# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S496
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Robert W. Hirsch, 43, Tripp, S.Dak.;
Emmaus, (SD); lawyer-legislator. S: bd.
for missions. D: bd. of dir.; soc. welf. rep.
C: chm; SS supt.; bd. educ.; bd. stewp. O:
int. LLL bd.; chm. membership com.;
pres.; county prosecutor; state senate and
majority leader.

Gordon E. Nelson, 44, Bowie, Md.;
Trinity (SE); admin. asst. to member of
congress. S: fiscal conf. D: bd. of dir. Cc:
SS supt.; elder; pres.; Bible class teacher;
stewp. chm.

Jay Pfotenhauer, 55, San Francisco,
Calif.; St. Johns (CN); attorney. S: bd.
higher educ.; bd. of dir. D: bd. of dir.
C: pres. O: LLL dist. pres.; dir. Calif.
Bible Soc.

Elmer Schemm, 60, Saginaw, Mich.:;
Peace (Mc): insurance agt., broker. S:
fiscal conf. D: bd. of dir. C: pres.; eld2r;
fin. chm. O: Dist. WL treas.; dir. St. Lukes
Luth Hosp., vice-pres. and treas.

COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY
AND CHURCH RELATIONS

PASTORS

Paul Huchthausen, 62, Burlingame,
Calif.; Trinity (CN): parish worker. S:
prof. Concordia Ft. Wayne and Oakland.
O: planning com. of mental health assoc.

Norbert H. Mueller, 41, Ann Arbor,
Mich.; St.Paul (Mc); parish pastor. S:
CTCR. D: stewp.; recruit.

TEACHERS

Lyle Saeger, 47, Wauwatosa, Wis.; Our
Redeemer (SW); prin. D: missions; re-
cruit. O: bd. of dir. Luth. h. s.; bd. of
dir. greater Milw. Fed. Luth. Churches;
bd. of dir. LEA; dir. Wauwatosa youth

com.
Frederick Trinklein, 45, Glen Head,
N.Y.; Trinity (At); teacher Luth.
h. s. O: curriculum com. assoc. of Luth.
sec. schools; author science textbooks.

LAYMEN

John E. Jass, 64, Peoria, Ill.; Christ
(CI); vice-pres. research and engineering,
tractor co. §: CTCR. D: bd. of dir.; mission
com. C: pres.; elder; youth cslr., chm.
bldg. com. O: bd. of dir. Luth. Child Welf.

George A. Johnson, 52, Crestwood, Mo.:
Reformation (En); mgr. dept. store. C:

pres.
BOARD FOR MISSIONS
PASTORS

Paul W. F. Harms, 45, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Holy Cross (In): prof. S: com. college and
university work; bd. for missions;
eslr.

Will L. Herzfeld, 32, Oakland, Calif.;
Gra-d Lake (CN); urban minister. :
parish educ.; stewp. com. O: vice-pres.
LHRAA; com. federal anti-poverty.

John C. Hinsch, 46, Plainview, N. Y.;
Good Shepherd (At); parish pastor. D:
bd. of dir.; mission com.; finance com.,
esIr. O: chm. Luth. H. S. bd.

Emil G. Jaech, 55, Seattle, Wash.; Hope
(Nw); parish pastor. D: bd. of dir.; vice-
pres.; mission com, O: dist. LWML cslr.

Herman R. Mayer, 49, Topeka, Ks.;
Calvary (Ks): parish pastor. S: mission-
ary to Philippines: bd. for European Af-
fairs; bd. for missions. D: evangelism com.

Lorman M. Petersen, 53, Springfield,
Il.; Trinity (CI); prof. S: bd. for mis-
sions: com. for research. D: bd. of dir.:
ede. sec. O: adv. dist. LLL; dist. cslr.

Thomas L. Ristine, 41, London, Ont.;
Trinity (On); parish pastor. S: bd. con.
nom. D: exec. sec.; regional stewp.; dir.
of missions; eslr.; bd. of dir. O: adv. dist.
LLL; president Luth. Ch.—Canada.

Edward A. Westcott, Jr., 46, Detroit,
Mich.; Redford (Mc); parish pastor. D:
mission bd.; vice-pres. O: adv. dist. LLL,
LWML; Lutheran H. S. bd.; missionary in
Nigeria, W. A.

LAYMEN

Alfred E. Jordan, 55, Shawnee Mission,
Ks.; Trinity (Ks); vice-pres. tech. ser-
vice — TWA. S: bd. for missions. C: pres.;
elder; trustee; S.S. teacher.

William A. Kamrath, 49, Redondo Beach,
Calif.; Good Shepherd (SC): prof. of
journalism. S: bd. of contro] Oakland. D:
bd. of dir.; vice-pres. C: bd. of educ.;
sec.; pres.; chm. stewp. com.; O: author:
editor dist. ‘‘Laymen.”

Walter W. Kayser, 51, Grand Rapids,

CONVENTION NOMINATIONS

Mich.: Our Savior (Mc); manager int. div.
Oliver Machinery Company. S: bd, of con-
trol Springfield; chm. bd. for con. nom.;
trustee LCMS Found. D: church ext. bd.;
stewp. bd. C: chm; trustee; chm. bd. of
educ. O: chm. Luth. Hr. com. LLL; LLL
bd. of gov.

Ear] N. Mitchell, 42, Chapel Hill, N.
Car.; (SE); prof. physics. S: bd. for deaf
missions. C: pres.; elder; trustee.

CHURCH EXTENSION BOARD

PASTORS

Ronald H. Lawrenz, 42, Houston, Tex.;
St. Mark's (Tx); parish pastor. D: mis-
sions bd.; evang. bd.; stewp. bd. O: Luth.
H.S. bd.; vice-pres. hospital bd.

Herman F. Zehnder, 52, Bay City, Mich.;
Zion (Mc): parish pastor. S: church ex-
tension bd. D: bd. of educ.; vice-pres. O
hosp. bd. of dir.; bd. of dir. Red Cross.

TEACHERS

Vance H. Hinrichs, 38, Seward, Nebr.;
St. John’s (SN); prof.; dir. of planning.
D: bd. of educ. C: prin., teacher; bd. of
finance. O: chm. teachers conf.

Robert Hopmann, 38, River Forest, Il.
Grace (NI); professor. S: assist. to bd. for
higher educ.; assist. to executive dir. C:
bd. of educ.; elder.

LAYMEN

Ken Gerrard, 47, Plantation, Fla.; Our
Savior (FG); owner of Rock Mining Co.
D: mission bd. C: pres.; vice-pres.; elder
O: Luth. central school bd.

Martin Kahle, 53, Kearney, Nebr.; Zion
(SN); farmer. D: church ext. com. C: fi-
nance sec.; bldg. com. chm.; elder; trus-
tee. O: LLL dist. bd. of dir.

A. W. Krieger, 61. Bridgman, Mich.;
Trinity (Mc); horticulturist. S: church
ext. bd. C: chm.; stewp. bd. O: dist. LLL
pres.

Fred H. Schindel, 72, Boulder, Colo.;
Grace (Co); retired. S: church ext. bd. D:
bldg. com. sec.; church ext. com.; C:
treas.; pres.; elder: deacon; trustee; stewp.
bd.; S.S. supt. O: dist. WL treas.

BOARD FOR STEWARDSHIP

PASTORS

Calvin R. Fiege, 44, Oxnard, Calif.;
St. John’s (SC); parish pastor. S: fiscal
cont. rep.; chm, conv. com, D: stewp.
eslr.

Paul A. Koehneke, 43, St. Joseph,
Mich.; Trinity (Mc); parish pastor. S:
stewp. bd. D: bd. of dir.: stewp. bd.; vice-
pres. O: WL dist. eslr.

TEACHERS

Robert M. Demske, 51, Seymour, Ind.;
Immanuel (In); prin. D: bd. of appeals;
stewp. C: sec.; bldg. and evang. com. O
chm. Ind. teachers conf.; chm. pastors-
teachers conf.; bd. for mentally retarded.

Herbert A. Meyer, 58, Seward, Nebr.;
St. John’s (SN); prof. dept. head. C: sec.;
vice-pres.; elder.

LAYMEN

Martin F. Littmann, 50, Middletown,
Ohio; Messiah (Oh); research assoc. D:
chm. stewp. bd. C: fin. sec.; pres.; elder;
Bible class teacher.

G. Frederick Schroeder, 56, Redwood
City, Calif. Redeemer (CN); insurance
broker, S: bd. of stewp. D: welf. com.;
com. coll. & univ. work. C: sec.; fin. sec.;
chm. bd. of educ.; chm. bd. of elders; S.S.
teacher.

BOARD OF PARISH EDUCATION

PASTORS

Leonard W. Heidemann, 57, Seward,
Nebr.; St. John's (SN); parish pastor. S:
bd. of higher educ.; com. ministerial
health; D: chm. constitution com.; cslr.

John Korcok, 43, Kitchener, Ont.; St.
Paul’s (On); parish pastor. D: chm. re-
cruit: chm. parish educ.; stewp. com.; bd.
of dir.; csir. O: dist. WL cslr.

Erich C. Peterson, 56, East Detroit,
Mich.; St. Peter’s (Mc); parish pastor.
S: bd. parish educ. D: bd. parish educ.
O: chm. bd. of dir. Detroit Luth. H. S.
assoc.; bd. of dir. Luth. Children’s Friend
Soc. of Mich.; dist. LWML cslr.

Melvin J. Tassier, 53, Lincoln, Nebr.;

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Redeemer (En): parish pastor. D: chm.
bd of parish educ.

TEACHERS

H. James Boldt, 29, West Allis, Wis.;
St. Paul’s (SW); dir. Christ. Ed., prin.
D: Officer Teach. Confs.; curriculum study
com.; bd. of dir. Lutheran Children’s
Friend Soc. C: bd. of educ.; Doctrinal
Unity Com. O: Chm. Milw. Princ. Conf.

Willis W. Bredehoft, 50, Orange, Calif.;
St. John’s (SC); prin. S: bd. of control
Oakland. D: bd. of educ.

LAYMEN

Howard Lawonn, 53, Lakewood, Colo.;
Bethlehem (Co); insurance agent.
bd. of parish educ.; D: bd. of parish educ.;
bd. of dir.; chm. inner city com.; C: pres.;
chm. bd. of elders; S.S. supt.; Bible class
instr.; chm. stewp. bd. O: chm. bd. of dir.
Luth. H. S.

Charles Lawrence, 47, W. Lafayette,
Ind.; Redeemer (In); prof. of accounting.
S: bd. of parish educ. D: bd. of educ. Cc:
pres.; treas.; elder; sec.; O: consultant,
Michigan Dept. of Educ.

Myron A. Marty, 36, St. Louis, Mo.;
Unity (En); prof. Florissant Valley Com-
munity College; dept. head. C: elder; dean
Luth,. Bible Inst. O. bd. of dir. St. Louis
Luth. Miss. Assoc.

Wm, Schwiesow, 43, Glenn Dale, Md.:
Trinity (SE); eng. C. S.S. supt.; elder;
stewp. chm.

BOARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S
WORK
PASTORS

Michael J. Stelmachowicz, 41, Detrolt,
Mich.; Mt. Calvary (Mc); _supt. Detroit
Luth. high schools. S: bd. YP work; dir.
of placement, dean of students Seward
teachers college.

Norman E. Walter, 37, Council Bluffs,
Iowa: Faith (IW); parish pastor. S: Mis-
sionary, Taiwan; bus. mer.-treas. of Tai-
wan mission; Taiwan Luth. Hr. dir. D:
dir. PR.

TEACHERS

Paul G. Brill, 38, Sauk Rapids, Minn.;
Trinity (MnN); prin., dir. of educ.,
teacher. D: bd. of dir.

Elden F. Duensing, 37, Seward, Nebr.;
St. John’s (SN); prof. S: dir. of_admis-
sions, Seward teachers college. D: pres.
Atlantic dist. teachers conf. C: teacher,
prin.

LAYMEN

Alvin W. Graef, 55, Louisville, Ky.;
Our Savior (In); sales manager. S: .
YP work. D: chm. stewp.; youth com.
C: elder; chm.; bldg. com.; S.S. teacher.
O: dist. WL bd.; LLL dist. sec.; pres.,
LLL bd. of gov.

H. Roy Johnson, 41, Sunnyvale, Calif.;
St. Luke’s (CN); group sales mgr. New
York Life Ins. Co. D: circuit youth com.
member, C: bd. of stewp.; Bible class
teacher.

Robert T. Sohn, 44, Memphis, Tenn.;
Immanuel (MdS): dentist. S: bd. YP
work. D: bd. of educ, C: pres., elder, bd.
of educ.

Philip Volkman, 31, Dundee, I1.; Beth-
lehem (NI); stock broker. C: youth dir.;
Bible class teacher; S.S. teacher; chm.
youth com.

PROFESSORS
John D. Fritz, 42, Springfield, Il.;
Trinity (CI); prof. S: CTCR.D: cslr.; bd
of dir.; vice-pres.; pres. N. Dak. Dist.
Richard J. Schultz, 49, Springfield, Il.;
Trinity (CI); prof. D: sec., exec. sec.
par. educ.

COMMISSION ON MISSION
AND MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH

PASTORS

Victor G. Albers, 53, Garden City, N. ¥.;
Resurrection (At); ex. sec. missions. O:
cslr. dist. LWML; bd. Luth. assoc. Works
of Mercy; com. on inst. ministry for Mass.
council of churches; bd. of dir. institute
of pastoral care.

Thomas G. Van Der Bloemen, 38, Wich-
ita, Kans.; Immanuel (Ks); parish pastor,
S:'com. mission and ministry. D: chm.
dist. human rel. com. O: chm. pastors
conf.; bd. council of churches.