# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S418
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Melvin L. Zilz, 42. Ft. Wayne, Ind.: Holy
Cross \IN): regis. & admis. off. & assoc. prof.
CSC, Ft. Wayne. C: SS teach. train.: conf.
class teach.: organist. O: inst. Lu. Bib. Institute:
foster parents, Luth. Soc. Service.

BOARD OF STEWARDSHIP

PASTORS

Roy Bleick. 49, Beloit, Wis.: St. John (SW):
parish pastor. D: evang. contact man: urban
aff. com.: const. com.: chm. past. conf.: stew.
speaker's bureau. O: part-time jail chap.: bd.
of dir. LCFS.

Carl Hiller, 56, San Mateo, Cal.: Grace
(CN). parish pastor. S: bd. of stew.: conv. nom.
D: VP: stew. bd.: bd. of dir.: exec. sec.

G. Holmes Mendelman, 45, Annapolis, Md::
St. Paul (SE): parish pastor. S: bd. of stew.
D: bd. of stew.: evang. bd.: eslr.: past. conf.
plan. com. O: dean WL coun.: pres. rotary:
pres. business assn.

Andrew Simcak Jr.. 44, Houston, Tx.: St.
Timothy (TX): parish pastor. S: ad hoc com. on
lodge. D: chm. past.-teach. conf.: consultant
on frat. org.: LLL adv. O: zone LBT rep.

LAYMEN

Charles E. Bosma., 52, Indianapolis, Inc.:
Emmaus (IN): pres. & gen. mgr. Bosma Dairy
Inc. & State Senator. S: regional Ebenezer
dir.: stew. bd. D: stew. bd. C: chm.: stew. sec.:
elder: deacon; bib. cl. teach. O: state rep.:
State senator: bd. of dir. luth. child. welfare:
com. for handicapped.

Robert C. Senkbeil, 37, Sheboygan, Wis.:
Trinity (SW): sec.-treas. & dir. of purchases,
Eclipse mfg. C: treas.: bldg. fund treas.: VP:
parish ed.: stew. com.: fin. com. O: pres., treas.,
spec. projects chm. co. taxpayers: LLL zone
treas.

BOARD OF YOUTH MINISTRY

PASTORS

Jack R. Baumgarn. 32, Osceola, Iowa:
Immanuel (IW): parish pastor. D: chm. youth
bd.: bd. of dir.: dean HS youth camp. O: LWML
coun.: pres. Lions.

Robert F. Fickenscher, 37, Stockton, Cal.:
St. Andrew (CN): parish pastor. S: BYM:
workshop staff BYM. steering com. all luth.
youth gathering. D: chm. youth com:: cslr. O:
chm. minister's assn.

LAYMEN

Stephen P. Kuehn, 25, Baltimore, Md.:
Calvary (SE): asst. branch mgr.-Commercial
bank. C: SS dept. head: bd. of ed.: youth adv.
O: camp coun.

Gordon J. Peeks, 29, North Platte, Neb.:
Our Redeemer (NEB): high school teacher.
C: SS teach.: youth dir. O: pres. gamma delta:
dist. gamma delta officer.

YOUTH

Pam Bahr, 19, Waverly, Iowa: St. John (IE):
student. S: BYM. D: youth com.: camp coun.
C: SS teach.; youth league rep. O: girl scout.

Brian L. Friedrich, 17, Marcus, Iowa:
Trinity (IW); student. D: youth com.: cir. youth
rep. C: Christian growth chm. LYC: pres.
LYC. O: LLL membership com:: cir. youth
pres.: nat’l. honor soc.

Kathleen Johnson, 16, Webster Groves,
Mo.: Webster Gardens (MO): student. C:
youth group.

Rickie J. Krueger, 18, Amherst, Colo.: St.
Paul (CO): farming. D: youth rep. LLL. C:
youth group officer. O: HS stu. body pres.:
member ‘‘Solid Rock'’ music group: officer
Future Farmers of Am.

Suzanne F. Landmann, 19, Stockton, Cal.:
St. Andrew (CN): Valpo student. D: youth bd.
C: SS teach.: VBS teach.: choir; midweek sch.
teach. O: floor chap.-Valpo.

Diane Madigan, 17, Bay City, Mich.: Zion
(MC); student. D: youth com. C: youth min.
O: cir. youth com.

NOMINATIONS

Michael K. Meyer, 18, Paducah, Ky.: St.
Paul (MDS): student. D: mid-winter gathering
staff: encounter: Kaleidiscope. C: pres. WL:
choir: ch. activities com. O: fellowship of Chris-
tian athletes exec. bd.: merit sch.

Ruth N. Rogness. 20, Lexington, Ky.: Our
Redeemer (IN): student U of Ky. S: bd. of
youth min. independent study. D: amb. for
Christ: zone youth. C: pres. & sec. youth. O:
choir-Winfield: “He Is Alive” show.

Ken Schurb, 17, Gretna, La.: Salem (SO):
student. D: writer for youth news. C: VBS
teach. & dev. chm.: chm. youth retreat: youth
group bib. & worship: O: stu. body pres.:
class pres.: co-edit. int. stu. coun. pub.

Connie S. Scott, 19, Bishop, Tx.: St. Paul
(TX): student Austin. C: pres., treas. & reporter
youth league: choir: sec.-treas. SS: part-time
ch. sec.: VBS teach. O: ongoing amb. for ch.:
stu. life com.; chm. stu. activ. com.: member
We Who Care at Juvenile Home.

COMMISSION ON
MISSION & MINISTRY

PASTORS

David A. Caspersen, 32, Shelton, Neb.:
St. Paul (NEB): parish pastor. D: youth adv.:
LWML adv.: SS assn. adv. O: bd. of trustees
lu. bib. camp assn.: dean conf. camp.

John E. Graudin. 45, Alexandria, Va.:
Bethany (SE): parish pastor. D: sec.: BPE:
theological concerns com. O: sec. past. conf.:
military contact past.; lu. action coun, adv.:
WL adv: luth. bib. institute.

John L. Heins, 41, Dearborn, Mich:
Guardian (MC): parish pastor. D: cslr.: cir.
chm.: const. com.: com. on frat. org. O: past.
adv. LCFS: mental health com.: pres. Kiwanis:
LLL adv.

Roger A. Janke, 36, Oberlin, Ohio: Grace
(EN): parish pastor. D: treas. past. conf.: cir.
sec.: area 125 ann. rep. C: SS teach.:; youth
leader. O: pres. ministerial assn.: educational
consultant.

LAYMEN

Carl A. Brauer Jr., 51, Ann Arbor, Mich.:
St. Paul (MC): realtor & developer. S: com.
on miss. & min. D: conv. com.: dist. ofc. site
sel.: conv. treas. C: pres.: sec.: chm. evang.:
chm. stew.: chm. forward plan.: chm. expansion
fund. O: pres. couns..CLC, AA: AA human
rel. com.: dist. dir. LLL: pres. Mi. chap. soc.
ind. realtors.

Thomas H. Milldebrandt, 48, Phoenix,
Ariz.: Master (SC): supt. Arizona Hwy. Patrol.
S: soc. action com. C: pres.; head usher: elder.
O: lecturer U of Ariz.: lecturer-Rhodesia, SA:
pres. home owners assn.: chm. JC rodeo com.

W. J. Peavey, 57, Chattanooga, Tenn.: St.
Philip (MDS): C: chm. nursery bd.: pres.: SS
teach.: chm. soc. min.; elder: trustee: special
summer program outreach.

D. W. Russler, 46, Appleton, Wis.: Faith
(NW); VP-NCR Corp. Appleton Papers Div.
S: layman's adv. coun. Cone.-Spr. C: bib. el.
teach.: chm. bd. of elders: trustee: VP: ch.
coun.: treas. O: bd. of dir. LCFS: pres. united
fund: pres. rotary: dir. valley nat'l. bank.

TEACHERS

Gerald A. Meyer. 32, Roseville, Mich.:
Bethlehem (MC): teacher. D: teach. conf.
music com. C: organist: choir dir.

Erich A. yonFange, 52, Ann Arbor, Mich.:
St. Paul (MC): prof. & aca. dean CLC-Ann
Arbor.

COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY
& CHURCH RELATIONS

PASTORS

John Korcok, 49, Kitchener, Ontario: St.
Paul (ON): parish pastor. D: eslr.; const. com.
chm.; stew. com.; parish ed. chm.: miss. dept.
chm.: bd. of dir.; LLL adv.

Bruce J. Lieske, 39, Philadelphia, Pa:

St. Luke (EN): parish pastor. S: com. for wit-
nessing to Jewish people. D: sec., treas. &
pres. past. conf. O: bd. of dir. Good News for
Israel: sr. research meteorologist U of Wash.:
officer USAF air weather ser.: research mete-
orologist US weather bureau.

Norbert H. Mueller, 48, Ann Arbor, Mich.:
St. Paul (MC): parish pastor. S: CTCR. D: sec.
O: Luth. child. friend aux. coun.; LLL &
LWML coun.

Edward A. Westcott Jr.. 51, Scottsdale,
Arizona: Holy Cross (SC): parish pastor. S:
bd. of con. Irvine: miss. study com. D: miss.
bd.: VP. O: bd. of dir. LHS: LLL & LWML
adv.: Detroit Lu. urban church study: bd. of
dir. LBT.

LAYMEN

Clyde T. Nehrenz, 44, Rocky River, Ohio:
St. Thomas (OH): painting contractor. C:
deacon: bd. of ed.: bib. cl.

Don Ridgeway. 44, Raleigh, NC: Our Savior
(SE): prof. of statistics & physics NC St. U.
S: adv. com. on doctrine & conciliation. C: SS
teach.: youth coun.

BOARD OF CONTROL-—
ANN ARBOR

PASTORS

David M. Nickel, 39, Alpena, Mich.: Im-
manuel (MC): parish pastor. D: bd. of ed.
Canadian Luth.; chm. com. for town & country:
conv. chap.; LWML adv. chm. area past. conf.

John C. Streit, 57, Detroit, Mich.: Mt.
Olive (EN): parish pastor. S: bd. of con.-AA
chm. D: conv. com. O: LHS assn.; LLL adv.:
LHS boosters adv.: chap. fire dept.: chap.
exchange club.

LAYMEN

Vincent C. Braun. 47, Warren, Ohio:
Trinity (OH); mgr. of product engineering. C:
chm.: elder: treas.; SSiweekday sch. teach.

Ernest C, Laetz, 62, Ann Arbor, Mich::
St. Paul (MC): assoc. dir. U of M Hosp. S: bd.
of con.-AA. D: conv. chm. O: treas. Mi. Soc.
for past. care.

Richard H. Rickus., 37, Birmingham, Mich.:
Our Shepherd (MC): mechanical engineering.
C: bd. of elders: bd. of finance.

Robert 0. Schoenherr. 59, Ludington,
Mich.: St. John (MC): VP, gen. mgr. Ludington
Plastics. S: bd. of con.-AA. D: bd. of stew.:
chm. SS assn. C: bd. of elders: fin. sec.: SS
Supt.: chm.: chm. 125 ann. com. O: bd. of dir.
ch. of com.: twp. sec.: sch. bd.: twp. chm. & bd.
of app. chm.

TEACHERS

Glenn W. Eckert, 43, Dearborn, Mich.:
Guardian (MC): principal-teacher. D: bd. of
ed.: sch. com.: ch. ext. bd.: LHS assn. bd. of dir.

Justin C. Schwartz, 47, Dearborn, Mich.:
Emmanuel (MC): principal-teacher. S: bd. of
con.-AA. D: fise. rev. com.: sch. com. C: choir
dir.: organist. O: bd. of dir. LHS assn.: music
com. SS teach. conv.

BOARD OF CONTROL-— AUSTIN

PASTORS

John H. Freed. 41, Houston, Tx.: St. Mark
(TX): parish pastor. S: bd. of con.-Austin. D:
LLL adv.: bd. of parish services: eslr.

Norbert F. Roschke, 57, Nederland, Tx.:
Holy Cross (TX): parish pastor. D: chm. stu-
dent fund: cslr.;: LWML coun. O: bd. Luth. Soe.
Serv.

LAYMEN

Robert Bauer, 46, Nome, Tx.: Hope,
Winnie (TX); farmer-rancher. S: bd. of con. —
Austin. C: chm.: treas.: fin. sec.: elder: trustee.
O: pub. sch. trustee: bank dir.:

Monroe Bethke. 47, Austin, Tx.: St. Paul
(TX): banking-president. D: chm. fisc. affairs
com.: Luth. foundation. C: pres.: VP: fin. bd.
chm.: sch. bd.