Deaths

Lutheran, The, Jul 2002

Anderson, the Rev. Luther, 84, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; April 1. Calls: Peace, Seattle; First, East Orange, NJ; First, Ft. Lauderdale.

Better, the Rev. Edgar W., 73, Franksville, WI; March 2. Calls: Peace, Steeleville, IL; dir. stewardship/evang./mission, ULCA Wartburg Synod; Emmanuel & president, The A Center & president, Good Shepherd Health Systems Inc., all Racine, WI. Blilie, the Rev. Philip O., 89, Rushford, MN; Feb. 25. Calls: Summit & Lebanon, Summit; Oldham, Oldham, all SD; Glendorado & Good Shepherd, Princeton, both MN.

Brandes, the Rev. Lee R., 76, Banning, CA; April 2. Calls: Trinity, Wichita Falls; Emanuel, Seguin, both TX; Our Savior, Banning; Good Shepherd, Torrance; president, Encounter Inc., Thousand Oaks; Paradise, Paradise, all CA.

Driscoll, the Rev. Carl A., 90, Union City, GA; May 14. Calls: Lucas, Lucas; St. Paul, Pleasant Valley; St. John, Dayton; dir. of Christian ed. and youth work, ULCA Ohio Synod; Grace, Dover, all OH; Good Shepherd, Tampa; sec., LCA FL Synod, both FL. Grandahl, the Rev. Donald H., 73, Livonia, MI; March 24. Calls: Bethlehem, Columbus, OH; St. Paul & chaplain, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn; St. John, Dundee; Christ of South Redford & worker-priest, Prism Community, Detroit, all MI.

Gravdal, the Rev. Marcus, 77, Park Ridge, IL; April 9. Calls: Harmony, MN, parish; Grace, Eau Claire, WI; First, Sioux Falls, SD; Atonement, Barrington, IL.

Gravrock, the Rev. Walter C., 88, Kirkland, WA; April 2. Calls: Evangelical, Heron Lake; Evangelical, Delafield; Evangelical, Brewster, all MN; Our Redeemer, Oxnard; Ascension, Thousand Oaks; Central, Oakland, all CA.

Herzfeld, the Rev. Will L., 64, assoc. exec. dir., ELCA Division for Global Mission, Chicago, May 9 of cerebral malaria. Calls: Christ, Tuscaloosa, AL; urban minister LCMS CA and NV districts; urban planning consultant, Div. of Mission Services of the Lutheran Council of the USA; Bethlehem, Oakland, CA; AELC vice president & presiding bishop. (See page 45.) Howard, the Rev. Richard W., 73, Carrollton, TX; May 8. Calls: St. Paul, Madison; Faith, Jeffersonville; St. Mark, Indianapolis; Trinity, Valparaiso, all IN; Hunter's Bottom, Milton; Calvary, Louisville, both KY; Walnut Hill, Dallas.

Kinney, the Rev. Keith L., 72, Brownsburg, IN; April 17. Calls: Shiloh, Walton; Redeemer, Elkhart; Messiah, Brownsburg; chaplain/counselor, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis; St. Paul, Frankfort, all IN.

Knaul, the Rev. John R., 83, Melbourne, FL; July 10, 2001. Calls: Killinger, Berrysburg; St. John, Belleville; St. Paul, Allensville; Christ, Montgomery, all PA; St. Paul, Melbourne, FL. Meck, the Rev. Roy W., 78, Bath, PA; April 11. Calls: Indianland Parish, Cherryville; St. Mark-- Temple, Clifton Heights; St. Andrew, Easton; Emmanuel, Emanuelsville, all PA.

Norrgard, the Rev. Clyde L., 75, Ottumwa, IA; April 24. Calls: Bethlehem, Vinton; Hope, Cedar Rapids; Grace & campus pastor, Grand View College, Des Moines; Messiah & admin., Hope Haven Area Dev. Center, Burlington, all IA. Ontko, the Rev. Milan A., 80, Toms River, NJ;April 27. Calls: St. Paul, Byram, CT; St. John, Trenton; Holy Trinity, Union, both NJ. Perez, the Rev. Suzanne P., 76, Hagerstown, MD; March 14. Calls: Immanuel, Williamstown; St. James, Lebanon, both PA. Plotter, the Rev. Paul G., 86, Fond du Lac, WI; April 23. Calls: Gloria & Memorial,

Milwaukee; Immanuel, Trinity, Fond du Lac.

Scheitlin, the Rev. George E., 72, Royersford, PA; April 25. Calls: Prince of Peace, Philadelphia; Messiah, Austin, TX; field staff, LCA Board of Parish Education; Lutheran Church Volunteers Coordinator, LCA Div. for Parish Services; asst. to bishop, ELCA SE PA Synod.