Aaseng, the Rev. David R., 77, Red Lodge, Mont.; March 11, 2025. Calls: Trinity, Duluth, Minn.; St. Paul, Missoula; Valley of Christ, Frenchtown; American, Baker; Messiah, Billings; American, Richey, all Mont.

Ames, the Rev. Gregory P., 75, Milwaukie, Ore.; Feb. 25, 2025. Calls: United, Waterville, Wash.; Shepherd of the Valley, Beaverton; interim, Macksburg, Canby; Trinity, Gresham; Luther Memorial, Portland; all Ore.

Anderson, the Rev. Noel R., 84, Roswell, Ga.; March 21, 2025. Calls: missionary serving in Singapore; Cross of Life, Roswell.

Arsenault, the Rev. Maurice A., 87, Westminster, Md.; Jan. 11, 2025. Calls: Epiphany, Baltimore; Trinity, Taneytown; Christ the Servant, Gaithersburg; Good Shepherd, Bel Air; Chapel, Frederick, all Md.

Baither, the Rev. Ann B., 87, Sterling, Ill.; March 21, 2025. Calls: Richland, Richland; First, Opheim, both Mont.; Willow Creek, Overly, N.D.

Baron, the Rev. W. Cole, 74, Franklin, Neb.; Jan. 20, 2025. Calls: St. Paul, Alma; Zion, Franklin; Fredericksburg, Minden; Zion, Franklin, all Neb.

Beck, Deacon Marianne J., 90, Waverly, Iowa; Feb. 20, 2025. Calls: librarian, St. Paul and Wartburg College, Waverly.

Bomboy, the Rev. David E., 98, Lewisburg, Pa.; March 4, 2025. Calls: Grace, Horner, Zion (Hoffman), Stoystown; Zion, Everett; Mount Zion, Breezewood; Christ (previously Lebanon and St. Paul), DuBois; Trinity, Confluence; St. John, Addison; St. Paul, Fort Hill; St. Peter, Freeburg; Botschaft, Mount Pleasant Mills, all Pa.

Bradtke, Deacon Joel H., 82, Brookfield, Wis.; Jan. 5, 2025. Call: diaconal minister, Immanuel, Merrimac, Wis.

Brinkman, the Rev. W. Paul, 79, Appleton, Wis.; March 2, 2025. Calls: LCMS and WELS calls prior to 1992; director of development, Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest, Pflugerville, Teas; vice president for advancement, Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa; vice president for resource development, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Des Plaines, Ill.; Emmanuel, Seymour; development director, Lutheran Association of Missionary Pilots, Brookfield, Wis.; executive vice president, Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Milwaukee; First, Poy Sippi, all Wis.

Brockmeier, the Rev. Dean C., 84, Elk Mound, Wis.; Dec. 15, 2024. Calls: Our Savior, Solon Springs; Grace, Wentworth; Shepherd of the Hill, Elk Mound, all Wis.

Carlson, the Rev. Martin J., 90, Framingham, Mass.; Dec. 28, 2024. Calls: Maria, Dagus Mines; Trinity, Arendtsville, both Pa.

Danielson, the Rev. Donald D., 98, Aurora, Ill.; Nov. 10, 2024. Calls: Navy chaplain; Oak Knoll, Minneapolis; Navy chaplain; chaplain, VA West Side Hospital, Chicago.

Dant, the Rev. Esther L., 84, Arden Hills, Minn.; Jan. 4, 2025. Call: Gethsemane, Maplewood, Minn.

Dingman, the Rev. Kenneth E., 78, Winter Garden, Fla.; March 17, 2025. Calls: St. Paul and St. James, Fort Plain, N.Y.

Eichner, the Rev. Charles F., 83, Littleton, N.C.; Feb. 6, 2025. Calls: Christ, Fredericksburg, Va.; Our Shepherd, Severna Park, Md.; Lakeside, Littleton.

Freese, Deacon Dorothy A., 90, Willmar, Minn.; Dec. 19, 2024. Calls: bookkeeper and secretary, ALC Minnesota District; bookkeeper, ELCA Southwestern Minnesota Synod; bookkeeper, Bethesda Homes, all Willmar.

Geiss, the Rev. Harold G., 91, Lakewood, Colo.; Nov. 16, 2024. Calls: Concord, Rochester; All Saints, Hamburg, both N.Y.; Air Force chaplain; counselor, Aurora Psychotherapy Association, Aurora; chaplain and clinical pastoral education supervisor, Bethesda Community Health Center, Denver, both Colo.; Air Force chaplain.

Hagen, the Rev. Maurice E., 81, Rochester, Minn.; Dec. 20, 2024. Calls: Good Shepherd, Rockford, Ill.; Zion, Buffalo Lake; St. Paul, Springfield; Grace, Luverne, all Minn.

Holden, the Rev. Joan E., 71, Homosassa, Fla.; Feb. 24, 2025. Call: St. Timothy, Crystal River, Fla.

Holmer, the Rev. Mark E., 82, Oak Park, Ill.; Feb. 19, 2025. Calls: All Saints, Fox Lake, Ill.; St. Matthew, Davenport; First, Algona, both Iowa.

Johnson, the Rev. Gunnard D., 93, Hendersonville, N.C.; Feb. 27, 2025. Calls: Walnut Hill, Farmers Branch; Gloria Dei, Garland; both Texas.

Johnson, the Rev. K. Roger, 97, Little Falls, Minn.; Feb. 4, 2025. Calls: Ambrose and Trinity, Ambrose; First, Fortuna; East Writing Rock, Stady; Twin Butte, Cougan; First, Harvey; Bethel, Heimdal; Bethania, Wellsburg, all N.D.; Immanuel and Wilmington, Caledonia, Minn.; Zion, Garretson, S.D.

Johnson, the Rev. William B., 95, Sherman, Texas; Nov. 21, 2024. Calls: St. John, Stone Bank; St. Olaf, Toland; both Wis.; Prince of Peace, Beaumont; Trinity, Sherman, both Texas.

Knauff, the Rev. J. Lowell, 88, Winchester, Va.; Feb. 18, 2025. Calls: Grace, Raleigh, N.C.; Resurrection, Weirton, W.Va.; Hope, Annandale, Va.

Knutson, the Rev. Lowell E., 95, Seattle; Jan. 31, 2025. Calls: Edison, Bow; Our Savior, Everett; First of West Seattle, Seattle; bishop, ALC North Pacific District, all Wash. In 1987 he was elected to serve as the first bishop of the ELCA Northwest Washington Synod, serving until his retirement in 1995.

Mathre, the Rev. Henry J., 93, Pine Island, Minn.; Dec. 14, 2024. Calls: Norway, St. Olaf, Iowa; Our Savior, Stillwater, Minn.; chaplain, Emanuel Hospital, Portland, Ore.; chaplain, Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minn.; chaplain, Lutheran General Hospital, San Antonio; director of pastoral care/education, St. Luke's Hospital, Racine, Wis.

Miller, the Rev. Charles E., 94, McHenry, Ill.; March 4, 2025. Calls: Grace, Manorville; Emmanuel, Ford City; Christ, Kittanning; Aspinwall, Pittsburgh, all Pa.; Our Lord, Collinsville; St. Stephen, Antioch, both Ill.

Miller, the Rev. Frank G., 80, Prospect, Ky.; March 1, 2025. Calls: St. Peter and St. Paul; St. Philip, Blue Island, Ill.; First, Louisville, Ky.;

Mylod, the Rev. Robert T., 86, Georgetown, Del.; Nov. 5, 2024. Calls: Faith, Arlington, Va.; Our Savior, Patchogue, N.Y.; St. Mark, Gettysburg; St. Paul, Fayetteville; chaplain, Paul's Run Lutheran Retirement Homes Inc.; Philadelphia, all Pa.

Narvesen, the Rev. Gordon N., 96, Mount Airy, Md.; March 11, 2025. Calls: North Waseca, Waseca, Minn.; Holy Trinity, Laurel, Md.; King of Kings, Melville, N.Y.; Grace, Baltimore.

Pereyra, the Rev. Luis A., 92, Santiago, P.R.; Nov. 15, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Brooklyn, N.Y.; assistant professor, Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (Wartburg Seminary), Austin, Texas.

Pfankuch, the Rev. Paul W., 89, Boise, Idaho; March 16, 2025. Calls: Christ, Bowling Green, Ohio; Trinity, Hawthorne, Calif,; Prince of Peace, Boulder City, Nev.; director, Circle R Lutheran Bible Camp, Millard, Neb.; director, Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp, Kalispell, Mont.; Valley, Los Lunas, N.M.; Hope of the Sierra, South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Phillips, the Rev. Dean R., 85, Sun Prairie, Wis.; Jan. 17, 2025. Calls: First English, Whitewater; St. John, Grafton; Lakeview, Madison; Christ, Spring Green; Wellington Park, Milwaukee, all Wis.

Poltrock, the Rev. Roy A., 80, Janesville, Wis.; Nov. 22, 2024. Calls: Redeemer, Hartford, Wis.; Faith, Owensboro, Ky.; Trinity, Edgerton, Wis.

Priebe, the Rev. Duane A., 90, Amana, Iowa; Jan. 22, 2025. Calls: St. Paul, Garrison, N.D.; director, Great Plains Institute of Theology, ALC Western North Dakota District; professor of systematic theology and dean, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa.

Ramirez, Deacon Carmen A., 81, Bayamon, P.R.; Jan. 27, 2025. Calls: director, Lutheran Theological Formation Center, ELCA Caribbean Synod, Dorado; ethics teacher, Santisima Trinidad, Bayamon, both P.R.

Rokke, the Rev. David H., 94, Minneapolis; Feb. 10, 2025. Calls: St. Luke, Minneapolis; Bethany and Tunbridge, Ruby; Berwick, Berwick; First, Fargo, all N.D.; First English, Wausau, Wis.; assistant executive and executive secretary, ALC Board of Trustees, Minneapolis; vice president for finance and development, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, S.D.; executive director, Lyngblomsten Care Center, St. Paul, Minn.

Roynesdal, the Rev. Olaf, 72, Omaha, Neb.; March 7, 2025. Calls: Bethany, Viborg; Baltic, and East Nidaros, Baltic; East Side, Sioux Falls, all S.D.; Kountze Memorial, Omaha, Neb.

Schultz, the Rev. Gordon J., 77, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Oct. 9, 2024. Calls: missionary serving in Indonesia; director, Walker Center for Ecumenical Exchange, Auburn; chaplain, New England Seamens Mission, Boston; interim, ELCA New England Synod, all Mass.

Snipes, the Rev. William H., 79, Los Angeles; Jan. 27, 2025. Calls: Our Savior and Messiah, Los Angeles; Calvary, Arleta, all Calif.

Studlien, Deacon Lavone C., 92, Bloomington, Minn.; Feb. 17, 2025. Calls: parish secretary, Emmanuel, North Hollywood, Calif.; secretary, Radio Voice of the Gospel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; secretary, ALC Office of the Secretary, Minneapolis; parish secretary, St. Olaf, Garden Grove, Calif.; secretary, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Camp Pendleton, both Calif.; secretary, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Terry, Deacon William R., 83, Ormond Beach, Fla.; Feb. 25, 2025. Call: parish worker, Holy Trinity, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Tupy, the Rev. Richard R., 93, Eatontown, N.J.; March 16, 2025. Calls: Army chaplain; Atonement, Staten Island, N.Y.; Reformation, West Long Branch; Zion, Rahway, both N.J.

Vaagenes, the Rev. Carl P., 97, Eden Prairie, Minn.; Dec. 29, 2024. Calls: missionary serving in Madagascar; Ebenezer, Northwood, N.D.; Zoar, Lutsen; Lutsen, Tofte; Discover, Brooklyn Park, all Minn.

Wilburn, the Rev. Randall K., 82, Belchertown, Mass.; Dec. 10, 2024. Calls: Bethel, New Auburn; Dover, Chetek, both Wis.; Central, Dallas; Advent, Cedar Hill, both Texas; Peace, Wayland, Mass.; Grace, Palo Alto, Calif.; interim, ELCA New England Synod; interim, First Congregational, Great Barrington; bridge pastor, Trinity Episcopal, Ware, all Mass.

Wolkenhauer, the Rev. Donald N., 93, El Dorado, Calif.; Jan. 30, 2025. Calls: LCMS calls from 1956 to 1976; Holy Cross, Moraga; Good Shepherd, Fremont, Calif.

Young, the Rev. Robert A., 101, Sparta, Wis.; March 6, 2025. Calls: Holy Trinity, New Castle, Ind.; Fourth, Springfield, Ohio; Trinity English, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Zion, Sunbury, Pa.; Christus Victor and Mount Zion, Fort Wayne, Ind.