LogoutAlthouse, the Rev. LaVonne
91, Lititz, Pa.; Dec. 15, 2023. Call: Salem, Philadelphia. Before her ordination, she served as editor of Lutheran Women, the periodical of the LCA’s Lutheran Church Women.
Anderson, the Rev. Glenn M.
87, Park Rapids, Minn.; Dec. 20, 2023. Calls: Our Redeemer, Puposky; Trinity, Pinewood; Glyndon, Glyndon; First and Trefoldighed, Battle Lake; Houglum, Lake Park, all Minn.
Anderson, the Rev. J. Roger
88, Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Dec. 24, 2023. Calls: Sunset, San Francisco; Holy Trinity, Thousand Oaks; assistant to the bishop, LCA Pacific Southwest Synod, all Calif; Lord of Life, Sun City West, Ariz. In 1987 he was elected as the first bishop of the ELCA Southwest California Synod, serving until 1994.
Braband, the Rev. Robert H.
73, Lombard, Ill., Dec. 10, 2023. Calls: Luther Memorial, Erie; St. Mark, Springdale; Holy Trinity, Hermitage; St. Paul, Corry, all Pa.; Martha & Mary, Mount Prospect; Holy Trinity, Lombard, both Ill.
Burkins, the Rev. Charles R.
96, Lancaster, Pa.; Dec. 12, 2023. Calls: Christ, Trenton; Gloria Dei, New Milford; King of Kings, Middletown, all N.J.; Faith, Cockeysville, Md.; First, Stewartsville; Grace, Freehold; Living Water, Toms River, all N.J.
Dorward, the Rev. Dallas D.
94, Burlington, N.J.; Dec. 1, 2023. Calls: Bethany, Gloucester; Holy Trinity, Burlington; St. Michael, Cherry Hill, all N.J.
Erickson, the Rev. Dale A.
83, Grafton, Wis.; Dec. 14. 2023. Calls: Immanuel, Clarinda, Iowa; Mount Calvary, Omaha, Neb.; Zion, Wausau; Mount Zion, Wauwatosa; Immanuel, Cedarburg, all Wis.
Foster, the Rev. Harry G.
87, San Marcos, Texas; Dec. 16, 2023. Calls: Covenant United Methodist, Austin; interim, ELCA Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod; instructor, theology department, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin.
Fox, the Rev. Elizabeth M.
80, Cleveland, Ohio; Dec. 11, 2023. Call: Greenford, Greenford, Ohio.
Gesler, the Rev. Abert U.
88, Erie, Pa.; Dec. 5, 2023. Calls: Christ and Our Savior, Erie; interim, ELCA Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod, all Pa,
Hayes, the Rev. George F.
96, Rockport, Texas; Dec. 15, 2023. Calls: East Canton-New Baltimore Parish, East Canton; First St. Mark, Oregon, both Ohio; Holy Trinity, Houston; Salem, Port Lavaca; deployed staff for stewardship and evangelism, ELCA Southwestern Texas Synod, all Texas.
Kloss, the Rev. Jean C.
77, Minneapolis; Dec. 13, 2023. Calls: Zion, Blair; Olivet; La Crosse; Relise, Alma; interim, La Crosse Area Synod, all Wis.; interim, ELCA Caribbean Synod.
Mancini, the Rev. Ernest A.
81, Detroit Lakes, Minn.; Dec. 15, 2023. Calls: Our Redeemer, Benson; Good Shepherd and campus pastor, Concordia College, and chaplain/vice president, Eventide Lutheran Home and president, Eventide Foundation, and vice president of alumni and college relations, Concordia, Moorhead, all Minn.
Melby, the Rev. Gerald K.
90, St. Charles, Minn.; Dec. 26, 2023. Calls: St. John, Webster; Trondhjem, Lonsdale; Arendahl and Grace, Peterson, all Minn.; First, Britt; St. Matthew, Dubuque; St. Peter, Oran, all Iowa.
Miller, the Rev. Van C.
84, Faribault, Minn.; Dec. 25, 2023. Call: St. Paul of German Lake, Elysian, Minn.
Radloff, the Rev. Ralph M.
95, Rock Island, Ill.; Dec. 15, 2023. Calls: St. Paul, Haskins; Holy Cross, Fairfield, both Ohio; professor, world religions, Augustana College, Rock Island.
Scherer, the Rev. James A.
97, Oak Park, Ill.; Dec. 20, 2023. Calls: missionary serving in Japan; dean/School of Mission, Chicago Theological Seminary, Maywood; professor of world mission and church history, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, both Ill.
Schilling, the Rev. John R.
86, Essington, Pa.; Dec. 2, 2023. Calls: Zion and St. John (Reeds), Stouchsburg; Advent of Goschenhoppen, Harlesyville; St. John Tinicum, Essington, all Pa.
Solberg, the Rev. Arthur M.
98, Edina, Minn.; Dec. 12, 2023. Calls: Zion, Trade Lake; First, Grantsburg, both Wis.; Grace, Sandstone; Emmanuel, Dell Grove; French River, Duluth, Calvary, Stanchfield, all Minn.
Walker, the Rev. Robert G.
94, Burlington, N.C.; Dec. 6, 2023. Calls: Christ, St. Petersburg; St. Stephen, Tallahassee, both Fla.; chaplain, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, N.C.; director, Southern and Ohio Region, National Lutheran Campus Ministry of the Lutheran Council in the United States of America; deployed director, campus ministry, ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools.