Calls: Bethany, Woon- socket; Forestburg, Forestburg, both SD; Grace & St. Paul, Fairfield; Calvary, Kalispel, both MT; Camano, Camano Island.
Strehlow, the Rev. William R., 74, Ala- meda, CA; Nov. 29. Calls: Bethany, Norco; St. Philip, Oakland, both CA; St. Peter, Queens, NY; Augustana (campus ministry), Our Lord & Immanuel, all Chicago.
Vaage, the Rev. Robert C., 57, Milford, IA; Nov. 26. Calls: First, Sioux City; First of West Okoboji, Milton, both IA.
Warger, the Rev. Richard D., 67, Rocky River, OH; Nov. 26. Calls: dir., Lutheran Association for Senior Services & dir., Lutheran Chaplaincy Service (now Chaplain Partnership), Cleve- land, OH.
Will, the Rev. Ronald E., 84, Gainsville, FL; Dec. 11. Calls: Frederiksted, Frederiksted; Kingshill, St. Croix; founder LSS of the Virgin Islands, all VI; Gethsemane & chaplain, Shands Hospital & chief chaplain, VA Medical Center, Gainesville.
Wise, the Rev. Gerald C., 92, Lakeland, FL; Nov. 10. Calls: Holy Trinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI; Immanuel, Camanche, IA; Holy Trin- ity, Key West; St. Paul, Tampa, both FL; St. Andrew, Mt. Airy, NC; Emmanuel, Woodstock; St. Matthew, Toms Brook, both VA.
Yoder, the Rev. Harold M., 94, Columbia, SC; Nov. 24. Calls: Grace, Liberty; Good Shepherd, Goldsboro, both NC; dir., Dept. of Institutional Ministry, Council of Churches, Washington, DC; chaplain, Lutheran Hospital, Baltimore; chap- lain, Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia.
Zellers, the Rev. Earl W., 86, Myerstown, PA; Nov. 13. Calls: Plum Creek Parish, Sunbury; Bethany, Montoursville; St. Paul, Altoona; St. Mark, Annville, all PA.
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