# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S497
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Clemonce Sabourin, 58, New York,
N.Y.: Mt. Zion ‘Ati: parish pastor. S:
Synodical Conf. survey com. O: bd. of
dir. Luth. child welf. assoc. in NYC: pres.
LHRAA;, pres. pastor conf.: author.

Benjamin F. Schumacher, 58, Miami,
Fla.: Mt. Olive (FG): exec. dir. East Ridge
Luth. retirement village. S: com. mission
and ministry: assoe. Luth. charities. D:
chm. com. social ministry: finance, stewp.,
welf. com.: dir. Luth. agencies: cslr. O:
Fla. com on aging: bd. and trustee dir. of
the Fla. council on aging: exec. dir. Luth.
senior citizens’ found.. exec. dir. Luth.
medical found.

TEACHERS

Walter H. Hartkopf, 53, San Bruno,
Calif.. First (CN): exec. sec. of educ. and
youth. S: com, mission and ministry; bd.
of control River Forest; bd. con. nom. D:
educ. com.: youth com. C: teacher, prin.
O: bd. LEA. NLPTL; exec. bd. Luth.
child welf.: bd. Luth. h.s. assoc.: Calif.
council tor retarded children.

Donald L. Kell, 38, Ann Arbor, Mich::
Divine Shepherd (Mc): asst. supt. of educ.
$: com. mission and ministry. D: chm. bd.
of educ. C: prin., teacher. athl. dir. O:
LEA develop. com.; chm. teachers conf.;
program chm. prin. conf.

LAYMEN

Charles A. Beckermann, 62. St. Louis,
Mo.: Ascension «Moi; eng. D: mission bd.
C: pres. O: Luth. Hosp. bd.; bd. special
school for retarded children.

Vernon Nuss, 46, Great Bend. Ks.;
Trinity (Ksi: attorney. S: budget review
com. D: bd. of dir., chm. stewp. com, C:
elder. fin. sec. O: LLL dist. pres.

Walter Rugland, 61. Appleton, Wis.:
Faith (NW): pres. AAL. S: com. mission
and ministry. O: hosp. bd., Luth. Hr. com.

Paul Schleusener, 47, Ithaca, N.Y.:
Trinity (Ea: admin. dir. of Cornell Univ.
D: nom. com, C: pres.: S.S. supt.: bldg.
com, chm. O: LLL dist. see.: dir. educ.
services. LCUSA: chm. Neb. sect. Amer.
soc. agr. engr.

BOARD OF APPEALS

PASTORS

Ronald W. Goersch, 62, Marshfield, Wis.:
Immanuel (NW): institutional chapl. D:
asst. sec; bd. YP: archivist: sec.: vice-
pres.: PR: eslr. O: Concordia Historical
Institute adv. com.

Armin W. Hesse, 55. Pasadena. Calif.:
Faith (SC): parish pastor. D: Witness
Dist. editor: stewp. bd.: vice-pres.; bd.
of dir. O: LWML ceslr.

Jack T. Robinson, 42, Nashville. Tenn.:;
Our Savior 'MdS!; parish pastor. D: chm.
evang. com.; chm. and bd. of dir.: bd. of
appeals: cslr.: stewp.

Lorenz Wunderlich, 63, St. Louis, Mo.;
Prince of Peace (Mo!: prof. St. Louis
seminary. S: prof. St. John's, Winfield:
lay training school com.: com. chureh
lit.; bd. of appeals.

TEACHERS

Herbert H. Gross, 64, River Forest. HL:
Grace (NI): prof. River Forest Teachers
College. S: bd. of appeals. O: LEA: editor.

Edgar T. Schlimpert, 47, St. Louis. Mo.;
Gethsemane (Mo!: teacher. S: Aud. Vis.
com. BPE. D: bd. for educ. C: prin. O:
WL dist. camp dir.: pres. Mo. Luth. teach-
ers cont.

LAYMEN

Kenneth H. Beckenhauer, 53. West
Point, Nebr.; St.Paul (NN): lawyer. D:
bd. of educ.; church ext. bd. C: trustee,
finance. school bd.; bldg. com. O: LLL
dist. treas.. sec.: vice-pres. Nebr. dist.
LLL: LLL zone pres.: editor Nebr. dist.
LLL paper,

William E. Moschetl, 13, Miami, Fia.:
Bay Shore (FG): attorney. D: bylaws re-
vision com, C: SS. teacher; Bible class
teacher: pres.; sec.; chm. bds. for missions,
educ., stewp. O: LLL bd. of gov.; the
Florida Bar: American Bar Assoc.; Luth.
Hr. com.

Elmo J. Petersen, 50, Kankakee, IIL:
St. Paul (NI): lawyer. D: bd. of dir. C:
chm.: elder: treasurer; fin. sec.; O: pres.
local bar assoc.

Ernest Verges, 38, Metairie, La.: Atone-
ment (So): architect. C: pres.; treas.;
elder: S.S. supt.: stewp. chm. O: pres.
Gulf dist. LLL: Louisiana architects assoc.

CONVENTION NOMINATIONS

BOARD FOR CONVENTION

NOMINATIONS
PASTORS

George H. Beiderwieden, Jr., 55, De-
catur, Tl.: Pilgrim (CI); parish pastor. S:
bd. for missions. D: bd. of appeals: evang.
chm.

Walter Beltz, 56, St. Cloud, Minn.; Holy
Cross (MnN): parish pastor. D: bd. of
dir.: eslr. O: Luth. Child. Friend Soc.; bd.
Good Shepherd Nursing Home.

Harry G. Coiner, 56, Maplewood, Mo.:
Concordia (Mo}; prof. St. Louis seminary
S: bd. of educ.; chm. family life com::
catechism com.; bd. con. nom.; com.
church lit. C: sec, parish educ. O: U.S.
Army chapl.

Victor W. Dahlke, 51, Ellinwood, Ks.:
St. John’s (Ks); parish pastor. O: dist.
eslr. LLL, LWML:;: chapl. V. A.

Lowell L. Guebert, 42, Saskatoon,
Sask.. Can.; St. Paul's (MS); parish pas-
tor. D: chm. bd. of soc. min.; rep. for
Can. Luth. world relief.

Harold M. Hiller, 41, Colorado Springs,
Colo.; Holy Cross (Co): parish pastor. 8:
bd. con. nom. D: bd. educ.; cslr. O: dist.
eslr. WL, LWML.

Walter W. Koenig, 64, Lincoln, Nebr.:
Calvary (SN); parish pastor. S: bd. con.
nom. D: bd. for missions; vice pres.; welf.
com., Witness Dis. editor; stewp. chm.;
eslr. O: pres. Nebr. Luth. welf. council.

George A. Krengel, 44, Atlantic, Ia:
Zion (IW); parish pastor. D: eslr.; chm,
mission com.

Eugene L. Krentz, 37, Ann Arbor, Mich.;
St. Paul's (Mc); prof. S: bd. for con. nom.:
D: mission bd.; fiscal review com.; evang.
com,

Norman D, Kretzmann, 50, Minneapolis,
Minn.; Christ (MnS); parish pastor. S:
council, church and social change. D: vice
pres., stewp., mission and evang. coms, O:
dist. cslr. LLL, LWML, WL.

Carl V. Losser, 52, Sherwood, Oreg.:
St.Paul (Nw); parish pastor. D: bd. of
dir.; vice-pres.; eslr,

George H. Perlich, 62. Cedar Falls, Ia.;
Our Redeemer (IE); parish pastor. S:
bd. con. nom. D: vice-pres.; chm. educ.,
student aid and recruit.; bd. of dir.

Alfred E. Thiem, 43, Fargo. N. Dak.:
Immanuel (ND): parish pastor. S: bd. for
con. nom. D: bd. of educ. and missions;
sec.; bd. of dir.; vice-pres. O: dist. eslr.
LLL.

Helmut H. Wiechmann, 59, Hialeah, Fla.:
Faith (FG); parish pastor. S: chm. rural
life com. D: chm. YP bd.: bd of missions:
bd. of stewp.: bd. of educ. O: bd. retire-
ment village East Ridge.

TEACHERS

Gary E. Behrens, 33, Redwood City,
Calif... Redeemer (CN); prin. D: chm,
bd. of educ. O: pres. dist. teachers conf.

Weldon W. Endorf, 36, Hicksville, N. Y.;
Trinity (At); prin. D: chm. At. Dist. test-
ing: com. parish educ. O: bd. Luth. Educ.
Assoc.; bd. L. I. Luth. H. S. Assoc.

Robert W. Garmatz, 48, St. Louis. Mo.;
Christ Mem. (Mo); LLL director Exten-
sion Service. S: public services, Seward
teachers college: Luth. TV. productions
bd.: recruit. com. D: bd. of dir. C: PR:
fin. and educ. bds.

Duane Hingst, 37. St. Louis, Mo.; St.
Andrew's {Mo}; teacher. S: bd. con. nom.
D: chm. teachers conf. C: S.S. teacher
training. O: Luth. assoc. for higher educ.
St. Louis h. s.

William E. Ludwig, 38, Kalispell. Mont.;
Trinity (Mt); prin. D: bd. of dir.; bd. of
appeals. O: pres. teachers conf.: camp
ingr.

Carl T. Schoessow, 60. Houston, Tex.;
Messiah (Tx): teacher. D: mission bd.:
stewp. bd.; soc. welf. bd. O: chm. teachers
conf.

LAYMEN

Wendell Grauer, 53, Marcus, la.; Peace
(IW): owner radio-TV store. S: bd. con.
nom. D: worship com. C: chm.; treas.:
SS. supt.: elder. O: Luth. hosp. fund
chm.: LLL bd. of gov.: LLL dist. pres.

Gilbert R. Heine, 46, Seward. Nebr.: St.
John's (SN): dir. of public service. S: bd.
for con. nom. D: stewp. com.; bd. of dir.;
chm. dist. found. com. C: elder: bd. of
educ.; stewp. bd.; finance sec.: S.S. supt.
and teacher. O: chm. S.S. conf.; Concordia

College and Concordia Alum. assoc. exec.
sec.

Russell H. Heuton, 55, Austin, Minn:
St. John’s (MnS); cooker for Hormel. S:
family life com. C: pres.; elder; trustee;
bd. educ.; Bible class teacher; chm. of
bldg. com. O: pres. LLL dist.

Donald E. Lawrence, 53, Detroit, Mich.;
Grace (En); treas., controller English Dis-
trict, D: treas. C: treas.; elder. O: treas.
Detroit Luth. research and study com,;
pres. tri-state chapter national assoc.
church business admin.

Robert G. McKay, 51, Fairview Pk.,
Ohio; Messiah (En): research manager. D:
bd. of dir. C: elder; pres.; bd. of educ.;
fin. sec.

Gus Melde, 49, Dallas, Tex.; Our Re-
deemer (Tx); contractor. S: bd. con. nom.
D: bd. of missions; campus work com.;
bd. of dir. C: elder; S.S. supt.; stewp. bd.;
bldg. com. O: LLL bd. of gov.; chm. mem.
services com.; LLL dist. bd.

Frederick Puelle, 65, Floral Pk., N. Y.:
Grace (At); vice-pres. U.S. Trust, S:
found. dir. D: treas. C: pres.; elder; treas.;
trustee.

Harold P. Schaefer, 61, Stamford, Conn.:
Zion (At); vice-pres,, mfg.; sales mgr. S:
mission conf. D: bd. of dir.; chm. stewp.
com. C: elder; S.S. teacher. O: bd. Luth.
Educ. Soc. Bronxville.

Ivan J. Shields, 48, Tempe, Ariz.;
Beautiful Savior (SC); agriculture ext.
agent. C: chm.; bd. of edue.; chm. bd.
elders; Bible class teacher. O: pres. dist.
and zone LLL; student center com.

Roy W. Wendell, 48, Waterloo, Ont.
Can.; Holy Cross (On); accountant. S:
bd. con. nom. D: constitution com. C: sec.:
chm.; S.S. teacher; treas. O: bd. of gov.
LLL.; LLL mem. services com.

CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PASTORS

Kenneth R. Hoffmann, 53, Cleveland
Heights, Ohio; Grace (En); parish pastor.
S: bd. of dir. CPH. O: Luth. children’s
aid. soc. pres.; chm. pastoral conf.; bd. of
dir. Doctors Hosp.

William Scar, 47, Boston, Mass.; New-
tons (At); parish pastor. S: bd. YP work.
D: welf. com.; editor At. Dist. “Witness.”
O: dean LSV schools: dir. and pres. Luth.
Assoc. for Works of Mercy.

TEACHERS

Art Linnemann, 39, Park Ridge, IIl., St.
Andrew (NI); prin. and teacher. D: con.
planning and program com. C: SS.
teacher.

Darrel H. Wallis, 37, Schaumburg, Ill.
St. Peter (NI); teacher. D: conf. chm.

LAYMEN

Richard Bock, 52. Minneapolis, Minn.;
Mount Zion (Mn); mgr. Toro Mfg. Co.
S: bd. of dir. CPH. C: chm.; elder; S.S.
supt. O: bd. mem. Luth. H.S. Assoc.
Minn.; chm. S.S. assoc.

Milton Gaebler, 51, St. Louis, Mo.; Holy
Cross (Mo); Manager-engineering. Cc:
treas.; elder; YP bd.; trustee. O: treas.,
pres. Luth. Charities; bd. of dir. Luth.
Hosp.

Forest Goetsch, 48, Crestwood, Mo.
Prince of Peace (Mo); Agr. publ. C: treas.,
pres.; Bible class teacher; stewp. com. O:
St. L. Council Luth. Churches.

Enno T. Sauer, 53, Knoxville, Tenn.
Grace (MdS); chem. eng. S: bd. of dir.
CPH. D: bd. of educ. C: pres.; trustee;
chm., evang. com.

BOARDS OF CONTROL

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

PASTORS

George A. Loose, 47, Catonsville, Md.:
Emmanuel (SE): parish pastor. S: bd. of
control, St. Louis. D: bd. of fin. O: pres.,
Luth. Pub. Org.; citizen com. for good
govt.: bd. of dir. Luth. hosp.

Martin J. Zschoche, 56, Frankenmuth,
Mich.: St. Lorenz (Mc); parish pastor. S:
jt bd. D: bd. of dir.; vice-pres.; mission

d.

LAYMEN

August E. Beckemeier, 51, Oakville.
Mo.; Faith (Mo); lawyer. S: bd. of control