# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S859 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Financial Matters 3859 ‘By far the greatest number of items contained in our legacy ts. are identified as BEQUESTS. In our office parlance, if a wills anything to Synod and says that the entire sum is to be out for some general or specific purpose of Synod, such an item as a bequest. -C. In our listings there are a number of ENDOWMENTS. These its from the living, which are to be invested and the earnings of h are to be used for the purposes designated by the donor. . FOUNDATIONS are similar to endowments, with the exception the donor has chosen thus to designate his gift. ; MEMORIALS are essentially endowments, created from gifts or Rests and dedicated to the memory of a person or persons. s Quite a number of items are listed as FUNDS. These items are ‘the same class with legacies and endowments, with the exception the testators, respectively the donors, have seen fit to designate legacies or gifts. acd Finally, there is a group of ANNUITY ENDOWMENTS. These ent cases in which individuals had entered into annuity agree- tswith Synd, the annuitants making a substantial contribution to d.and Synod promising to pay them a fixed annuity during life. never the term annuity endowment appears among Synod’s legacy eipts, it indicates that such an annuity agreement has expired ing- to the demise of the annuitant and that the amount involved ‘automatically passed into the possession of Synod, there to serve purpose designated by the annuitant. New Legacies, Bequests, and Endowments ederich Albers Bequest 2822222. ---see-ee-neneeneneeee ene $ 1,500.00 ‘Caroline Apfel Bequest — 100.00 - ‘Henry Aufdembrink Bequest _ 1,400.00 ydia M. Bartel Bequest - a - 49,48* Carl Baxmann Bequest -. a 90.80 ugust Becker Legacy ..... a 500.00 Dorothea Becker Bequest _ 63.53 #H’ W. Bewie Bequest _... _ 944.00 “Chas. A. Beikmann Bequest 200.00 Hise Birkmeyer Bequest .. 231.25 und. P. Block Bequest _ eaveae 212.59 a enry G. Bokermann Memorial 25,500.00 August Borchelt Endowment .. 1,000.00 Arnie Bossert Legacy _........ 43,800.75 Christ. F, Brockmeier Legacy — 32.77 A rm. Bruenger Endowment ... 2,761.89 nna Buening Bequest .. 250.00 ‘Henry Buening Bequest .. 2,507.90 “John Buettner Bequest .. 372.00 “Justine Schnitker Bunke Fund __ 4,030.00 erman Busacker Bequest —...... - 80.00 Selma Claus Endowment ...... ilhelmine Dencker Bequest 300.00 'L.D.” Bequest .. 45.00" Marie Dickert Bequest . 1,368.08 370.36 - _ 516.67