# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S118
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118   Annual Reports of the District Presidents. Iowa District. 1884.

5. Mr. candidate R. P. Budach followed a call to Trinity congregation
at Luverne, Kossuth Co., Iowa, and was ordained and installed
there on the 26th Sunday after Trinity 1883 by Pastor C. F. W.
Maass.

B. from other synods and districts:

1. Pastor H. W. Bähr, formerly employed at a union congregation
in Illinois, went over to the Lutheran Church, passed a colloquy,
followed a call to Dexter, Dallas Co., Iowa, and was installed there
on the 6th Sunday after Trinity 1883 by Pastor Fr. Ehlers.

2. Pastor G. A. Lohr, until then serving a congregation of the
Western District, was called by the congregation at Sherrills
Mount, Iowa, and solemnly installed in its midst on the 17th
Sunday after Trinity 1883 by Pastor Fr. Brust.

3. Pastor F. W. Heinke, formerly in the Wisconsin District,
followed the call of the congregation near Bauer, Marion Co., Iowa,
and was installed in its midst on the 26th Sunday after Trinity
1883 by Pastor J. Deckmann.

4. Pastor C. Wünsch, who for a long time had been without a
charge on account of impaired health, was by God's grace able to
accept a call again, namely to the congregation near What Cheer,
Iowa, in whose midst he was installed on the 2nd Sunday of Advent
1883 by Pastor C. W. Baumhöfener.

5. Pastor A. Grafelmann, likewise incapacitated for service for a
long time before this, had, praise God, recovered enough strength
to follow the call of the congregation near Victor, Iowa, and was
installed in the midst of the said congregation on the Sunday
Quasimodogeniti 1884 by Pastor C. W. Baumhöfener.

II. Transfers of pastors within our state:

1. Pastor C. Weber, called from Victor, Iowa, to the rural
congregation near Boone, Iowa, was installed there on the 10th
Sunday after Trinity 1883 by Pastor J. P. Günther.

2. Pastor W. T. Strobel, formerly near Bauer, Iowa, accepted the
call to the congregation in Denison, Crawford Co., Iowa, and was
installed at the said place on the 20th Sunday after Trinity 1883 by
Pastor C. A. Bretscher.

3. Pastor A. C. Dörffler, until now in Hubbard, Iowa, followed a
call to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he was installed on the 4th
Sunday after Epiphany 1884 by Pastor C. A. Bretscher.