Barkenquast, the Rev. James L., 92, Bucyrus, Ohio; Sept. 20, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Findlay, Ohio; adult coordinating editor, LCA Board of Parish Education, Philadelphia; Protestant chaplain, English-speaking community in Moscow; associate field supervisor and research associate, LCA Board of Parish Education; editor, Word & Witness, LCA Division for Parish Services, Philadelphia; Our Risen Lord, Burton, Mich.; St. Paul, Bucyrus.

Braaten, the Rev. John M., 85, Rochester, Minn.; Aug. 17, 2024. Calls: Our Savior, Wheeler; Trinity, Boyceville, both Wis.; Olivet, Fargo; Mayville and Gran, Mayville, all N.D.; Bethel, Rochester, Minn.; St. Peter, Mesa, Ariz.

Christopherson, the Rev. G. Neil, 93, Blue Earth, Minn.; Sept. 6, 2024. Calls: Army chaplain; Faith, St. Charles, Minn.; Mount Tabor, Salt Lake City, Utah; Winchester and Jevnaker, Borup; Gloria Dei, Felton; Tingvold and Sverdrup, Underwood; chaplain, St. Luke Lutheran Home, Blue Earth, all Minn.

Derrick, the Rev. William F., 84, Burton, Texas; Aug. 18, 2024. Calls: St. John, Robstown; Abiding Savior, Houston; Salem, Brenham, all Texas.

Deutsch, the Rev. Daniel E., 81, Traverse City, Mich.; Sept. 16, 2024. Calls: LCMS congregations in Copperas Cove, Texas; Ferguson, Mo.; Shaker Heights, Ohio; St. Paul, Alpena, Mich.

Dowhower, the Rev. Richard L., 87, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Sept. 5, 2024. Calls: Zion First (now One in Christ), Ambridge, Pa.; Holy Comforter (now Nativity and Holy Comforter), Baltimore; Berkeley Hills, Pittsburgh; Trinity, Camp Hill, both Pa.; All Saints, Bowie, Md.

Hofer, the Rev. John E., 87, South Whitley, Ind.; Sept. 2, 2024. Calls: Augsburg, Toledo; Christ the King, St. Clairsville, both Ohio; St. Stephen, Plainfield; St. Peter, Millersburg; St. John, Fish Lake, all Ind.

Janz, the Rev. Mary L., 78, Racine, Wis.; July 31, 2024. Call: Emaus ELCA, Racine, Wis.

Kallestad, the Rev. William B., 85, Robbinsdale, Minn.; Aug. 21, 2024. Calls: Salem, Mahtowa; Faith, Winona, both Minn.; Trinity, Pocahontas; Elfsborg, Pomeroy; St. John, Akron, all Iowa.

Kappes, the Rev. Adolph B., 94, Green Bay, Wis.; Aug. 17, 2024. Calls: St. Matthew, Conestogo; St. Timothy, Pembroke, both ON, Canada; Luther Memorial, West Allis, Wis.

Lutz, the Rev. Lyle C., 87, Wyoming, Minn.; Aug. 8, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Durand, Ill.; Our Savior, La Crosse, Wis.; Trinity, Turtle Lake, N.D.; missionary serving in Tanzania; Immanuel, Cresco; Emanuel-St. John, Lytton; Exira, Exira, all Iowa; First, Harris, Minn.

Mangiante, the Rev. David D., 94, Burlington, N.J.; Sept. 6, 2024. Calls: Christ, Bridgeton; Nativity, East Brunswick; St. Paul, Hainesport, all N.J.

Markquart, the Rev. Edward F., 84, Des Moines, Wash.; Sept. 3, 2024. Calls: Central, Eugene, Ore.; Grace, Des Moines.

Melby, the Rev. Colin H., 67, Bonney Lake, Wash.; Aug, 28, 2024. Call: Glen Cary, Ham Lake, Minn.

Miller, the Rev. Tom O., 74, Tallahassee, Fla.; Aug. 8, 2024. Calls: Good Shepherd, Inver Grove Heights; Elim, Scandia; First, Rush City, all Minn.; St. Mark, Bloomfield; Morning Star and assistant to the bishop, ELCA Nebraska Synod, Omaha, all Neb.

Nelson, the Rev. Norman A., 98, Lombard, Ill.; Sept. 2, 2024. Calls: Saron and Salem, Chicago; Gloria Dei, Downers Grove, all Ill.

Newhart, the Rev. David C., 79, Elizabethtown, Pa.; Aug. 1, 2024. Calls: Luther Place, Washington, D.C.; St. John, Sayre; St. Peter, Middletown; St. Peter, Pen Argyle; Renewed Spirit, Reading; interim, ELCA Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod, Allentown; interim, Pleasantville UCC, Pleasantville; ELCA Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod; all Pa.

Owens, the Rev. Gary W., 80, Lewisburg, Pa.; Sept. 6, 2024. Calls: St. John, Milton; New Columbia, West Milton; St. John, Lewisburg; Christ, Claysburg; St. Paul, East Freedom; Evangelical, Newry; Mount Carmel and St. Paul, Hanover; St. Matthew, Harrisburg; St. John, Hummelstown; Shells, Grantville, all Pa.

Payne, the Rev. Norman O., 93, Baltimore; Aug. 1, 2024. Calls: St. John by the Sea, Long Beach, N.Y.; Grace and executive director, Augsburg Lutheran Home of Maryland Inc., Baltimore; administrator, Lutheran Home at Jersey City, Jersey City, N.J.; interim, ELCA Delaware-Maryland Synod; St. Paul, Baltimore.

Peterson, the Rev. Harold J., 93, Sun City, Ariz.; Sept. 14, 2024. Calls: Trefoldighed, Battle Lake, Minn.; First, Eau Claire; Trinity, Sparta; First, Stoughton; Galilee, Pewaukee, all Wis.; Shepherd of the Desert, Sun City.

Schmalzle, the Rev. Robert T., 70, Oviedo, Fla.; Aug. 11, 2024. Calls: missionary serving in Kenya; Lord of Life, Canfield, Ohio; missionary serving in Kenya; interim, ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod; Trinity, Kissimmee, Fla.

Villani, the Rev. Robert E., 89, Holyoke, Mass.; Aug. 24, 2024. Calls: Christ, Scituate; First and St. Peter, Holyoke, all Mass.

Wilch, the Rev. Andrew W., 94, Columbus, Ohio; Sept. 12, 2024. Calls: Bethany, Leland, Ill.; Grace, East Palestine; St. Paul, Botkins; Trinity, Monroeville; Redeemer, Brook Park, all Ohio.