Borson, the Rev. Bernard K., 92, Port Orchard, Wa˙sh.; Dec. 21, 2023. Calls: Trinity, Linn Grove, Iowa; Army chaplain; chaplain, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif.

Burling, Deacon Marian, 96, Sheridan, Wyo.; Jan. 4, 2024. Calls: lay assistant, Bethesda, Ames, Iowa; assistant director for public policy and advocacy ministry, ELCA Division for Church in Society, Washington, D.C.

Dale, the Rev. Leonard A. Jr., 74, Olathe, Kan.; Jan. 22, 2024. Calls: Calvary, Ferguson, Mo.; Hope and chaplain, Regional Treatment Center, and political science teacher, Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Fergus Falls, Minn.; Trinity, Great Bend, Kan.; mission director, ELCA Division for Outreach; bishop’s associate for outreach and stewardship and director for evangelical mission, ELCA Central States Synod,

Erat, the Rev. William G., 81, Jenkintown, Pa.; Nov. 8, 2023. Calls: director of child services and vice president for children, Lutheran Service Association, and vice president, Lutheran Child and Family Services of Massachusetts, Framingham, Mass.; executive director, Lutheran Children and Family Services, Philadelphia; executive vice president for communications, Liberty Lutheran Services, Ambler, both Pa.

Fant, the Rev. Paul D., 84, Miamisburg, Ohio; Jan. 1, 2024. Calls: First, Varna; Our Saviour; Lansing; Zion, Kewanee, all Ill.; St. Jacob, Miamisburg; Emanuel, Phillipsburg, both Ohio.

Gieschen, the Rev. Roger J., 95, Lenexa, Kan.; Jan. 23, 2024. Calls: Our Lord, Oklahoma City; St. Paul, Wichita, Kan.; mission director, Central States Synod with the LCA Division for Mission in North America; bishop, LCA Central States Synod; coordinator, ELCA Region 4.

Gotsch, the Rev. Thomas L., 84, Hingham, Mass.; Jan. 16, 2024. Calls: Bethany, Elmhurst; campus pastor, City University of New York-Queens College and New York University, New York, all N.Y.; youth director, Lord of Life, Anoka, Minn.; New Ministry, Bedminster; Holy Cross, Basking Ridge; Advent, Warren, all N.J.

Grady, the Rev. Rayford J., 69, Chicago; Dec. 29, 2023. Calls: Emmanuel, Rockford; Holy Spirit, Chicago, both Ill.

Halenza, the Rev. Jeffrey M., 78, Riverdale, Ga.; Jan. 12, 2024. Calls: First, Nashville; Living Word, Memphis, both Tenn.; Christ our Hope, Riverdale, Ga.

Harshbarger, the Rev. Edward C., 91, Altoona, Pa.; Dec. 9, 2023. Calls: St. John, Lewistown; Evangelical, Duncansville; Advent, York; St. James, Altoona; St. John, Columbia; Messiah, Railroad, all Pa.

Heichler, the Rev. Muriel N., 98, Adamstown, Md.; Dec. 4, 2023. Call: Bethel, Frederick, Md.

Heitzenroder, the Rev. Frederick C., 76, Oldsmar, Fla.; Jan. 9, 2024. Calls: Zion, Philadelphia; Grace, Fairmont, W.Va.; Salem, Delmont, Pa.

Jewell, the Rev. Barbara B., 83, Blue Earth, Minn.; Jan. 23, 2024. Calls: St. John, Daykin; St. Paul, Gilead, both Neb.; Trinity, Jeffers; interim, ELCA Southwestern Minnesota Synod; Bethel, Graettinger, Iowa.

Johnson, the Rev. Henry K., 87, Indiana, Pa.; Jan. 7, 2024. Calls: Evangelical, Crum Creek; St. Paul, St. Johnsville; St. James, Starkville; St. James, Johnstown, all N.Y.; Zion, Hollidaysburg; Salem, Chambersburg; St. Paul, McConnellsburg, all Pa.

Kastelle, the Rev. Rodney L., 91, Tacoma, Wash.; Nov. 27, 2023. Calls: Faith, Soap Lake, Wash.; Gloria Dei, Anchorage, Alaska; Atonement (now Spirit of Grace), Beaverton, Ore; Hope, Tacoma, Wash.; American, Kellogg, Idaho.

Leaf, the Rev. Phillip G., 89, McPherson, Kan.; Dec. 6, 2023. Calls: Grace, Central City; Neb.; St. James, Vandalia; First, Rockford, both Ill.; resource development director, Bethphage Mission, Axtell, Neb.; executive director, Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest, Pflugerville, Texas; associate vice president for development, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Letalien, the Rev. Robert G., 84, Flower Mound, Texas; Jan. 20, 2024. Calls: Christ the King, Hobbs, N.M.; Our Savior, San Antonio; St. Paul, Taylor, all Texas; Holy Trinity, Saranac Lake; chaplain, Franklin Correctional Facility, Malone, both N.Y.

Lewis, the Rev. Alvin G. Jr., 89, Stillwater, Minn.; Jan. 24, 2024. Calls: Crow River and Big Grove, Belgrade; First, Renville; Trinity, Montevideo, all Minn.

McManus, the Rev. Charles R., 90, Salisbury, N.C.; Jan. 20, 2024. Calls: Mount Hermon, Concord; St. James, Rockwell; Lutheran Chapel, Gastonia; St. Peter, Southport, all N.C.

Miller, the Rev. Charles W., 69, La Crosse, Wis.; Jan. 16, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Winterset; St. Paul, Postville, both Iowa; St. Peter, Fennimore; Kickapoo United, Soldiers Grove; Peace, Readstown, all Wis.

Miritz, the Rev. Melvin A., 97, Racine, Wis.; Nov. 30, 2023. Calls: First, Ohio, Ill.; St. John, Johnson Creek; Redeemer and Resurrection, Racine, all Wis.

Mordey, the Rev. Hyacinth J., 97, Fort Washington, Pa.; Jan. 16, 2024. Call: Bethel, Philadelphia.

Moren, the Rev. Orval K., 94, Coon Rapids, Minn.; Dec. 28, 2023. Calls: Dunseth, Little Prairie and Rendahl, Dunseth, N.D.; Melo and Our Savior, Warren; Our Savior, Duluth, all Minn.; Faith, Albuquerque, N.M.

Nilsen, the Rev. Joseph N., 79, Crossville, Tenn.; Dec. 30, 2023. Calls: St. Luke, Hialeah, Fla.; Bethlehem, Fairfax, Va.; chaplain and director of pastoral care, Eger Nursing Home, Staten Island; chaplain, Medical Center, Somerville, N.J.

Paulson, the Rev. Charles T., 88, Sun City, AZ; Dec. 15, 2023. Calls: Calvary, Green Bay, Wis.; St. Olaf, Garden Grove; Mount Carmel, San Luis Obispo; Cross and Crown, Rohnert Park, all Calif.

Rolland, the Rev. Conrad E., 89, Roland, Iowa; Jan. 21, 2024. Calls: Emmanuel and North Prairie, Scarville; Bethlehem and Our Savior, Inwood; Trinity, St. Olaf and St. John, Belmond; Bergen, Roland, all Iowa.

Schmitt, the Rev. Harley H., 92, Brooklyn Park, Minn.; Dec. 11, 2023. Calls: Zion, Atalissa; Our Redeemer, West Liberty; Redeemer, Estherville, all Iowa; Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Park, Minn.

Sontag, Deacon Jean M., 90, Pittsburgh; Jan. 27, 2024. Call: parish secretary, Zion, Pittsburgh.

Squire, the Rev. Vernon F., 96, Clearwater, Fla.; Jan. 24, 2024. Calls: Christ, Germantown; Zion, Niagara Falls; Grace, Dunkirk; interim, Reformation, Rochester; Trinity, Brewster; chaplain director, Lutheran Inner Mission Society and chaplain, Monroe Community Hospital, Rochester, all N.Y.