LogoutBowen, the Rev. Edwin R.
97, Girard, Ohio; Nov. 19, 2023. Calls: Our Saviour, Toledo; Olivet, Sylvania; Master, Bedford; Good Shepherd, Conneaut, all Ohio.
Busch, the Rev. H. William
87, Bedford, Ohio; Nov. 24, 2023. Calls: St. James, Richmond; Grace of Glen Avon, Riverside; Nazareth, Turlock; St. Stephen, El Dorado Hills; Trinity, Ft. Bragg; chaplain, Sierra View District Hospital, Porterville, all Calif.
Cunfer, the Rev. Carl W.
91, Mansfield, Ohio; Nov. 19, 2023. Call: St. Mark, Mansfield.
Diers, the Rev. Jerome A.
75, Franklin, Ky.; Nov. 5, 2023. Calls: St. John, Marietta; St. Paul, Nassau; Faith, Black Hammer; Our Saviour, Spring Grove; all Minn.; First, Princeton, Ill.; Zion, Franklin.
Fisher, the Rev. Carl M.
90, Matthews, N.C.; Nov. 17, 2023. Calls: Trinity, Concord, N.C.; missionary serving in Malaysia and Singapore; Ascension, Savannah, Ga.; director, mission service and development, Lutheran World Ministries; Cross and Crown, Matthews.
Fossum, the Rev. Steven A.
82, Viroqua, Wis.; Nov. 29, 2023. Calls: Trinity (Brevort), Moran; Zion, St. Ignace, both Mich.; St. Mark, Jefferson; Immanuel, Viroqua, both Wis.
Harris, the Rev. Kathy S.
Pickens, S.C.; Nov. 13, 2023. Calls: Summer Memorial, Newberry; Bethlehem, Pomaria; Faith, Pickens, all S.C.
Hathaway, the Rev. Bruce B.
85, Bedford, Ohio; Nov. 23, 2023. Calls: St. Luke, Lima; St. Paul, Springfield; St. Luke, Toledo; Master, Bedford, all Ohio.
Hayes, the Rev. Jami S.
70, Rockton, Ill., Nov. 21, 2023. Calls: Zion, Wooster; Christ, Lexington, both Ohio.
Hermstad, the Rev. Richard P.
82, Gig Harbor, Wash.; Nov. 14, 2023. Calls: Faith, Box Elder; Christ, Big Sandy, both Mont.; Trinity, Cody, Wyo.; Trinity, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho; Peace, Manhattan, Kan.; Key Peninsula, Lakebay; interim, Resurrection, Tacoma, both Wash.
Jiang, the Rev. Franklin X.
88, Oceanside, Calif.; Nov. 24, 2023. Calls: Good Shepherd, Bloomfield, Iowa; St. John, Queen City, Mo; chaplain, Lutheran Retirement Village, Gettysburg, Pa.
Johnson Wrege, the Rev. Jennifer E.
70, Woodville, Wis.; Nov. 1, 2023. Calls: Siloa, Ontonagon; Faith, White Pine; Bethany, Norway; assistant to the bishop, ELCA Northern Great Lakes Synod, Marquette, all Mich.
Johnson, the Rev. Patricia F.
88, Deland, Fla. Nov. 3, 2023. Calls: interim, Florida-Bahamas Synod; Good Shepherd, Sanford, Fla.
Kylander, the Rev. Philip H.
88, Newton, Mass.; Nov. 20, 2023. Calls: Christ, Natick; Faith, Cambridge, both Mass.
Melby, the Rev. Kenneth N.
87, Decorah, Iowa; Nov. 10, 2023. Trinity, Yankton, S.D.; Faith, Cameron; Immanuel, Wausau; Gethsemane, Baldwin; chaplain/development director, Bethel Home of Viroqua, Viroqua, all Wis.
Moore, the Rev. Eugene H.
93, Fayetteville, Pa.; Nov. 11, 2023. Calls: Bender, Biglerville; Christ, New Bloomfield; Mannsville, Elliottsburg; Trinity, Mount Holly Springs, all Pa.
Moore, the Rev. Nancy L.
66, Jim Thorpe, Pa.; Nov. 22, 2023. Calls: St. John, Nazareth; St. Matthew and Trinity, Lehighton, all PA.
Nelson, the Rev. Hubert J.
88, Eden Prairie, Minn.; Nov. 7, 2023. Calls: Bethany, St. Paul, Minn.; Our Savior, Rockford, Ill.; Bethlehem, Minneapolis; interim, ELCA Minneapolis Area Synod; Shepherd of the Hills, Hopkins, Minn.
Padgett, the Rev. Stanley D.
90, Apache, Okla.; Nov. 12, 2023. Calls: missionary serving in Papua New Guinea; St. Matthew, Sullivan, Mo.; Redeemer and Immanuel, Russell, Kan.; Our Redeemer, Fords, N.J.; St. Peter, Apache; Peace, Cyril; First and Christ our Savior, Chickasha; St. Thomas, Anadarko, all Okla.
Reeb, the Rev. James H.
64, Peever, S.D.; Nov. 9, 2023. Calls: Bethany, Mellette; Scandinavia and Bethesda Nursing Home, Aberdeen, both S.D.; Hopeful Spirit Parish, Oakes, N.D.; St. Philip, Glenview, Ill; St. Andrew by-the-Sea, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; interim, ELCA Pacifica Synod; interim, ELCA New Jersey Synod; Gloria Dei, Williston, N.D.
Sailer, the Rev. Delbert E.
80, St. Paul, Minn.; Nov. 12, 2023. Calls: Faith, Cuba City; Norway, Wind Lake; Grace, Thiensville, all Wis.
Sharkey, the Rev. Eugene F.
73, Bethlehem, Pa.; Nov. 9, 2023. Calls: Grace, Gouldsboro; Messiah, Bethlehem, both Pa.
Simonsen, the Rev. Edward W.
91, New Albany, Ohio; Nov. 21, 2023. Calls: Good Shepherd, Brunswick, Maine; Bethel, Palatine, Ill.; Hope, Miami; Community, Sterling, Va.; St. John, Columbia; St. Paul, Funkstown, both Md.
Vasquez, the Rev. Hector H.
80, San Antonio; Nov. 26, 2023. Calls: Resurrección, Corpus Christi; Santa Maria, Laredo; San Lucas, Eagle Pass, all Texas.
Williams, the Rev. Betsy M.
63, Granville, OH; Nov. 16, 2023. Calls: deaconess, Cana, Berkeley, Mich.; Gethsemane, Columbus; pastor, Holy Trinity, New Lexington; Christ the King, West Chester; St. Matthew, Oxford; St. Paul, Newark, all Ohio.