Andersen, the Rev. Carl E., 77, Perham, Minn.; Feb. 29, 2024. Calls: Kirkebo and Nora, Perley; Trinity, Thief River Falls; Fisher and Bygland, Fisher; interim, ELCA Northwestern Minnesota Synod; Leaf Mountain and Vining, Vining; Nidaros, Clitherall, all Minn.

Bailey, the Rev. James L., 85, Duluth, Minn.; Jan. 27, 2024. Calls: Hope, Cincinnati; faculty, Trinity Lutheran Seminary and Capital University, Columbus, both OH; faculty, religion department, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.; associate professor of New Testament, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa.

Bennett, the Rev. Ronald C., 91, Brentwood, Calif.; Feb. 23, 2024. Calls: Holy Trinity, Irving, Texas; Master, Lancaster; Messiah, Bakersfield; Holy Cross, Pacifica; Peace, Lompoc, all Calif.

Bergmark, the Rev. Glenn B., 88, Lemont, Ill.; March 13, 2024. Calls: First, Granville; Trinity, North Utica; Bethany, Lemont, all Ill.

Bernards, Deacon Cleo M., 103, Valencia, Calif.; Dec. 30, 2023. Call: teacher and principal, Emmanuel's Laurel Hall School, North Hollywood, Calif.

Bigott, the Rev. Willfred F., 94, Kerrville, Texas; March 10, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Levelland; Grace, San Antonio; camp director, Southern District, Kerrville, all Texas; camp director, Luther Crest Bible Camp, Alexandria, Minn.; executive director, Tri C Camping; Phinney Ridge, both Seattle; Zion, Kerrville; Zion, Brenham; chaplain, Veterans Hospital, Kerrville, all Texas.

Brathwaite, the Rev. Rosalind M., 86, Bronx, N.Y.; Jan. 19, 2024. Calls: Augustana, East Elmhurst; Grace, Astoria, both N.Y.

Cruys, the Rev. George H., 89, St. Louis Park, Minn.; Feb. 16, 2024. Calls: Fridhem, Lengby, Minn.; St. Mark, Fargo, N.D.; Richfield, Minneapolis; Trinity, Lindstrom; Mount Carmel, Minneapolis, all Minn.

Doan, the Rev. Gilbert E., 93, Berlin, N.J.; Jan. 27, 2024. Calls: campus pastor, Philadelphia area; director, National Lutheran Campus Ministry Northeastern Region, Lutheran Council in the United States of America; Holy Communion, Philadelphia.

Frye, the Rev. Michael W., 76, Charlotte, N.C.; March 15, 2024. Calls: Gloria Dei, Salisbury; Living Saviour, Charlotte, both N.C.; Christ, Dallas; Lutheran Chapel, Gastonia; Grace, Raleigh, both N.C.

Green, the Rev. Donald K., 88, Oakland, Calif.; March 16, 2024. Calls: First English, Syracuse; Our Saviour, Horseheads, both N.Y.; St. Andrew, San Jose; Christ the King, Tahoe City; All Saints, Danville; Christ the King, Fremont, all Calif.

Greenwald, the Rev. Arlene K., 72, West Chester, Pa.; Feb. 29, 2024. Calls: Holy Trinity, Wilmington, Del.; Grace, Malvern; St. John, Phoenixville; interim, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod; interim, Messiah, Downingtown, all Pa.

Gugel, the Rev. John R., 77, Muskego, Wis.; Feb. 19, 2024. Calls: Our Savior, St. Louis; Messiah/Faith, Des Moines; Faith, Marion, both Iowa; Atonement, Muskego.

Haight, the Rev. Leila K., 91, Rice Lake, Wis.; Dec. 5, 2023. Calls: Grace and Trinity, Rice Lake.

Hillesland, the Rev. Alton V., 95, Sidney, Mont.; Feb. 10, 2024. Calls: First, Willow City; First, Barton; Marker, Marker; Lucky Mound, Parshall; Bethesda, Raub; First, Waubac, all N.D.; Pleasant Valley and Drammen, Mondovi, Wis.; First English, Bainville; Trinity, Culbertson; Pella, Sidney, all Mont.; First, Spring Creek, Banks, Farland, Garden, all N.D.

Jandrey, the Rev. Cyril A., 95, Knapp, Wis.; Feb. 26, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Waverly (Siegel); St. John, Fredericka; St. Peter, Brunsville; St. Paul, Merrill, all Iowa; Brooklyn, Brooklyn; Crooksville, Crooksville; St. John, Johnson Creek, all Wis.

Jensen, the Rev. Bonnie L., 85, St. Paul, Minn.; March 31, 2024. Calls: From 1981 to 1987 she served as executive director of the former American Lutheran Church Women. She then served with the ELCA Division for Global Mission, first as director of the global mission education program (1988-93), as director for planning and evaluation and program director for Papua New Guinea and South Pacific (1993-1995); and finally as executive director of the division (1995-2003). Previously she was a missionary serving with the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1962-1965).

Johnson, the Rev. LaVonne M., 68, Arlington, Tenn.; March 26, 2024. Calls: St. Mark, Roswell, N.M.; supply pastor; Epiphany, Collierville; Living Word, Arlington, both Tenn.

Laufer, the Rev. Mary E., 76, Kingston, Pa.; Jan. 25, 2024. Calls: Holy Emmanuel Slovak, Pittsburgh; chaplain, Hospice St. John of Lutheran Welfare Service, Kingston; Messiah and St. Mark, Wilkes-Barre, all Pa.

Liebenow, the Rev. Cameron L., 91, Lakeville, Minn.; Jan. 30, 2024. Calls: missionary serving in Brazil and South Africa; administrator, Good Samaritan Society, Holstein; administrator, White Acres Good Samaritan Village, El Paso; administrator, Brentwood Good Samaritan Center, Le Mars, all Iowa.

Lorentzen, the Rev. Alan L., 85, La Porte, Ind.; Feb. 8, 2024. Calls: St. Matthew, Johnson; Trinity, Papillion, both Neb.; deployed staff for stewardship, LCA Division for Parish Services; program specialist for congregational and synodical stewardship, Southern California (West), Pacifica and Grand Canyon Synods, ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries.

McCombs, the Rev. R. Earl, 94, Greenwood, S.C.; March 2, 2024. Calls: St. Andrew, Concord; Faith, Faith; Epiphany, Winston-Salem, all N.C.; St. David, West Columbia; Immanuel and chaplain, HospiceCare of Piedmont, Greenwood.

McMillin, the Rev. Harold R., 78, Garnavillo, Iowa; March 2, 2024. Calls: St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli; First, Dows; Vernon, Williams; Emmanuel, Fontanelle; Elgin, Elgin; Highland, Elkader; St. John American, Guttenberg; Immanuel, Elkport; Hope, Elkader; St. John American and St. Paul, Guttenberg; St. John, Luana, all Iowa

Miller, the Rev. Arthur W., 98, Round Rock, Texas; March 17, 2024. Calls: St. John, Wellington, Kan.; Blue Ridge Trinity, Raytown, Mo.; Trinity, Loveland; King of Kings, Pueblo, both Colo.

Nagy, the Rev. Zoltan L., 92, Pittsburgh; Feb. 15, 2024. Calls: St. John, Pittsburgh; St. Luke, Baltimore (Dunkirk), Md.; Bethel, Buffalo, N.Y.; Good Shepherd, Pittsburgh; Bethlehem, Webster, N.Y.; Community, Enfield, N.H.; administrator, Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, Savannah, N.Y.; Trinity, Pittsburgh.

Overvold, the Rev. Paul M., 73, Tucson, Ariz.; Jan. 31, 2024. Calls: Zion (Baptism River Community), Finland; Christ, Slayton, both Minn.; Decorah, Decorah, Iowa; Bay Shore, Whitefish Bay, Wis.

Pepelnjak, the Rev. Dale J., 71, Pelican Rapids, Minn.; March 14, 2024. Calls: Peace, Burlington; Saron, Minot, both N.D.; Zion, Pelican Rapids.

Price, Deacon John D., 71, Waynesboro, Va.; Feb. 29, 2024. Call: parish deacon, Trinity, Chambersburg, Pa.

Ritterling, the Rev. Marvin V., 92, Pueblo, Colo.; Feb. 29, 2024. Calls: Zion and Bethesda, Creighton, Neb.; St. Petri, Toledo, Ohio; Lord of Life, Portage, Mich.; Trinity, Gibsonia, Pa.; St. John, Greenville; Faith, Massillon, both Ohio.

Rodriguez, the Rev. Raquel E., 74, Chicago; Feb. 2, 2024. Calls: pastor with the Presbyterian Church of El Salvador; director for Latin America and the Caribbean, ELCA Global Mission, Chicago.

Snell, the Rev. Gwendolyn H., 66, Farmington Hills, Mich.; March 3, 2024. Calls: Good Shepherd, Detroit; Fellowship, Cleveland; interim, ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod; mission redeveloper, New Covenant, East Cleveland, all  Ohio.

Stangeland, the Rev. Wendell M., 92, El Dorado Hills, Calif.; Feb. 14, 2024. Calls: First, Highland and St. Paul, Sherman, S.D.; Faith Meadow, Vista, Calif.; director of chaplaincy services/coordinator of clinical pastoral care, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, S.C.; chaplain, Sutter Community Hospitals/Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, Sacramento, Calif.

Sulouff, the Rev. Nelson R., 94, Oro Valley, Ariz.; Feb. 14, 2024. Calls: instructor and professor, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa.; U.S. Navy chaplain.

Tahtinen, Deacon Lenora I., 83, Stillwater, Minn.; Jan. 24, 2024. Calls: synod youth coordinator, ELCA Northern Great Lakes Synod, Marquette, Mich.; administrative assistant, Faith Inkubators, Stillwater.