# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S347
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widows among us who wish to devote themselves to the planned
deaconess work will find admission at the Lutheran Hospital in
Mankato or Red Wing, Minn., and at the one in Fort Wayne, Ind.

With due respect,
F. W. Herzberger.

Concerning the Wahler Bequest.

To the Reverend Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, assembled
as the 13th Delegate Synod at St. Louis, Mo., in May 1911.

Reverend fathers and brothers!

The undersigned congregation takes the liberty of bringing the
following request to the Reverend Synod.

In the year 1894 a longtime, faithful member of our congregation,
Mrs. Caroline Wahler, a childless widow, died. In her will she made,
among others, the following provision:

"Item Two. I give and bequeath to Concordia College, at Fort
Wayne, Ind., five thousand dollars as an endowment, the principal
of which shall never be diminished, and the interest of which shall
be expended annually, if possible, in supporting a student in a course
of study in said College. This gift shall be called Caroline Wahler
Fund.

"Item Three. To Concordia College, St. Louis, Mo., I give
five thousand dollars as an endowment, the principal of which shall
never be diminished and the interest of which shall be expended annu-
ally, if possible, in the support of a student in a course of study in
said College. This gift shall be called the Thomas Wahler Fund in
honor of my late husband, deceased."

The will further specified which parcels of land were to be sold,
since no cash was on hand to realize these bequests.

The Reverend Synod will see from this that the testatrix made no
provision regarding the particular administration and use of the
scholarships. This was because she was very near death and therefore
lacked the time and occasion for it.

Since the institutions concerned are legally represented by their
boards of trustees, the bequests, as soon as the land could be sold,
passed into the hands of the boards of trustees at Fort Wayne and
St. Louis, who now administer them.

We now have good reason to assume that Mrs. Wahler, under
other circumstances, would have made the further provision that
from this fund, students from our congregation — which lay very close
to her heart — should be supported first of all. Such a provision is, in
fact, a common and very natural thing elsewhere, and also for the