Bakken, the Rev. Dean R., 89, Becker, Minn.; Sept. 18, 2024. Calls: St. Petri, Nielsville, Minn.; Salem, Cummings, N.D.; St. Luke, Shelby, Mont.; Golgotha, Golden Valley; St. Paul, Dodge; Faith, Williston; United, Zahl, all N.D.

Benedict, the Rev. William P., 84, Butler, Tenn.; July 5, 2024. Call: St. James, Greeneville, Tenn.

Corry, the Rev. Howard D., 83, Taos, N.M.; Sept. 9, 2024. Calls: Honolulu, Honolulu; Waikiki minister and associate director, Council of Churches, Honolulu; executive secretary, Student Christian Movement, Wellington, Ariz.; campus pastor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.; campus pastor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.

Day, the Rev. Caldwell N., 77, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Aug. 19, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Martinsburg; Christ the King, Huntington, both W.Va.; Ascension, Danville, Va.; St. Peter, Pawleys Island; Redeemer, Newberry, both S.C.

Diepenbrock, the Rev. Linda K., 65, Inman, Kan.; Sept. 23, 2024. Calls: St. Mark, Olathe, Kan.; interim, ELCA Central States Synod.

Dirks, the Rev. Paul M., 80, Decorah, Iowa; Sept. 16, 2024. Calls: Zion, Phillipsburg, Kan.; Abiding Savior, Independence, Mo.; Hope, Broomfield; interim, Familia de Cristo, Denver; Faith, Golden, all Colo.

Dye, the Rev. James E., 82, Tavares, Fla.; Sept. 27, 2024. Call: Hope, Indianapolis.

Gardner, the Rev. Romaine L., 91, Estes Park, Colo.; Sept. 7, 2024. Calls: Trinity-St. Andrew, Maspeth; faculty/dean, Wagner College, Staten Island, both N.Y.; dean, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.; Trinity, Staten Island, N.Y.

Gustav, the Rev. Walter A., 75, Lebanon, Ore.; Aug. 27, 2024. Calls: Grace, Mollala; New Life, Florence; Immanuel, Silverton; Our Saviour, Lebanon; interim, ELCA Oregon Synod, all Ore.

Hall, the Rev. David L., 67, Madison, Wis.; Oct. 7, 2024. Calls: Little Forks, Hatton, N.D.; pastoral care director, Madison Healthcare Services, Madison; St. Paul, Bellingham, both Minn.

Hanson, the Rev. Richard S., 93, Stoughton, Wis.; Sept. 23, 2024. Calls: faculty, Luther Seminary, and St. Timothy, St. Paul, Minn.; professor of religion, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.

Hicks, the Rev. Joel M., 52, Keatchie, La.; Oct. 18, 2024. Call: St. Stephen, Shreveport, La.

Hingst, the Rev. Emory A., 89, Tallahassee, Fla.; Aug. 26, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Creighton, Mo.; faculty, Concordia College, Austin, Texas; campus pastor/chaplain, Florida State University, and St. Stephen, Tallahassee.

Hoffman, the Rev. Malcolm E., 96, Marlton, N.J.; Sept. 2, 2024. Calls: St. John, Wilson; Good Shepherd, San Antonio, both Texas; Christ the King, New Orleans; Zion and chaplain/director, St. Luke's Lutheran Hospital, San Antonio;

Horn, the Rev. James L., 87, Dover, Fla.; Aug. 20, 2024. Calls: Martin Luther, Youngstown; Advent, Solon; both Ohio; Emmanuel, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Trinity, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Hower, the Rev. Elaine M., 76, Oakmont, Pa.; Oct. 21, 2024. Calls: Reformation, Vandergrift; Spring Church, Apollo; Bethesda, Lower Burrell, all Pa.

Kaplinski, the Rev. John W., 77, Waupaca, Wis.; Oct. 25, 2024. Call: Our Savior, Upper Pigeon Creek and Northfield, Hixton, Wis.

Kolden, the Rev. Thomas T., 72, Wadena, Minn.; Sept. 29, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Steinbach, MB, Canada; St. Petri, Nielsville, Salem, Cummings, both N.D.; First, Audubon; Leroy, Leroy; interim, ELCA Southwestern Minnesota Synod; Hope, Minneota, all Minn.

Krahling, the Rev. Conrad O., 84, Madison, S.D.; Oct. 5, 2024. Calls: Round Prairie, St. Luke, St. Paul, Scandia Valley and West Prairie, Williston; St. Petri, Bonetrail, all N.D.; St. John, Ramona; Oldham, Oldham, both S.D.

Krampitz, the Rev. Paul D., 65, Cromwell, Conn.; Sept. 18, 2024. Calls: Grace, Stratford, Conn.; Emanuel, West Warwick, R.I.; St. Andrew, Bristol; Bethany, Cromwell, both Conn.

Lindberg, the Rev. Susan L., 79, Milwaukee; Sept. 15, 2024. Calls: Resurrection, New Berlin; St. Paul, Milwaukee; interim, ELCA Greater Milwaukee Synod, all Minn.

Long, the Rev. Paul R., 93, Bellevue, Ohio; Sept. 27, 2024. Calls: Bethlehem, Attica; Zion, Gibsonburg; Zion, Republic, all Ohio.

Madsen, the Rev. George H., 87, Duluth, Minn.; Oct. 21, 2024. Calls: Grace, Hermantown, Minn.; Grace, Eau Claire, Wis.; assistant director, ALC Division for Theological Education and Ministry, Minneapolis; University, East Lansing, Mich.

Maier, the Rev. Walter J., 89, Reading, Pa.; Oct. 16, 2024. Calls: Savior, Trenton; St. Matthew, Jersey City; Zion, Rahway; Christ, Paramus, all N.J.

Modr, the Rev. Frank R., 77, Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.; Sept. 22, 2024. Calls: Immanuel, Chicago; St. Luke, Paterson, N.J.; Immanuel, Manchester, N.H.; St. Paul, Warwick, R.I.; Zion, Oxford, Mass.; St. Andrew, Smithtown, N.Y.

Morse, the Rev. Rodney K., 84, Bennington, Neb.; Oct. 4, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Hardy; Our Redeemer, Omaha; Bethlehem, Wahoo, all Neb.

Nelson, the Rev. Ronald C., 86, North Cape May, N.J.;Sept. 28, 2024. Calls: Apostles, Turnersville; Faith, Hillsborough; Cape May, Cape May, all N.J.

Olson, the Rev. Gary J., 89, Spirit Lake, Iowa; Aug. 30, 2024. Calls: Grace and Our Savior, Grygla, Minn.; St. Paul, Rolfe; Trinity, Moville; Bethesda, Jewell; Bethel, Parkersburg; Trinity and First, Waterloo; chaplain, Cedar Falls Lutheran Home for the Aged (now NewAldaya Lifescapes), Cedar Falls, all Iowa.

Olson, the Rev. Royal L., 92, Allentown, Pa.; Sept. 26, 2024. Calls: St. John, Philadelphia (Overbrook); Redeemer, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Osterfield, the Rev. George T., 80, Palm Harbor, Fla.; Oct. 14, 2024. Calls: Grace, Laurel, Miss.; Christ the King, Twinsburg; First, Burton, both Ohio; librarian, Nashotah House, Nashotah, Wis.; interim, ELCA Greater Milwaukee Synod.

Patrick, the Rev. Stephen L., 76, Dover, Ohio; Oct. 2, 2024. Calls: Magnolia and Shepherd of the Valley, Sandyville; Grace, Dover; St. Luke, Mansfield; Faith, Lakewood; interim, ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod; Emmanuel, New Philadelphia, all Ohio.

Rader, the Rev. Clement J., 94, Plantation, Fla.; April 30, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Pulaski, Va.; Advent, Miami Shores; Redeemer, Fort Lauderdale, both Fla.

Reaves, the Rev. Ronald E., 78, Hagerstown, Md.; Oct. 23, 2024. Calls: Evangelical, Frederick; Mt. Moriah, Smithsburg, both Md; St. Paul, Newark, Del.; Christus Victor, Baltimore; St. Benjamin, Westminster; Good Shepherd, Frederick, all Md.

Refsal, the Rev. Harley J., 79, Decorah, Iowa; Sept. 8, 2024. Calls: assistant campus pastor/head resident of Men's Tower, director of foreign study, and professor of Scandinavian folk art and Norwegian language, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.

Scholl, the Rev. William F., 82, Jacksonville, Fla.; Oct. 4, 2024. Calls: Evangelical of Durham, Durham; Resurrection, Levittown; Reformation, Media, all Pa.; Holy Trinity, Manasquan, N.J.; St. Mark, Jacksonville.

Schroeppel, the Rev. John E., 86, Hutchinson, Kan.; Oct. 4, 2024. Calls: Bethany, Inglis, MB, Canada; St. Mark, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Bethesda, Tisdale, SK, Canada; Faith, Griswold; Bethlehem, Manly, both Iowa; Emanuel, Hutchinson.

Stadem, the Rev. Leroy W., 97, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Oct. 30, 2024. Calls: Tabor and Stavanger, Platte; American, De Smet; St. John, Bancroft; Trinity, Mobridge; Norway, Glenham; St. John American, Sioux Falls, all S.D.

Stremel, the Rev. William W., 100, Broomfield, Colo.; Sept. 12, 2024. Calls: Good Shepherd, Concord, Calif.; Mount Zion, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Good Samaritan, Lanham; All Saints, Bowie; interim, LCA Maryland Synod, all Md.

Vold, the Rev. Harold O., 96, Hatton, N.D.; Oct. 27, 2024. Calls: First, Clear Creek; Faith, Keene; Christ the King, Ellendale; Our Redeemer, Edgeley; Sharon, Grand Forks, all N.D.; staff, Concordia Founders Fund, Moorhead, Minn.; Milnor, Milnor; St. John, Jamestown, both N.D.

Walsworth, the Rev. Terry B., 75, Madison, Wis.; Sept. 3, 2024. Calls: West Blue Mounds, Blue Mounds; United in Christ, Morrisonville, both Wis.

Wick, the Rev. Jeffrey P., 69, Circleville, Ohio; Oct. 29, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Weirton; St. Paul, Huntington, both W.Va.; assistant to the bishop, ELCA Southern Ohio Synod, Westerville; Emanuel, Logan, both Ohio.

Wietzke, the Rev. Paul L., 98, Camano Island, Wash.; Sept. 17, 2024. Calls: St. Luke and Peace, Elroy, Wis.; Peace, Birmingham, Mich.; Trinity, Dallas, Ore.; Grace, Lewiston, Idaho; Our Saviour, Stanwood, Wash.

Wuertz, the Rev. Arnold A., 102, Overland Park, Kan.; Oct. 17, 2024. Calls: St. John, San Juan, Texas; Mansfield, Alden, Minn.; First, San Juan; Transfiguracion, Rio Piedras; Betel, Dorado; president, LCA Caribbean Synod, all P.R.; Bethlehem, Shawnee Mission; Ada, Courtland; Amana, Scandia; New Gottland, McPherson, all Kan.