Anderson, the Rev. Ralph D., 86, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Dec. 14, 2024. Calls: First, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; St. Mark, San Fernando; St. Andrew, San Mateo, both Calif.; St. Andrew, Columbia, Mo.; Incarnate Word, Rochester, N.Y.

Broman, Deacon Raleigh N., 96, Minneapolis; Dec. 29, 2024. Call: director of personnel, ALC Trustees, Minneapolis.

Brugh, Deacon Lorraine S., 72, Peoria, Ariz.; Jan. 25, 2025. Calls: director of music, Faith, and instructor of organ, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; director of music and chapel, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.

Capers, the Rev. James M., 76, Indianapolis; Jan. 23, 2025. Calls: Epiphany, Laurelton, N.Y.; Holy Spirit, Savannah, Ga.; program director for witness and evangelism, ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries, Chicago; St. Paul and assistant to the bishop and interim, ELCA Southeastern Synod, Decatur, Ga.; Lamb of God and interim, Salem, Indianapolis.

Foerster, the Rev. Frederick S., 88, Emmaus, Pa.; Dec. 31, 2024. Calls: St. John, Hatboro; St. Mark, Reading; St. John, Emmaus, all Pa.

Grauer, the Rev. David, 79, Battle Ground, Wash.; Dec. 20, 2024. Calls: LCMS congregations; Emmanuel, Longview; Elim, Brush Prairie; Gloria Dei, Kelso, all Wash.

Hacker, the Rev. Kenneth G., 70, New Philadelphia, Ohio; Dec. 31, 2024. Calls: Emmanuel, Pittsburgh, Pa.; St. Jacob, Massillon; interim, ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod; St. Peter, New Philadelphia; St. John, Petersburg; interim, ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod; St. Paul, Newcomerstown; Mount Zion, Pleasant City, all Ohio.

Hammond, the Rev. Thomas E., 83, Laredo, Texas; Nov. 21, 2024. Calls: Grace, Astoria; Our Saviour, Manhasset, both N.Y.

Haney, the Rev. Charles B., 90, Superior, Mont.; Dec. 19, 2024. Calls: Good Shepherd, Aurora, Ill.; Holy Cross, Creve Coeur, Mo.; First, Moline, Ill.; First Immanuel, Portland, Ore.

Hinkley, the Rev. Kerry G., 81, St. Augustine, Fla.; Dec. 14, 2024. Calls: Christ, Radford, Va.; Memorial, St. Augustine.

Hoyle, the Rev. Charlie L., 93, Goldsboro, N.C.; Jan. 20, 2025. Calls: Sardis, Hickory; Bethphage, Lincolnton; Good Shepherd, Hickory; Holly Grove, Lexington; Alamance, Alamance; St. Michael, High Point, all N.C.

Johnsen, Deacon William A., 85, Oregon City, Ore.; Dec. 6, 2024. Call: deacon, St. Stephen, Gladstone, Ore.

Johnson, the Rev. Donald A., 90, Waterford, Wis.; Jan. 18, 2025. Calls: Pontoppidan, Fargo; Horace, Horace; First and Bethel, Rugby, all N.D.; North Cape, Franksville; chaplain, Lincoln Lutheran Home, Racine, Wis.

Keyser-Boswell, the Rev. Bradley, 65, Yreka, Calif.; Jan. 16, 2025. Calls: Klara, Immanuel, Viking and North Viking, Maddock, N.D.; Mount Zion and St. Mark, Yreka; Holy Trinity, Weaverille, all Calif.

Kieschnick, Deacon Melvin M., 97, Carlsbad, Calif.; Dec. 26, 2024. Calls: teacher and principal, St. Paul, Tracy; teacher and principal, Zion Lutheran School, Glendale; guest instructor, Concordia University, River Forest, Ill., and Concordia University, Seward, Neb.; missionary and coordinator of education serving in Hong Kong; superintendent of the Lutheran schools of Michigan; executive director for LCMS parish education; staff, Effectiveness Training; staff, Lutheran Schools Association of Metropolitan New York and the Center for Urban Education Ministry; special education consultant, ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools.

Kroninger, the Rev. Victor A., 93, Blandon, Pa.; Jan. 10, 2025. Calls: Holy Trinity, Bethlehem; St. Peter, Pottstown; St. Paul, Philadelphia; Trinity, Robesonia, all Pa.

Lantz, the Rev. Francine R., 78, Gladstone, Mo.; Dec. 11, 2024. Calls: Spring Mills Parish, Spring Mills; St. Paul, Albrightsville; Emanuel, Bloomsburg; Mountain Grove Parish, Mountain Grove, all Pa.

Larsen, the Rev. Philip M., 64, Mentor, Minn.; Jan. 24, 2025. Calls: Grafton, Grafton; South Trinity, Hoople; Norman and Davenport, Kindred, all N.D.; Hope, Walker, Minn.; Brandon, Brandon, S.D.; Fertile United in Christ Parish, Fertile, Minn.

Luedtke, the Rev. Richard L., 82, Minneapolis; Jan. 21, 2025. Calls: Balfour, Balfour; St. Paul, Butte; Our Redeemer and Rainy Butte, New England, all N.D.; Central, Elk River; interim, Grace, Westbrook; Our Saviour, Warren; Melo, Angus; Trinity, Moorhead; chaplain, Hennepin County Medical Center and Allina Health, Minneapolis.

Marshall, the Rev. Yvonne I., 67, Portage, Wis.; Dec. 25, 2024. Calls: Adams and Argyle, Argyle, Wis.; Christ and Trinity, Sedalia, Mo.; Our Savior, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Our Saviour, Whitehall; Grace, Pleasantville; Good Shepherd, Viroqua; interim, Bonnet Prairie, Rio, all Wis.

Niemi, the Rev. Jack R., 79, Surprise, Ariz.; Jan. 15, 2025. Calls: Augustana, Phoenix; Good Shepherd, Wayzata, Minn.; St. John, Glendale, Ariz.; St. Matthew, Walnut Creek, Calif.; Our Saviour, Naperville, Ill.; vice president for church relations, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.; vice president for development, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley; Hope, Walnut Creek, both Calif.

Nilsen, the Rev. Roy C., 86, Des Moines, Iowa; Jan. 1, 2025. Calls: Spring Creek, West Norway Lake and Hope, Sunburg; Faith, Morris, all Minn.; Zion, Iowa City; St. John, Des Moines, both Iowa.

Nolan, the Rev. Doris M., 74, Simi Valley, Calif.; Jan. 25, 2025. Calls: First, Gypsum, Colo.; chaplain, Luthercare, Hummelstown, Pa.; St. Mark, Davenport, Iowa; Christ, Reedley, Calif.; Desert Cross, Tempe, Ariz.; minister to congregations in transition, ELCA Grand Canyon Synod, Phoenix; Our Savior, Mesa, both Arizona.

Nyce, the Rev. Ray, 93, Telford, Pa.; Dec. 23, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Philadelphia; missionary serving in Malaysia; director of research, LCA Office of Research and Planning, Philadelphia; Holy Spirit, Philadelphia.

Peltomaa, the Rev. Brian R., 61, Tipp City, Ohio; Jan. 9, 2025. Calls: First, Plymouth; First English, Crestline; interim, ELCA Northwestern Ohio Synod; Trinity, Willard, all Ohio.

Rusch, the Rev. William G., 87, New York; Jan. 16, 2025. Calls: Holy Trinity, New York; professor, Augsburg University, Minneapolis; associate executive director, Lutheran Council in the U.S.A; director, Fortress Press, LCA Board of Publication; director for ecumenical relations, LCA Division for World Mission and Ecumenism; executive director, ELCA Department for Ecumenical Affairs; director, Commission on Faith and Order, National Council of Churches of Christ; director, Foundation for a Conference and Faith and Order.

Scherf, the Rev. James C., 85, Ankeny, Iowa; Jan. 13, 2025. Calls: First, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; U.S. Air Force chaplain; Christ the Servant, Houston; campus pastor, University, Iowa State University, Ames; First, Des Moines, both Iowa; Lord of Life, St. Simons Island, Ga.; Oak Cliff, Dallas; interim, Florida-Bahamas Synod.

Schwandt, the Rev. Alton W., 97, Overland Park, Kan.; Jan. 17, 2025. Calls: chaplain, Mount Pleasant Home, Dubuque, Iowa; St. John, Mineola, Iowa; Trinity, Fort Collins, Colo.; Bethlehem, St. Cloud, Minn.; St. John, Bearice, Neb.

Thompson, the Rev. Donald R., 78, Mesa, Ariz.; Dec. 9, 2024. Calls: Shepherd of the Valley, Phoenix; Love of Christ, Mesa, both Ariz.

Tuhy, the Rev. Daniel B., 79, East Peoria, Ill.; Jan. 1, 2025. Calls: Second, Richmond, Ind.; Advent, St. Louis, Mo.; Advent, Morton; counselor, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Peoria; interim, ELCA Central/Southern Illinois Synod.

Van Oort, the Rev. Loren J., 87, Granger, Ind.; Jan. 23, 2025. Calls: St. John, Princeton, Ill.; Christ the King, South Bend, Ind.

Wagner, the Rev. Walter H., 89, Olathe, Colo., Jan. 17, 2025. Calls: Calvary, Cranford, N.J.; faculty, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, Calif.; faculty, Upsala College, East Orange, N.J.; Epiphany, Warren, N.J.; director for theological education, LCA Division for Professional Leadership, Philadelphia; chaplain and professor of religion, Muhlenberg College, and Christ, both Allentown, Pa.