# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S284
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Name: Joseph G. Lavalais Address: ©OL1l1 Cobbs Creek Parkway
Birth date: September 13, 1913 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19143
Birth place: Mansura, Louisiana Father's name: _GeOrge J. Lavalais

Wife's maiden name: Elizabeth L. Smith, (deceased) Number of children: Three

College (grad): SOUthern University - Immanuel Luth.,College  y,,,, 1933
Seninary (grad): Immanuel Lutheran College & Seminary Year: 1937
wees menber of congr.s . None as clergynan: __ 38 Po*Ceype and instituciondt
Year of Ordination: 1938 DD Concordia Theological Sem
Pastorates held (beginning with earliest): Springfield, I1l
Congregation Years (dates
Bethany Lutheran Church - Kimbrough,Ala 1938 - 1943
St. Luke, Lamison, Ala., St. Mathew's, Arlington, Ala., 1939 - 1943
St. Peter, Pine Hill, Ala., Good Shepherd, Vineland,Ala., " "
Messiah, Bashi, Ala., ( From 1939 to 1943, I pastored " "
five of the above congregations simultaneously)
Other full-time positions held (begin with earliest):
Position Employer Years (dates)
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Other synodical offices held (begin with earlier, but list no more than three):
Position (officer, board, or commission Years (dates
Member of Missionary Board Of Synodical Conf.,of North America 1958 - 1965
Circuit Counselor,Phila Circuit, LCMS - Eastern District 1961 ~ 1966
4 Vice-Pres.,LCMS - Eastern Dist.,1966 - 1981 - 2nd Vice~Pres., LCMS 1981 - 1983

Other District offices held (begin with earlier, but list no more than three):

Position (officer, board, or commission Years (dates

Member of Commission On Luth., Human Relation-LCMS - East. ,Dist 1952 - 1963

Pastoral Advisor to the LUtheran Women's Missionary League-East. ,Dist 1963 ~ 1971

Chairman Of Phila., Regional Past = = n Dist. 1966 = 1975

Other significant service or experience (e.g., in community, government, or interchurch affairs).
Give one line summary or designation for each.

Type of Service Years (dates

Chairman of Board Of Directors - Mercy Douglas Hospital 1974 - 1978
Past dyisor To The Board Of Student Recruitment-LCMS- East. ,Dist., 1964 - 1976

Prison Chaplian - Broad Meadows Prison, Thorton, Pennsylvania 1970 - 1975

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