Deaths

Lutheran, The, Dec 2000

Ahrens, the Rev. Robert R., 96, Rockwell, IA; Aug. 15. Calls: Immanuel, Forest, WI; St. Paulus, S. St. Paul, MN; Immanuel, Cresco; Zion American, Wyoming; St. Paul, Thornton, all IA. Bauer, the Rev. Paul G., 92, Waverly, IA; July 29. Calls: St. Peter, Lamont; St. Paul, Aurora; Trinity, Malcom; St. Paul, Kellogg; St. Andrew, Sully; Salem, Andrew; St. Paul & chaplain, Women's Reformatory, Rockwell City; Emanuel & chaplain, Lutheran Home for the Aged, Strawberry Point; St. John, Mineola, all IA; St. Paul, Beloit, WI.

Bucka, the Rev. Melvin A., 86, Pine Island, MN; Sept. 23. Calls: dir., Lutheran Settlement House, Detroit; dir., & exec. dir., Lutheran Children's Home; faculty, Wartburg College, both Waverly, IA; dir., Child Services Div. of SS, ALC; consultant, Family & Child Services, ALC Div. for Service and Mission in America; dir., DSMA, all Minneapolis. Chelton, the Rev. Ronald K., 53, pastor of Bethlehem, Columbus, OH; Aug. 27 of cancer. Calls: St. John, Wheelersburg; St. John, Sidney, both OH; Peace, Charlottesville, VA.

Fairman, the Rev. William R., 87, New Bedford, MA; July 29. Calls: Holy Trinity, Buffalo; St. Paul, Dansville; St. Paul, Port Chester; St. John, Mamaroneck, all NY; Emanuel, New Haven, CT; St. John, New Bedford, MA. Hansen, the Rev. Stanley T., 73, Paullina, IA; Aug. 14. Calls: St. Paul, Ringsted; Blakjer, Seneca; Exira, Exira; Immanuel, George, all IA.

Johnson, the Rev. Ocee, 87, Sidney, MT; Aug. 2. Calls: Bethesda & Bethania, Mizpah; Hope, Northhome; Trinity, Gemmel; Bethel, Wildwood, all MN; St. Petri, Story City, IA; Valier, Valier; Golden West & Ponders Valley, Conrad; St. Olaf, Ledger; Melville, Melville; Big Timber, Big Timber; American & chaplain, St. John Lutheran Home, Billings, all MT.

Josi, the Rev. Ronald E., 73, North Bonneville, WA; Sept. 3. Calls: Zion, Ithaca; St. John, Malmo; St. John, Cedar Rapids; Hope, Spalding, all NE; Good Shepherd, Los Angeles; Calvary, Pacoima; Faith, Lapuente, all CA; Grace, Kingman, AZ; Evangelical, Chinook; Prince of Peace, Forks, both WA.

McDermid, the Rev. John A., 88, Laporte, MN; Aug. 24. Calls: Trinity, Floodwood; Bethany, Cromwell; Bethlehem, Wright; Lake Park, Lake Park; Solem, Hawley, all MN.

Oleson, the Rev. Chester A., 86, Northfield, MN; Sept. 27. Calls: Miller & Ellington Prairie, Miller, IA; Valley Grove & Little Cannon, Nerstrand; Our Savior & Palmyra, Bird Island; East Marsh River, Augustana & Halstad, Halstad, all MN; Bethany, Leland, IL.

Peeler, the Rev. D. Gene, 57, pastor of Mt. Moriah, China Grove, NC; Aug. 26 of cardiomyopathy. Calls: Friedens, Gibsonville; First, Lexington, both NC.

Schenk, the Rev. Frederick J., 85, Minneapolis; Aug. 19. Calls: campus pastor, USC, Los Angeles; Bethel, Encino; dir., parish ed., ALC West Region, Palo Alto, all CA; First English, Redwood Falls, MN; field serv. dir., ALC Parish Ed.; staff, ALC Div. for Life and Mission in the Congregation, both Minneapolis. Steen, the Rev. Leland W., 86, Golden Valley, MN; Aug. 20. Calls: US Army chaplain; Zion, Nordland, St. Olaf & New Hope, Moose Lake; Zion, Thief River Falls; Oak Grove, Minneapolis; Bethlehem, Proctor, all MN; First, Richmond Beach, WI; Our Savior, Rockford, IL.

Swanson, the Rev. Stanley H., 82, Lindsborg, KS; Oct. 6. Calls: headmaster, Ilboru Secondary School, Arusha; faculty, Univ. of Tanzania & pastor, Asanea, DarEs-Salaam, all Tanzania; faculty, Augustana Sem., Rock Island, IL; faculty, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter; Bernadotte, Lafayette, both MN; chair, religion and philosophy dept. & chaplain, Bethany College; Freemont, both Lindsborg, KS.