# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S55
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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54 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

August Mennicke ...---------+++-- 21 Eldor Meyer .....------++++° 25
Arnold G. Kuntz ......-----+++-++> il Glenn O’Shoney .....---+--+- 25
August Bernthal ......--------+++> 9 Karl Barth .......------++- 21
Orval Oswald .......----+8-5000 00> 9 August Bernthal ......------ 16
Glenn O’Shoney ....-.--- +--+ +270°+ 8 Kurt Marquart .....-------++ 16
Ronald F. Fink ........--+----+200° 6 + Robert H. King ....-------+-- - 63
Harlan L. Harnapp ...-------+--+++ 6
Oswald Hoffmann .-..--+----- +777" 6 ' Pocons receiving 15 or fewer nominating votes are listed in the report of th
+ Richard H. Meyer ...------++ +5007 6 Committee for Convention Nominations. The name of Robert H. King was added

to the ballot by nomination from the floor.

* Elected

+ Persons receiving 5 or fewer nominating votes are listed in the report of the

Committee for Convention Nominations.

Nominating Election Ballots

Other Vice-Presidents Ballot a) (2)
. Nominating * George F. Wollenburg .--.--------- 622 809
First Vice-President Ballot a) @ 3) Wilbert J. Sohns........-------+++° 552 Declined
Robert C. Sauer ......-----+- 959 Declined * Robert H. King .....-.------ 08000 525 768
Wilbert J. Sohns ......-.---- 257 320 440 423 * Walter A. Maier .....---------+707° 329 508 622
Walter A. Maier .......------ 256 105 Richard T. Hinz ......-------+++-+9° 289 Declined
George F. Wollenburg ....--- 253 189 110 «59 Charles S. Mueller.....-.-------++> 235 447 539
Charles S. Mueller ....-..--- 104 Declined * Guido Merkens .......----+---+50°° 139 394 615
Ralph A. Bohlmann .......-- 92 Declined Robert Sauer ......-.----e-2erece 129 = Declined
Richard T. Hinz ........----- 87 126 72 Robert D. Preus ......------++-00++ 125 336 374
Robert D. Preus ......----+-- 83 Declined Kurt Marquart ....-------+-+e+000° 117 236
Guido Merkens .......------ 59 ~—Declined Harlan L. Harnapp ...---------+-+* 60 137
* August Mennicke .....------ 49 291 469 559 Glenn O’Shoney .....----+- e250 00> 51 Declined
Paul Ph. Spitz ......-.------ 45 August Bernthal......-..+----+++++ 50 211
Wayne Schumpe .......----- 33 Arnold G. Kuntz......------2+2+0> 45 176
L. Lloyd Behnken ......----- 26 Karl L. Barth......-.------2eee eee 40 220
Harlan Harnapp .....--.---- 26 L. Lloyd Behnken.....-.-------++++ 33 Declined
Arnold Kuntz .......---++-++ 26 John W. Klotz .......-----52e eee? 33 90

Following are the results of balloting for officers and boards other than President and Vice-Presidents. Persons who
were elected are designated by means of an asterisk to the left of the nominee’s name.

Ballots Ballots
Secretary qa) (2) 3) 4 6) © @ TEACHER qa) 2) @) 4 6 © @
Elvin R. Harms (SI) ......-- 147 Walter Schmidt (EA) ....-.-- 503
* Walter L. Rosin (MO) ....-- 950 * Daniel Thurber (ABC) ..--- 592
LAYPERSONS
Treasurer Doris Durkee (MNS) ....--- 286
* Norman D. Sell (MO) ....-- 991 Gloria Hoban (NEB) ....--- 326 192
* Rilaine Kading (IW) ...---- 700
Board of Directors * Helen Morris (MNS) ....--- 509 515
PASTORS Robin L. Zimmerman (MO) 333 220
Ernest Besley UB) oan 80 Board for Mission Services
Kenneth W. Behnken (SC) 221 219 PASTORS
Donald Black (TX) ....----- 322 281 * Milton Nauss (SE) .....---- 601
* Henry L. Koepchen (AT) ...- 553 Robert F. Schmidt (NOW) .. 135
Ulmer Marshall (SO) .....-- 144 Leonard Stahlke (TX) ..-.-- 384
Walter M. Schoedel (MO) ... 160 Thomas Zehnder (FG) ...--- 386
* Richard L. Thompson (MT) 480 534 * Paul Zimmerman (MI) ....- 680
Marcus Zill (NOW) ....---- 108 LAYPERSONS
LAYPERSONS * Oscar Hackbarth (NE) ....- 417 515
Richard Bodenstab (NI) .... 163 Lindsy Hubby “Skip” (SC) 291
* Donald J. Brosz (WY) ...--- 632 William J. Jorns (KS) ....-- 380 265
C. P. Coyner (SE) ....------ 203 123 H. David Thurston (EA) .... 367 234
* John L. Daniel (SELC) ..... 428 424 511 498 347 449 658  *John W. Vessey, Jr. (MN) .. 707
Walter Kayser (MI) ....-.--- 371 306 330 261 156
Gilbert LeHaine (MI) ...... 336 312 353 302 260 336 393 Board for Parish Services
* Harold M. Olsen (CI) ....--- 412 412 502 548 PASTORS
Paul W. Purdy (SO) .....--- 433 410 414 318 216 247 Gerald . NW
Orrin Rinke (MNN) ......-. 242 150 erald Behling (NW) ..---- 252
Sam Rutigliano (OH) ......- 270 195 224 J. Barclay Brown (WY) ...-- 421 451 398 429
* Norbert Oesch (SC) ...-.--- 441 504 507 666
* Lester Schultz (NW) .....-- 441 477 565 Daniel D. Otto (MDS) 322 287 158
Rose Wallace (MDS) ...-.--- 322 216 238 168 Clemens Pera (NOW) ...... 296 245
Board for Evangelism Services * Daniel Preus (MNS) ...-.--- 459 544
PASTOR TEACHER
Harold Draeger (CNH) ....- 304 * Atlen Herbst (CI) ....------ 435 617
Thomas Glammeyer (OH) .. 380 438 Larry Matthews (NEB) ....- 318
* Darwin Karsten (MO) .....- 413 593 Marilyn Walz (ABC) .....-- 322 417