Anderson, the Rev. Russell H.
78, Columbia, S.C.; Oct. 22, 2024. Calls: Calvary, Hendricks; Marble, Canby, both Minn.; First, Brookings, S.D.; Ascension, Columbia.
Arndt, the Rev. Charles F.
82, Luck, Wis.; Oct. 10, 2024. Calls: Christ and St. John, Earl Grey, SK, Canada; First and Laketown, Cushing, Wis.
Aylor, the Rev. Charles P.
97, Burlington, Ky.; Nov. 14, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Nashville, Tenn.; Hebron, Hebron, Ky.; St. Paul, Greensburg, Ind.
Baker, the Rev. Paul A.
80, Rochester, Minn.; Nov. 3, 2024. Calls: Messiah, Vancouver, Wash.; Bethel, Rochester, Minn.; Bethel, Phoenix; campus pastor, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; president, Oak Grove Lutheran High School, Fargo, both N.D.; Army chaplain; Zion, International Falls; Good Shepherd, Wells, both Minn.
Featherstone, the Rev. Rudolph R.
89, Pickerington, Ohio; Nov. 8, 2024. Calls: St. John, Bronx; Incarnation, Jamaica, both N.Y.; Good Shepherd, Detroit; campus ministry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; special service, LCA Michigan Synod, Detroit; professor of cross-cultural theological studies and mission, Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pa.; professor of theology and ministry, Trinity Seminary, Columbus, Ohio.
Harpel, the Rev. George M.
78, Boyertown, Pa.; Nov. 14, 2024. Calls: Nativity, Newark, Del.; Braddock, Braddock; Burkittsville, Burkittsville; Trinity, Knoxville, all Md.; St. Paul, Sassamansville, Pa.
Heuermann, the Rev. Kenneth C.
93, Jamesville, N.Y.; Nov. 4, 2024. Calls: Parkside, Buffalo; St. Michael, Camillus, both N.Y.
Holst, the Rev. Ernst F.
90, Zionhill, Pa.; Nov. 3, 2024. Calls: Redeemer, Orangeburg; Our Saviour; Schenectady; Zion, Cobleskill; Prince of Peace, Brentwood-Long Island; Augustana, Tonawanda; St. Luke, Ithaca; Gloria Dei, Lakewood, all N.Y.; Hope, Bowers, Pa.
Lilley, the Rev. Jeffrey M.
63, Honolulu; Oct. 13, 2024. Calls: St. John, Athol; Good Shepherd, Lawrence, both Kan.; Honolulu, Honolulu.
Lofdahl, the Rev. Cedric J.
91, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Nov. 2, 2024. Calls: House of Prayer, Bismarck, N.D.; Holy Redeemer, Cedar Rapids.
McKee, the Rev. Judith A.
76, York, Pa.; Nov. 18, 2024. Calls: Grace, York; assistant to the bishop, ELCA Lower Susquehanna Synod, Camp Hill; Union, York, all Pa.
Miller, Melvin F.
85, Naples, Fla.; Nov. 17, 2024. Calls: St. Paul, Maumee, Ohio; Mount Calvary, Warren; Faith, Shelby Township, both Mich.
Miller, the Rev. Robert L.
89, Yuma, Colo.; Oct. 17, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Dalton; Messiah, Broadwater, both Neb.; St. Paul, Otis, Colo.
Neifert, the Rev. Jody L.
66, Lehighton, Pa.; Oct. 28, 2024. Call: St. John, Palmerton, Pa.
Olsen, the Rev. Ralph H.
75, Newport, Minn.; Sept. 3, 2024. Calls: Augustana, West St. Paul; King of Kings, Woodbury; planned giving officer and community networking pastor, Union Gospel Mission, St. Paul; interim, St. Philip, Hastings, all Minn.
Peterson, the Rev. Ronnie C.
92, Leesburg, Va.; Oct. 28, 2024. Calls: Zion, Cloverdale; First, Hinckley, both Minn.; Pilgrim, Superior; House of Prayer, Mequon, both Wis.; Samuel, Muskegon; Trinity, Kalamazoo, both Mich.
Price, Deacon Reginald B.
68, Baltimore; Oct. 13, 2024. Call: diaconal minister, Directing Committee for Lutheran University Ministry in Greater Baltimore Inc., Baltimore.
Reynolds, the Rev. David D.
94, Madison, Miss.; Oct. 1, 2024. Calls: Trinity, Rockford, Ill.; Holy Cross, Creve Coeur, Mo.; Navy chaplain; chaplain, VA Medical Center, Bath, N.Y.; chief chaplain, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, Calif.
Seip, the Rev. Durrell J.
91, Palmerton, Pa.; Nov. 4, 2024. Calls: St. Peter, Locust Valley; Christ, Barnesville; Ascension, Quakake; Zion, Tamaqua; St. Paul, White Haven; Holy Trinity, Kingston; assistant administrator and administrator, Lutheran Home; assistant executive director and institutional services and administrator, St. Luke Manor; vice president for institutional services, administrator and vice president for planning and systems development, Lutheran Welfare Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, all Hazelton; Zion, Frackville, all Pa.
Sortland, the Rev. Allan B.
96, Minneapolis; Oct. 20, 2024. Calls: Holy Cross, Powers Lake; Bethel, Battleview; Zion, Coteau; Sharon, Grand Forks, all N.D.; First, Albert Lea, Minn.; American, Lincoln, Neb.; Calvary, Golden Valley, Minn.
Stallings, the Rev. Ben G.
73, Terre Haute, Ind.; Oct. 16, 2024. Calls: director of pastoral care, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn; interim, ELCA Metropolitan New York Synod; chaplain, Metropolitan New York Jewish Hospice, Brooklyn, all N.Y.; chaplain for hospice organizations in Terre Haute, Ind.
Swingle, the Rev. Albert E.
86, Washington, D.C.; Oct. 28, 2024. Calls: missionary serving in Liberia; Trinity, Lewisburg; Glenwood and chaplain, Toledo Hospital, Toledo, all Ohio.
Synstelien, the Rev. Floyd L.
95, Lake Park, Minn.; Oct. 21, 2024. Calls: Salem and Sauk Valley, Osakis; Heron Lake, Heron Lake; Delafield, Wilder; Our Savior, Aurora; Concordia, Glyndon, all Minn.
Zayas, the Rev. Jose D.
75, Bayamon, P.R.; Sept. 19, 2024. Call: Santisima Trinidad, Bayamon.