Alger, the Rev. James T., 91, Fargo, N.D.; May 24, 2025. Calls: Warwick, Warwick; American, Hamar; American, Tolna; Zoar and St. Angsar, Lamoure; campus pastor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, all N.D.; St. Paul, Neola, Iowa; interim, North Lamoure, Litchfield, N.D.; interim, Spring Creek, Hastings, N.D.; Bethel, Brainerd, Minn.; Nazareth, Cogswell, N.D.

Becker, the Rev. Carl R., 87, Oak Creek, Wis.; May 3, 2025. Calls: Christ, Stamford; St. James, Ganado, both Texas; St. John, Saxeville; Christ, Oshkosh; Hope, Wautoma, all Wis.

Borsay, the Rev. Mulba C., 75, Cleveland, Ohio; April 30, 2025. Call: Calvary, East Cleveland, Ohio.

DeWeerth, the Rev. Eldon G., 83, Highland Park, Ill.; April 14, 2025. Calls: Christ, Edmonds; Bethany, Longview, both Wash.; staff, ALC Board of Parish Education; parish support staff, ALC Division for Life and Mission in the Congregation, both Minneapolis; executive director, ELCA Division for Congregational Life, Chicago; Redeemer, White Bear Lake, Minn.

Donnelly, the Rev. Delores L., 92, Tampa, Fla.; April 11, 2025. Calls: Holy Trinity, Marietta; Apostles, Atlanta, both Ga.

Dowling, the Rev. Daniel L., 89, Los Alamitos, Calif.; March 31, 2025. Calls: Trinity, Crookston, Minn.; Immanuel, Silverton, Ore.; Emmanuel, Longview, Wash.; Our Savior, Lake Oswego, Ore.

Elzey, the Rev. Ernest C., 78, Cedar Falls, Iowa; May 3, 2025. Calls: St. Paul, Kellogg; St. Andrew, Sully, both Iowa; Trinity, South Milwaukee; Central, Edgerton, both Wis.; First Augustana, Lockridge; Ascension, Goose Lake; Zion, La Porte City, all Iowa.

Feiertag, the Rev. Paul H., 88, Everett, Wash.; July 2, 2024. Calls: St. Luke, Malvern, AR; Immanuel, Trenton; Immanuel and Peace, Salisbury, all M0.; chaplain, Spectrum Hospice, Home Health Hospice and Heartland Hospice, all Santa Rosa, Calif.

Franke, the Rev. Lance N., 78, Sandusky, Ohio; May 8, 2025. Calls: Good Shepherd, Vickery; chaplain, Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, both Ohio.

Gies, the Rev. Kathy K., 80, Rochester, Minn.; April 26, 2025. Call: St. John, Rogers City, Mich.

Henry, the Rev. Eugene S., 96, Marion, Iowa; May 25, 2025. Calls: Bethany and Trinity, Siren, Wis.; St. Paul (San Pablo), East Chicago, Ind.; St. Mark, Sioux City; St. Stephen (now New Hope), Clinton, both Iowa.

Hoffmann, the Rev. Michael J., 82, Hendersonville, N.C.; May 10, 2025. Calls: Catholic priest (1968-2000); Grace, Thomasville, N.C.

Hower, the Rev. William A., 87, Moon Township, Pa.; April 21, 2025. Calls: Our Saviour, Harrisburg; St. Matthew, Lancaster; St. Andrew, Coraopolis, all Pa.

Hustad, the Rev. Jack F., 94, Mukilteo, Wash.; Feb. 15, 2025. Calls: Atonement, Overland Park, Kan.; executive director, ALC Commission on Evangelism, Minneapolis; First, Fergus Falls, both Minn.; First of Richmond Beach, Shoreline, Wash.; director, major gift program, ALC Foundation, Minneapolis; interim, Glendale, Burien; interim, ELCA Northwest Washington Synod, both Wash.; missionary serving in Denmark and Poland; interim, ELCA Northwest Washington Synod.

Jenson, the Rev. James A., 87, St. Paul, Minn.; May 17, 2025. Calls: Shields River, Wilsall; American, White Sulphur Springs; Eidsvold, Somers; assistant to the bishop, ALC Rocky Mountain District, Great Falls, all Mont.; director of mission support services and resident stewardship services, Resident Stewardship Service, ALC Office of Communication and Mission Support, Minneapolis; executive vice president, Ark Development, St. Paul, both Minn.; associate director, ELCA Foundation, Chicago; executive director, Seminary Foundation, and vice president for seminary relations, Luther Seminary, St. Paul.

Johnshoy, the Rev. Ralph E., 99, Sioux Falls, S.D.; March 30, 2025. Calls: Sharon, Trinity; Sundahl, Logan, Ottawa and Ringsaker, Aneta, all N.D.; St. John, Spring Valley, Wis.; Our Savior, Huron; St. John American and district director, ALC Commitment to Mission, Sioux Falls; pastor developer, Good Shepherd, Brookings; East Side, Sioux Falls, all S.D.

Kieser, the Rev. Mary F., 80, Baltimore; April 25, 2025. Call: Epiphany, Dale City, Va.

Klippen, the Rev. Leonard E., 94, Roy, Wash.; May 6, 2025. Calls: Lake View, Chicago; assistant to president, ALC Southeastern District, St. Paul, Minn.; executive director, Toledo Area Council of Churches, Toledo, Ohio; Genesis, Elizabeth, Pa.; Lord of the Seas, Big Pine Key, Fla.

Lyberg, the Rev. H. Peter, 87, Naples, Fla.; April 30, 2025. Calls: Zion, Perrysburg, Ohio; Christ, Reese, Mich.; Shepherd of the Glades, Naples.

Matevia, the Rev. Brian L., 87, Cincinnati, Ohio; March 16, 2025. Calls: St. John, Miamisburg; Hope, Ottawa Hills; Trinity, Englewood; pastor developer, LCA Division for Mission in North America, Columbus; Trinity, Niles; St. Timothy, Mansfield; staff chaplain, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, all Ohio.

Mattson, the Rev. James A., 89, Decorah, Iowa; May 5, 2025. Calls: Nokomis Heights, Minneapolis; St. John, Plainfield; Zion, Wyoming; First, Britt, all Iowa.

Mayer, the Rev. Gregory A., 77, Rock Island, Ill.; April 24, 2025. Calls: First and St. John, Dongola; Trinity, Milledgeville; Salem, Sandwich; First, Rock Island, all Ill.

Mehl, the Rev. Raymond L., 94, Laguna Woods, Calif.; March 20, 2025. Calls: Barneveld, Barneveld; West Blue Mounds, Blue Mounds; Calvary, Brookfield, all Wis.; staff, Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa; staff and director, fund development, Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Orem, the Rev. Charles J., 88, Easton, Pa.; May 21, 2025. Calls: Zion, Lewistown; Christ, Tuscarora; Christ, McKeansburg; Friedens, New Ringgold; Forks, Stockertown; Hope, Tatamy, all Pa.

Pike, Deacon Jean M., 89, Neenah, Wis.; April 28, 2025. Calls: parish education director, Bethel, Madison; director of family life education, Peace, Oshkosh, both Wis.

Reitz, the Rev. LeRoy E., 87, Spring Mills, Pa.; May 2, 2025. Calls: Mount Zion, Glasgow; Emmanuel-Tusseyville and St. Luke, Centre Hall; Trinity, Milton, all Pa.

Ruge, the Rev. Martin E., 94, Oshkosh, Wis.; May 27, 2025. Calls: Our Savior, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Emmanuel, Menominee, Mich.; St. Paul, Neenah, Wis.

Schnell, the Rev. Michael L., 83, Chicago; May 13, 2025. Calls: assistant supervisor chaplain, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin; Edgebrook, Chicago; St. John, Bluff Springs; Gethsemane, Cicero, all Ill.; planning consultant, LCA Division for Mission in North America, New York; director of planning, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Des Plaines; interim, ELCA Metropolitan Chicago Synod; Edgebrook, Chicago, all Ill.

Senft, Deacon Ardith L., 79, Glendale, Ariz.; May 3, 2025. Calls: director, Urban Coalition Capital Conference; director of children and family ministries, Grace, both Phoenix; minister of care, Living Water, Scottsdale, all Ariz.

Sjolie, the Rev. James, 94, De Pere, Wis.; May 12, 2025. Calls: Kerkhoven, Kerkhoven; Good Shepherd, Wells; Our Savior, Montevideo, all Minn.; First, Barron; Bethesda, Bayfield, both Wis.

Van O’Linda, the Rev. William M., 73, Southern Pines, N.C.; April 26, 2025. Calls: Prince of Peace, Largo, Fla; Holy Trinity, Wytheville, Va.; Faith, Deland; King of Glory, New Port Richey; St. Stephen, Pompano Beach, all Fla.

Willman, Deacon Bryce K., 89, Albuquerque, N.M.; April 20, 2025. Calls: business administrator, St. Paul, Davenport; synod administrator, ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod, Iowa City; parish administrator, First, Cedar Rapids, all Iowa.

Wolfe, Deacon Ronald E., 87, Buffalo, N.Y.; Oct. 15, 2024. Call: assistant to pastor, Grace, Buffalo.