Obituaries - December 2024
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Alexis Tomkiel, the Rev. Maren R., 70, Carlisle, Pa.; Dec. 24, 2024. Call: Messiah, Munhall, Pa.
Amundsen, the Rev. Rolf F., 84, Pound, Wis.; Nov. 28, 2024. Calls: Zion, Adrian; Bethlehem, Ellsworth, both Minn.; Calvary and executive director, Family Life and Growth Center, Green Bay; Grace, Tomahawk; St. John, Richland Center; Immanuel, Waupun, all Wis.
Anderson, the Rev. Scott J., 68, Canton, Ohio; Dec. 3, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Wharton, Texas; Zion, Platte Center, Neb.; Euclid, Euclid, Ohio; St. John, Jourdanton, Texas; Messiah, Urbana; Shepherd of the Valley, Sandyville, both Ohio.
Dean, the Rev. Marjorie A., 84, Lansdale, Pa.; Dec. 21, 2024. Call: Holy Spirit, Emmaus, Pa.
Fiedler, the Rev. Fredrick W., 95, Augusta, Ga.; Oct. 29, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Middlebury; St. Michael, Richmond; Redeemer, Jasper; St. Mark, Batesville; Bethany, South Bend, all Ind.; St. Paul, Franklin, Ohio; Messiah, Brownsburg, Ind.
Fisher, the Rev. Wilbur O., 92, Moorhead, Minn.; Dec. 12, 2024. Calls: Warwick, Warwick; American, Tolna; Hamar, Hamar; Our Savior, Larimore, all N.D.
Foss, the Rev. Erika E., 43, Cook, Minn.; Nov. 22, 2024. Calls: First, Glenville, Minn.; Quale and Fordville, Fordville; Trinity, Lankin, all N.D.; Grace, McGregor; Trinity, Cook, both Minn.
Garmer, the Rev. Gregory R., 78, Duluth, Minn.; Dec. 1, 2024. Calls: Glenwood, Glenwood, Minn.; St. Mark, Mount Prospect, Ill.; Faith, Morris; Ebenezer, Kandiyohi; French River, Duluth, all Minn.
Gaye, the Rev. Lisa A., 66, New Orleans; Dec. 9, 2024. Calls: First English, Sacramento; director, Lutheran Social Services of Southern California L.A. Basin, Inglewood, all Calif.; Love, New Orleans; St. Mark, Metairie; chaplain, St. Joseph Hospice, New Orleans, all La.
Greene, the Rev. James A., 66, Hawley, Minn.; Dec. 19, 2024. Calls: Gary and St. Petri, Gary; St. Olaf, Twin Valley; Hawley, Hawley; all, Minn.; chaplain, Drake Counseling Services and Olivet, both Fargo, N.D.; Rollag, Gran and Park, Hawley, Minn.
Haase, the Rev. Ferdinand K., 93, Rochester, N.Y.; Nov. 23, 2024. Calls: Grace Evangelical of Roundtown, York, Pa.; Holy Trinity of Flatbush, Brooklyn; St. Paul, Mount Vernon; St. Paul, Red Hook; St. Luke and Reformation, Rochester, all N.Y.
Heinzig, the Rev. Harold F., 90; Wallingford, Iowa; Nov. 1, 2024. Calls: Dannevirke, Redvers, SK, Canada; St. Peter, Melvin; St. Paul, Roberts; St. Peter, Crescent City, all Ill.; St. John, Ringsted, Iowa.
Houck, the Rev. Sally J., 72, Stillwater, Okla.; Nov. 15, 2024. Calls: interim, Joy, Tulsa; Salem, Stillwater, both Okla.
Larsen, the Rev. Dean A., 80, Pensacola, Fla.; Nov. 21, 2024. Calls: East Highland and Highland, Brandt, S.D.; Zion, Aberdeen, all S.D.; Our Savior, Rolla; Trinity, Perth; assistant to the bishop, ALC Eastern North Dakota District; assistant to the bishop, ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod; First, Williston, all N.D.; Trinity, Rockford, Ill.
Livdahl, the Rev. Roger O., 90, Spring Lake Park, Minn.; Nov. 27, 2024. Calls: Manvel, Manvel; Middle Grove and Ness, Mekinock; St. Paul, Honeyford; Olivet, Fargo, all N.D.; Zoar, Tofte; Lutsen, Lutsen, both Minn.; Concordia, Superior, Wis.; regional director, Church World Service MinnKota hunger program; director, World Hunger Appeal, ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries, Chicago.
Misenheimer, the Rev. John C., 76, Wilmington, N.C.; Nov. 26, 2024. Calls: Mount Hermon, Concord; First, Lexington; Bethany, Hickory; St. Paul, Wilmington, all N.C.
Morrow, the Rev. Lynne M., 63, Lake Zurich, Ill.; Dec. 18, 2024. Calls: Holy Trinity, Glenview; Messiah, Park Ridge; Messiah, Wauconda, all Ill.
Nagle, the Rev. Susan E., 75, Farmington, Conn.; Dec. 10, 2024. Calls: St. John, Summit; First, Montclair, both N.J.; Gloria Dei, Bristol, Conn.; Savior, Paramus, N.J.; Grace, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
Olsen, the Rev. William A., 82, Bozeman, Mont.; Dec. 26, 2024. Calls: Grace, Fairmont; Yellow Medicine, Hanley Falls, both Minn.; Messiah, Havre, Mont.; St. John, Webster, S.D.
Olson, the Rev. Richard E., 92, Cambridge, Mass.; Dec. 15, 2024. Calls: Joy in Christ, Abington, Mass.; Bethesda and campus pastor, University Lutheran Ministry, New Haven, Conn.; Faith, Cambridge; associate director, Lutheran Services Association of New England, Framingham; administrator and vice president, Lutheran Home and Concordia, both Worcester, all Mass.
Pechauer, the Rev. Ronald F., 87, St. Paul, Minn.; Dec. 4, 2024. Calls: Peace, Kunesh; St. John, Little Suamico, both Wis.; St. Olaf, Austin; Farmington, Farmington, both Minn.; First, Hayward; Trinity, Stevens Point, both Wis.; director of church relations, St. Olaf, Northfield, Minn.; Calvary, Brookfield, Wis.; Shepherd of the Desert, Sun City, Ariz.
Rendleman, the Rev. C. Henry, 89, Hickory, N.C.; Dec. 15, 2024. Calls: First, Norfolk; Redeemer, Bristol, both Va.; Messiah, Hickory.
Shiell, the Rev. Wendell C., 95, Edina, Minn.; Nov. 5, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Cumberland; Georgetown, Balsam Lake, both Wis.; First, Emmanuel and Rice Lake, Bagley; Cross of Glory and Oak Grove, both Minneapolis; St. Paul, Hanover, all Minn.
Ware, the Rev. John E., 91, Cincinnati; Nov. 17, 2024. Calls: Bethel, St. Claire Shores, Mich.; missionary serving in New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea); Zion, Groveport; Trinity, Cincinnati, both Ohio.