# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S417
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Helmut H. Wiechmann, 65, Springfield,
Va.: Prince of Peace (SE): parish pastor. S:
lecturer LLL & LWML: chm. rural life com.:
conv. nom. D: fin. com.: miss. com.: youth bd.:
chm. bd. of ed.; chm. stew. & fin. bd. O: edit.
bd. Badger Lu.: exec. com. LCUSA: bd. of dir.
E. Ridge Ret. Vil.: radio speaker: co. draft bd.

John C. Zimmermann, 60, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa: (IE); dist. pres. S: int. LWML coun. D:
esir.. VP: bd. of dir.; dean youth camp: LWML
coun.

LAYMEN

Roy J. Culley, 35, Eastside, Ore.: Christ
(NOW): teach. HS social studies. C: chm. dept.
of Ch. ed.: chm. bd. of elders: VP: chm. coun.:
chm. evang. com. O: pres. toastmasters: teach.
of yr.; agent NW Mutual life.

John S. Kahler. 35, Courtland, NY: St. Paul
(EA): mgr. of mfg. engineering —Smith’Corona.
C: treas.: elder: pres.

Walter E. Lammerts. 70, Freedom, Cal.:
Trinity, Watsonville (CN): plant breeder.

Marie Meyer, 37, Patchogue, NY: Emanuel
(AT): housewife-part-time teacher. C: chm.
bd. of evang.: conf. class teach. WL couns.:
VBS Supt.; SS teach.: SS outreach lead.

Louise M. Mueller, 54, Affton, Mo.: Salem
(MO): headquarters sec. LWML. S: task force
for women. C: parish worker; SS _ teach.:
LWML VP: local NLPTL pres.: ch. sec. O:
dist. LWML newsletter.

Robert Paetz. 37, London, Ontario: Good
Shepherd (ON): accountant. S: WL, youth
workers conf. D: WL chm. & dist. bd. rep. C:
WL pres. & coun.: SS teach.: EMV canv.: Ss
Supt.: sec.; treas.: chm.; Stew. com.

Beverly M. Roedel. 36, Ponca City, Okla.:
First (OK): asst. credit supervisor, Continental
Oil Co. D: BPE: cir. SS teach. plan. com.: zone
dir. LWML braille work center. C: SS teach.:
conf. inst.: VBS teach.; BPE: BYM.

Arthur F. Samuel. 54, San Antonio, Tx.:
Concordia (TX): pres. & principal owner — Tri-
pro Mfg. Co. D: bd. of dir.: stew. bd. C: bd. of
elders: evang.; stew.; SS Supt.: bd. of ed. O:
pres. LLL: pres. Luth. Foundation of Tx. dir.

Ivan J. Shields. 53, Tempe, Ariz.: Beautiful
Savior (SC): co. agricultural agent-in-charge.
S: com. on nom.: com. feasibility study new SW
dist. D: Ebenezer chm.: C: pres.: elder: bd. of
ed.: adult bib. cl. lead.; SS teach. O: LLL bd.
of gov. & dist. pres.: chm. LLL extension ser.:
com. Ariz. Outdoor Min. Assn.

Edgar F. Ziegler. 44, Chaska, Minn.:
St. John (MNS): dentist. S: task force =sy. high.
ed. D: bd. of dir.: soc. action com. C: pres.: VP:
stew, com. O: pres. LHS assn.: mayor.

TEACHERS

Robert T. Beckmann, 41, Cranston, RI:
St. Paul (NE): teacher-principal. D: stew. bd.:
bd. of app.: sch. com. C: min. of music: Ss
teach. O: VP teach. conf.; treas. P/T conf.

T. Richard Homann, 31, Seattle, Wash.:
Zion (NOW); Conc. Luth. Sch. Assn. D: PR
com.; youth cony. coun.: dist. ed. conf. group
lead.; camp coun.; sec.-treas. prin. conf. C:
youth coun.: sec. sch. bd.: youth dir.

Roger C. Laesch. 39, Milwaukee, Wis.:
Covenant (SW): principal. D: SA & SR com.:
doctrine & ch. rel. com.; supt. cabinet: pub. sch.
bus rep. C: SS Supt.: VBS dir-: youth dir.:
bib. cl. teach. O: chm. prin. conf.: chm. Milw.
Lu. Fed. spec. ed. com.: LHS assn. task force.

Victor K. Peter, 39, Grand Island, Neb.:
Trinity (NEB): teacher. D: chm. teach. conf.:
worship com.

Lawrence H. Pohimann, 58, Chicago, IIl.:
Bethlehem (NI): principal-teacher. D: soc.
welf. com.: bd. of dir.: exec. bd. prin. conf.:
polity com. C: organist: choir dir.; coun. for
youth: SS: PTL: Kennedy evang. program.

W. H. Rusch, 61, Ann Arbor, Mich.: St.
Paul (MC); prof. CLC, Ann Arbor. S: nom. com.
D: housing com. C: bd. of elders: bd. of evang.:
bd. of ed. O: Huron Valley Plan. com.: st. mem-
bership sec. NABT: Seward Library bd.

NOMINATIONS

BOARD FOR EVANGELISM

PASTORS

O. H. Bertram, 56, Toledo, Ohio: Good
Shepherd (EN): parish pastor. S: bd. of Luth.
TV. D: cslr.

Armand H. Ulbrich, 58, Detroit, Mich.:
Nativity (MC): parish pastor. S: evang. com.:
chm. bd. of evang. D: chm. bd. of evang.

LAYMEN

Walter A. Kaufmann, 52, Mt. Clemens,
Mich.: St. Luke (MC): general contractor. D:
bd. of evang. C: chm. bd. of evang. O: US con-
gress of evang.: world congress of evang.

Clifford A. Kraft. 42, Paoli, Pa.: Christ
Memorial (EA): management consultant. D:
soc. min. com. C: evang. bd.: parish ed. bd.:
SS Supt.: SS teach.; youth evang.: elder: chm.
stew. com. O: Austin-recruit.: Beth. Bib. teach.:
consultant to LLL.

BOARD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

PASTORS

Philip C. Gehlar, 43, Westminster, Cal.:
St. Luke (SC): parish pastor. S: coordinator
Con. Sem. extension center: chm. Irvine com.:
visitation dir.: Christ Col. fund drive. D: chm.
archives com.: chm. cont. ed. com. O: ed. Ks.
City Luth.: cir. youth & evang. leader: chm.
PR com.

Edgar Homrighausen. 49, New Orleans,
La.: Gloria Dei (SO); parish pastor. S: CTCR:
BHE: teach. place.: chm. bd. of con. Selma.
D: cslr.; dist. pres. O: exec. dir. Retirement
Village: chap. civil air patrol.

LAYMEN

Walter F. Brunn, 64, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.:
Our Savior (EN): coordinator-records manage-
ment-US Steel. S: bd. for miss.: com. on miss.
& min.: BHE: rep. LCUSA div. of mis. ser.
C: pres.; VP: sec.: treas.: bd. of ed.: bib. cl.
teach. O: area pres. & nat'l. dir. nat’l. assn. of
accountants: LLL zone pres.: US Steel speak-
er: trans. classical Luth. History & doctrine.

Lowell A. Schoer, 43, Iowa City, Iowa:
Our Redeemer (IE): univ. professor. D: bd. of
dir.. soc. min.: VP dist. LLL. C: chm.: elder:
ed. com.: SS teach. O: U of Iowa fac. senate
& coun.: U of Iowa coun. on teach.: U of lowa
computer based ed. com.

TEACHERS

Dennis Ray Halm, 34, Wauwatosa, Wisc:
Our Redeemer (SW): LHS principal.

Edward J. Keuer, 51, Houston, Tx.: St.
Mark (TX): dir. Spring Branch Academy,
Houston. $: com. on research & plan. BHE.
D: BPE: exec. dir. parish ed. C: SS supt.: pres.:
bib. cl. lead. O: Rotary: bd. of dir. LHS assn.

BOARD FOR MISSIONS

PASTORS

Eugene F. Gruell, 51, Miami, Fla.: St.
Matthew (FG); parish pastor. S: com. on soc.
concerns: miss. to Cuba. D: cslr.: dir. of miss.:
dir. 125 ann. O: Christian com. ser. agency bd.:
bd. chm. Big Brothers: welfare plan. coun.

Otto C. Hintze, 51, Springfield, Il.: Con-
cordia (Cl): Spr. professor. S: bd. for miss.:
prof. of miss.: miss. to New Guinea: prof. of
evang. C: evang. chm. O: bd. of dir. LBT.

Joseph G. Lavalais, 61, Philadelphia, Pa.:
St. Philip (EA): parish pastor. S: lu. hum. rel.
adv. bd.: miss. bd. of sy. conf.: bd. for lay min.
D: cir. stew.: eslr.; VP.

Waldo J. Werning. 53, Milwaukee, Wis.:
Benediction (SW); stew. exec. S: bd. for miss.:
bd. for European affairs: topic ed. LWML. D:
LLL adv. O: LBT.

LAYMEN

Ernest W. Balke, 64, Houston, Tx.: Im-
manuel (TX): dist. AAL rep. S: miss. bd.:
LCMS found. trustee. D: sec. ch. ext.; sec. bd.
of dir.; miss. bd.; SA com. C: elder: chm.:

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trustee: SS supt.: bib. cl. teach.; chm. bld. com.
O: pres. dist. LLL.

Benjamin Dennis. 45, Flint, Mich.: Our
Savior (MC): prof. of soc. & anthropology.
C: bd. of dir.; elder. O: bd. of dir. NAACP:
dept. chm. OU: scholarship & adm. com. U of
M: special program com. U of M: coordinator
black studies program U of M.

Frances Ingemann, 47, Palisades Park,
NJ: Grace (EN): prof. of linguistics—U of Ks.
S: New Guinea Miss.: sub-com. int. Lu. com.
on worship. O: bd. of dir. LBT: LBT to Liberia.

Ralph Marten. 53, Denison, Iowa: Zion
(IW): retired. S: miss. bd. D: Luth. Family
Service. C: pres.: sch. bd.; trustee. O: pres.
ch. of com.: city council.

William D. Marth, 42, White Bear Lake,
Minn.: South Shore Trinity (MNS): program
dir.-Sperry UNIVAC. C: chm.: V chm.: conf.
& adult instr.; bd. of ed. chm.; SS supt. O: VP
of LLL.

Gordon E. Nelson. 49, Bowie, Md.: Trinity
(SE): VP Fed. Nat'l. Mortgage Assn. S: bd.
for miss.: ad hoc com. on ch. rel.: faith forward
com. D: bd. of dir.: stew. & fin. com. C: pres.:
VP: SS Supt.: elder. O: LLL columnist.

TEACHERS
(2-year term)

Merle L. Radke. 52, River Forest, IIL:
Grace (NI): professor CTC, RF. C: organist-
choir. O: assoc. editor Journal of geography,
assoc. ed. & ed. Luth. Ed.

Edward E. Schmidt, 37, St. Louis, Mo-:
Ebenezer (MO): principal. D: miss. bd.: chm.
princ. & teach. conf.; metro Luth. cent. bd.
C: dir. of adult ed.: bib. cl. lead.: youth dir.:
sec. QO: youth assn.: back of yards coun.

(4-year term)

David A. Kluge, 40, Baltimore, MD.: Cal-
vary (SE): teach. dept. head LHS. D: chm.
prin. assn. of luth. sch.. chm. teach. conf.:
parish ed. com.; evang. com. C: SS Supt.

Albert B. Wingfield. 41, Mt. Clemens,
Mich.: St. Peter (MC): LHS principal. S: miss.
Japan & Hong Kong: task force higher ed.
C: pres.: SS Supt. O: US Navy.

BOARD OF PARISH EDUCATION

PASTORS

G. Waldemar Degner, 49, Ithaca, NY:
Trinity (EA): parish pastor. 0: lecturer to past.,
teach. & lay groups.

Leonard W. Heidemann, 62, Seward, Neb.:
St. John (NEB): asst. pastor. S: BHE: BPE.
D: rural life com.: eslr.

LAYMEN

Carol J. Warren, 29, Edmonton, Alberta:
Gloria Dei (AB): secretary. D: youth com. C:
Christian growth: bib. study coordin.; conf.
teach.: bd. of ed. O: youth task force: parish
worker.

Willis L. Wright. 60, Selma, Ala.: Trinity
(SO); pres. Alabama Luth. Jr. Col. S: BPE,
archives: com. on liturgics: com. of future. D:
BPE. C: pres.: chm. stew.: chm. ed. com. O:
Scouts: Special asst. HEW: Chm. ch. of com.

TEACHERS

Walter F. Bleke, 60, Frankenmuth, Mich.:
St. Lorenz (MC): principal. S$: BPE. D: bd. of
ed.. bd. of con. AA: dist. sch. com.; reconcili-
ation com. O: Pres. Lions.

Walter F. Dobberfuhl, 53, Milwaukee,
Wis.: Mt. Olive (SW): principal. S: sec. BPE:
doctrinal reviewer: pat. of perf.: Luth. Ed.
assn. bd. D: chm. child ed. com.; bd. of dir.:
dist. reorg. study com.; chm. teach. conf. C:
SS supt.: VBS supt.: bib. cl. teach. O: dir.
weekly ‘“Luth. Guideposts” telecast: Luth.
Radio com.: dir. “Light of Faith” telecast.

Arthur Krafft, 49, Milwaukee, Wis.: Wal-
ther Memorial (SW): principal-teacher. O:
teach. conf. chm. & sec.: Luth. elem. athletic
assn. chm. & sec.