The Lutheran Witness, the official paper of the
Evangelical Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other states, was published biweekly
by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Missouri. Indexed here is Volume XLVII, No. 11,
published 29 May 1928, pages 185-200, CR-1.
Of special interest are the changes of address for the
reverends and the occasional obituary.
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(Numbers following names are page numbers.)
Blanche, 186
Charles, 186
Fosdick, 195
Henry, 186, 195
John, 186
Miriam, 186
William, 186
ABEL, F.W., 198
ADAM, M., Rev., 197, 199
ADERMANN, M., 191
AHLEMEYER, E., 192
AHRENDT, T., 191
ALBERS, E., 192
ALBRECHT, P., 191
AM END, V., 191
APPELT, A., Rev., 199
ARNDT, C.O., 191
ARNDT, R., 192
ARNDT, W., Prof., 198
AUFDEMBERGE, P., 192
BACH, 193
BACH, Johann Sebastian, 193
BADEN, J., 192
BASILIUS, H., 191
BATZ, G., 191
BECKER, C.H., Pastor, 197
BEHNKEN, J.W., 199
BEHRENS, Prof., 198
BEHRENS, W.H., 198
BERG, F., 192
BERNTHAL, A., 191
BERTHOLD, Pastor, 198
BIELENBERG, H.A., Rev., 199
BIERLEIN, 195
BIERWAGEN, F.B., Rev., 194
BIRKMAN, H., 192
BIRKNER, H., President, 196
BLAKE, K., 191
BLANKE, H., Pastor, 199
BLIEVERNICHT, G., 198
BLISS, C., 192
BOHLMANN, A., 191
BORCHERDING, W., 192
BOSTROM, O., Dr., 194
BOYER, G., 191
BRACKENSICK, W., 198
BRADY, C.R., 199
BRAND, Dorothy, 200
BRAND, Fr., Dr., 197
BRAND, Frederick, 199
BRANDHORST, F.C., 192
BRANDHORST, F.C., Rev., 187
BRASE, W., 192
BRAUER, E.A., 198
BREITWISCH, G., 192
BROCKMAN, E., 192
BROECKER, W., Rev., 188
BROHM, T., 191
BROMMER, C.F., Prof., 197
BRUNN, Aug. F., Pastor, 198
BRUNS, A., 192
BUCHSCHACHER, W., 192
BUEHNER, A., 191
BUELOW, Harry J.L., 195
BUNDENTHAL, Teacher, 198
BURBANK, Luther, 187
BURGDORF, A., Rev., 198
BURGDORF, Elmer, 191
BURGDORF, Erwin, 191
BURKHARDT, Pastor, 198
BUROW, R., 191
BUSSMANN, H., 191
CAEMMERER, R., 191
CHOTZINOFF, 193
CLAY, Albert T., Dr., 190
CLAYBAKER, W., 192
COBIAN, Sergio, Rev., 199
CLOETER, Jul., Rev., 198
COIL, Elijah Alfred, 187
COIL, Rev., 194
CHOLCHER, W., Rev., 197
DABERKOW, C., 192
DAENZER, H., 191
DALE, M., 191
DALLMANN, Wm., Dr., 197
DALLMANN, Wm., D.D., Rev., 192
DANNHAUER, 192
DAUTENHAHN, Pastor, 198
DECKMAN, J.H., 198
DICK, A.G., 197
DICKE, W.H., 198
DIECKHOFF, E., 192
DIERKS, A., 191
DIESING, Teacher, 198
DIETZEL, W., 192
DIXON, Herbert W., 187
DOCTER, W.F., 198
DOCTER, W.F., Rev., 199
DOERING, A., 192
DORN, H., 191
DREIER, A., 191
DREYER, E., 192
DREYER, F., Rev., 199
DUEMLING, E.A., 196
DUKEWITS, W., 191
E.E., 188
ECKHARDT, E., 197
ECKHARDT, E., Rev., 197
EGGERS, Rev., 194
EGGERS, E.H., Rev., 192
EGGERT, E., 192
EHLEN, Anna Wilhelmine, 197
EICKMANN, A., 192
EIFERT, O., 191
EIFERT, W.C., Rev., 199
EIKMEIER, President, 192
EILRICH, A., 192
ELLWANGER, W., 191
EVANS, H.W., 191
FAHLING, Adam, 197
FICKENSCHER, H., 199
FIENE, P.F., 198
FRANKENSTEIN, Alfred, 193
FRERKING, H., 191
FRESE, E.H.L., 198
FREUDENBURG, B., 192
FRICK, M., 191
FRIEDRICHSMEYER, O., 192
FRITZ, E.A., 198
FUERBRINGER, L., 198
G., 188-192, 195
GABRILOWITSCH, 193
GABRILOWITSCH, Conductor, 193
GABRILOWITSCH, Ossip, 193
GEBHARDT, A.H., Rev., 199
GEIGER, C., 192
GEMEINHARDT, C., 192
GEYER, E.J., 198
GIBSON, Dallas, 195
GIESELER, C.A., Rev., 194
GILMAN, Lawrence, 193
GODE, A.W., 198
GOEHRING, R., 191
GOING, L., 192
GRABAU, J.A., Rev., 196
GRAEBNER, Th., Prof., 186
GRAEBNER, Theo., Prof., 200
GRAF, W., 192
GRIESSEL, A., 191
GROSS, Edwin M., Rev., 195
GROSSMANN, A.A., President, 199
GROTH, F., 192
GUEBERT, H.C., 198
H.A.S., 195
HAACK, M., Rev., 199
HAHN, A., 191
HALLSTEIN, E.C., Rev., 199
HARMS, W., Rev., 197
HARRISON, Charles C., Dr., 190
HARTWIG, Friederike, 196
HAUSER, Carl, Pastor, 199
HEIDBREDER, H.H., 198
HEINEMEIER, G., 191
HEINEMEIER, L., 192
HEINICKE, H., Rev., 197
HELLBUSCH, H., 191
HENNIG, J., 192
HENNING, F., 191
HILGENDORF, Mrs., 197
HILGENDORF, Pastor, 197
HILGENDORF, Amalia, Miss, 197
HILGENDORF, J.A., Prof., 197
HILGENDORF, Johanna, 197
HILGENDORF, John Gottlieb Michael, Rev., 197 (picture; obituary
follows)
HILGENDORF, Paul, Rev., 197
HILGENDORF, Rudolph, Rev., 197
HILGENDORF, T., 192
HILGENDORF, Walter, Rev., 197
HILLMANN, H., Superintendent, 197
HINZE, E., 192
HOEH, C., 192
HOERBER, Geo., 198
HOFFMANN, E.H., 199
HOFFMANN, O., Pastor, 198
HOFIUS, W., Pastor, 199
HOFMANN, K., 191
HOHENSTEIN, Herman H., Rev., 199
HOLM, A., 191
HOMANN, W.E., 198
HORARIK, J., 192
HOYER, G.F., Rev., 199
HUESCHEN, O., Rev., 198
INGERSOLL, Robert, 188
ISRAEL, Wm. J., 198
JAEBKER, P., 192
JAECKEL, V., 192
JAEGER, E., 192
JAGELS, O.C., Rev., 199
JANSSEN, W.J., Rev., 198
JESCHKE, E., 192
JESSE, A., 191
JONES, L., 192
JOOST, E.H., 195, 196
JUNGE, W.E., 198
JURGENS, W., 192
JUST, E., Rev., 199
KAEMMING, L., 192
KAISER, 198
KAMPSCHMIDT, W., Prof., 199
KANIESS, G., 191
KASPER, C., 191
KASSNER, R., 192
KERN, V., 198
KIEKHAFER, P., 192
KLEIMANN, J.H., 198
KLEIST, D.M., Pastor, 196
KLOEPFER, Paul Eugen, 193
KNIPPENBERG, J., 191
KNORR, E.A., Rev., 199
KOEHLER, L., 191
KOEHN, J., 192
KOENIG, P., Rev., 198
KOEPCHEN, Wm., Pastor, 196
KOEPKE, H.C., 198
KOEPKE, H.C., Rev., 194
KOESTER, L., 191
KOPPELMANN, H.H., Rev., 198
KORF, R., 192
KOSCHMANN, H. Edw., 187
KRAMER, F., 192
KRAUSE, O., 192
KREISS, Henri, 192
KRENZKE, E., 192
KRENZKE, T., 191
KRETZMANN, Dr., 197
KRETZMANN, Karl, 198
KRETZMANN, M., 191
KRETZMANN, P.E., Dr., 199
KRETZMANN, P.E., Ph.D., D.D., Prof., 198
KRETZMANN, Paul E., Ph.D., D.D., Prof., 197
KRETZMANN, Paul L., 188
KRETZSCHMAR, C., 191
KREUTZ, F., Jr., Pastor, 198
KREUTZ, Fr., Jr., Rev., 199
KROHE, A.A., 198
KUFER, Hans, 193
LACH, A., 192
LAESCH, A., 191
LAMPRECHT, Th., 190
LAMPRECHT, Theodore, 196
LANDGRAF, W., 191
LANKENAU, F.J., 197
LANKENAU, F.J., Rev., 190, 197
LAUTERBACH, W., 191
LICHTSINN, H., 191
LIEPKE, G.H., Pastor, 198
LINDEMEYER, O.W.H., Rev., 199
LIST, P., 191
LOBECK, G.W., Pastor, 198
LOBECK, M., 191
LOBITZ, W., 192
LOCHNER, Wm., Rev., 192
LONG, S.P., Rev., 195
LONG, W., 191
LOTTES, P., Pastor, 198
LUEDTKE, W., 191
LUSMANN, A., 192
LUTHER, 193, 194, 196
LUTHER, Martin, 192, 196
LUTZ, E., 191
MANNS, H., 191
MARQUARDT, R., 192
MARTENS, Conrad F., Rev., 192
McLAUGHLIN, W., 191
McREE, G., 191
MEHL, P., 191
MEIER, H., 192
MEIER, J.H., 198
MEISSINGER, J., 192
MEISSNER, W., 192
MENNEN, Geo. E., Rev., 199
MENNEN, R., 191
MENZE, E., 192
MESSINA, A., 191
METZGER, R., 192
MEYER, E., 191
MEYER, Hobart, Pastor, 198
MEYER, M., 192
MEYER, W.E., 191
MILLER, Earl, 191
MILLER, Natalie, 200
MILLER, Paul F., Rev., 198
MOEBUS, A.E., 198
MOEHRING, H.W.G., Rev., 199
MOELLER, T., 191
MORITZ, H., 192
MOUSSA, Rev., 194
MOUSSA, Hans Kollar, Rev., 194
MUELLER, A., 192
MUELLER, Ernest, 191
MUELLER, H., Rev., 199
MUELLER, J.T., Prof., 198
MUELLER, O., 192
MUELLER, O.C., Pastor, 198
MUELLER, P., 192
MUHL, R., 192
MUNDERLOH, H., 192
MUNDT, M., 192
NACHTSHEIM, E.G., 199
NATZKE, P., 192
NESS, H., 192
NEUENDORF, 198
NEUSIIS, F., 192
NICKEL, Dr., 192
NICKEL, M., Rev., 198
NICKEL, Th., D.D., President, 192
NIEDNER, F., Rev., 194
NIEMAN, C., 192
NIERMANN, H.W., Rev., 199
NITZ, F., Rev., 198
OBENHAUS, G., 192
OBERDIECK, D., Pastor, 194
OBERHEU, A.C., Pastor, 198
OBERMUELLER, H., 192
OBST, P., 192
OETTING, F., 192
OLDSEN, H., Pastor, 198
OPPLIGER, J., 198
OTTO, E.T., Mrs., 197
OTTO, E.T., Rev., 197
PAGENKOPF, W., 192
PAUL, H.L., Rev., 199
PEBLER, F., Pastor, 196
PEIMANN, H.F., 198
PERKO, A., 192
PETERS, C., 191
PETERSEN, J., 192
PFANSTIEL, H., 192
PFLUG, Edgar, 192
PFOTENHAUER, F., 192
PFOTENHAUER, H., 191
PFOTENHAUER, F., D.D., Rev., 192
PIECHOCINSKI, Rev., 193
PIEPER, Dr., 197
PIEPER, F., Dr., 197
PIEPKORN, A., 192
PLACKEMEIER, H., Pastor, 198
PLENKE, C., 192
POELLOT, H., 192
PREDOEHL, C., 198
PREDOEHL, H., Pastor, 198
PRITZ, C.J., Rev., 199
RAATZ, P., 192
RADUENZ, A., 192
RAFERT, W., 192
RANKE, R., 192
RANZAU, A., 192
RAST, A.O., 198
RATH, F., 192
RAUSCH, L., 192
REIHER, C., 192
REIMNITZ, O.E., Rev., 199
REIMNITZ, O.R., Pastor, 198
REINKE, E., 191
REISCHAUER, H., 192
RICHERT, A., 192
RIEDEL, M.W., 199
RIEDER, 192
RIEDER, Aug., 192
RIEKENBERG, E., 192
RIMBACH, J.A., Pastor, 198
RITTER, Pauline, 196
RITTMANN, C., 192
ROCKETT, F., 192
ROECKER, N., 192
ROHLCK, E., 192
ROMOSER, C.A., 198
ROSCHKE, Teacher, 198
RUNGE, Teacher, 198
RUNGE, C., 192
RUPPRECHT, O., 191
RUSCH, W.D., 198
S., 186, 189-191, 197
SALVNER, J.L., Rev., 194
SANGSTER, Margaret E., 200
SCHALM, W.T., Rev., 194
SCHAEFER, J. Louis, 190
SCHAEFER, W.C., Rev., 199
SCHAFFER, J.P., 198
SCHAUER, P., 192
SCHECK, E., 192
SCHEDLER, J., 192
SCHEDLER, O., 192
SCHEER, P., 192
SCHLEGEL, A., 192
SCHLIESSER, 198
SCHMIDT, Pastor, 188
SCHMIDT, C., 192
SCHOKNECHT, Teacher, 198
SCHREINER, O., 192
SCHROEDER, A.H., 198
SCHROEDER, T., 192
SCHUELKE, A., 198
SCHUELKE, Enno, Pastor, 199
SCHUESSLER, G., Rev., 192
SCHUESSLER, H.G., 198
SCHULTZ, O., 192
SCHUMANN, R., 192
SCHURICHT, R.T., Rev., 194
SCHWEIKERT, G., 192
SEELIGER, W., 192
SEITZ, H., 192
SELCKE, 198
SELLMAN, P., 192
SEUEL, E., 199
SIEBERT, Johanna, 197
SIHLER, E.G., Dr., 190
SKOV, O., 192
SMITH, Dr., 190
SMITH, E.F., Dr., 189
SMITH, Edgar Fahs, Dr., 189 (obituary follows)
SMITH, Ivan W., 198
SOMMER, M.S., Prof., 186
SOMMER, Martin S., Prof., 186
SPAUDE, E., 192
SPITZ, Pastor, 198
STADLER, C., Pastor, 199
STAHLKE, E., 192
STAHMER, H., 191
STECHHOLZ, Pastor, 196
STECHHOLZ, Friederike, 196
STECHHOLZ, H.C.W., P.EM., Rev., 196 (obituary follows)
STECHHOLZ, Herman Conrad Wilhelm, Rev., 196
STECHHOLZ, H.F.R., Rev., 197
STECHHOLZ, Joachim, 196
STEINKAMP, H., 192
STELLHORN, A.C., 196
STEUP, H.C., Pastor, 196
STEYER, E., Pastor, 198
STIEGEMEYER, G., Rev., 198
STOHS, G.F., 199
STOR, Paul, 199
STRASEN, President, 192
STRASEN, M., President, 192
STRIETER, T.W., Rev., 198
STROBEL, H., 192
STROEBEL, H., 192
SUCCOP, Paul, 198
TETZEL, 193
THEISS, W., 192
TRAUTMANN, R., Pastor, 198
TUCKER, C., 192
VALENCIK, A., 192
VERWIEBE, F.C., Rev., 198
VOGEL, A., Rev., 198
W.G.P., 195
WAECHTER, Aug., Pastor, 199
WAGNER, A., 192
WAGNER, A.B., 192
WALTHER, F., 192
WASSERMANN, V., 192
WEINHOLD, T.A., Pastor, 198
WENTHE, Geo., 192
WENZEL, Pastor, 198
WESCHE, W.C., Rev., 199
WESTERMANN, H., 192
WIEBEL, G., 192
WIECH, W., 192
WILKENING, A., 192
WILKENS, W., 192
WILL, A., 192
WILLIAMS, John, 197
WILSON, President, 194
WIND, 200
WIND, G.L., 200
WINSLOW, Garry, 200
WITTMER, A., 192
WOHLFEIL, L., Rev., 194
WOLF, E., 192
WOLFF, W., 192
WOLK, H.C., Pastor, 198
WOLTER, G.W., 197
WUEBBEN, J., 198
WYNEKEN, M., 192
YLVISAKER, P., 192
ZAHNOW, W., 192
ZEHE, Frederick, 198
ZEHENDER, A., 192
ZERSEN, W., 192
ZIEGLER, Emil, 198
ZIEMENDORF, Ph., 198
ZIMMERMANN, E., 192
ZORN, R., 192
Obituary
of Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith (as published in the N.L.C. Bulletin of May 3,
Philadelphia)
Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith was approaching seventy-two years of
age. He was born in York, Pennsylvania,
where his family had lived for several generations. He was educated at York County Academy, where
he was an instructor; at Gettysburg College, where he received a degree of B.S.
in 1874; and at the University of Goettingen, Germany, where he specialized in chemistry. In 1876 he became assistant in analytical
chemistry in the Towne Scientific School of the University of
Pennsylvania. In 1881 he was called to
the Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and later to Wittenberg College,
Springfield, Ohio. In 1888 he returned
to the University of Pennsylvania to take the chair of analytical
chemistry. Four years later he became
head of the Department of Chemistry and in 1898 vice-provost. On the resignation of Dr. Charles C. Harrison,
in 1911, Dr. Smith was named thirteenth provost of the university, continuing
in the chair of chemistry. When he
resigned in 1920, he was elected emeritus professor of chemistry.
He held honorary degrees from the Universities of Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Princeton, Brown, Temple, Yale, and
Dublin, and at Gettysburg, Franklin and Marshall, Wittenberg, Alleghany,
Muhlenberg, Swarthmore, and Queens colleges.
Upon his retirement in 1920, after forty-four years of teaching,
Dr. Smith applied to the Carnegie Foundation for a pension, explaining that “teaching
is wonderful, but unremunerative work.
And one does not grow rich either from writing text-books on chemistry.” It was a matter of common knowledge at the
university that Dr. Smith virtually gave away all the money he made. He secretly supported poor students and
contributed to many charities. Dr. Smith
was justly esteemed for the superior quality of his broad, but positive
spiritual influence within the university.
He was a man of faith and maintained his connection with the Lutheran
Church throughout his life.
A list of the honors awarded him and positions he held with
numerous American and foreign organizations and institutions occupied five
inches of space in the New York Times.
Obituary
of Rev. H.C.W. Stechholz, P. EM.
The Rev. Herman Conrad Wilhelm Stechholz, Pastor emeritus, was
born at Buffalo, New York, May 9, 1852, the eighth child of Joachim Stechholz
and his wife Friederike, nee Hartwig.
He attended the Christian day-school conducted by Trinity Church at
Buffalo and was confirmed by the Rev. J.A. Grabau. At the age of twelve and a half years he
entered Martin Luther College and Seminary of the Buffalo Synod in order to
prepare for the holy ministry, to which he was ordained on January 28,
1874. His first charge was St. Martini
Congregation at Martinsville, New York, where he labored until 1879, during
which time he also organized the congregation at Bergholz, New York.
Up to this time he had been a member of the Buffalo Synod. During the doctrinal controversies carried on
between the Buffalo Synod and the Missouri Synod during this time, especially
the doctrine concerning the Church and the Ministry, Pastor Stechholz came to the
conviction that “Missouri” was defending
the Scriptural doctrine, and for conscience’ sake he left the Buffalo Synod and
joined our Synod. On September 28, 1879,
he was installed as pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Paterson, New Jersey, where he
labored faithfully for thirty years.
While here, he also founded churches in Richfield and Hackensack, New
Jersey, as well as St. Luke’s of Paterson.
In 1909 failing health compelled him to resign from the ministry
and to retire to Nyack, New York. But
even during his retirement he was not inactive inasmuch as he edited the then
official organ of the Atlantic District, the Zeuge und Anzeiger. Previously he had been the editor of the Zeuge
der Wahrheit.
Feeling able again to take charge of a congregation, he accepted a
call to Immanuel Church at East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1912, where he
remained till 1916. Having suffered a
second paralytic stroke, he was again compelled to resign and retired to Glen
Rock, New Jersey, where he spent the remaining years of his life.
Pastor Stechholz was the founder of the New Jersey Conference, for
many years Visitor of the New Jersey Circuit, during its existence the editor
of the New Jersey Gemeinde-und Missionsblatt, and one of the founders of
Bethlehem Orphan Home, formerly located in New Jersey, now on Staten Island,
New York. Although not able to preach
during the last twelve years, he frequently assisted at Holy Communion and
conducted altar services at various occasions.
The latter he did for the last time on February 5, at the twenty-fifty
anniversary of St. Luke’s Church of Paterson, which he had founded.
On February 24 he suffered a third stroke, after which he did not
regain full consciousness, and on Sunday, March 4, at 12:30 P.M., he fell asleep.
Funeral services were conducted at St. Paul’s Church, Paterson,
March 8, after the body had been lying state in the church since the evening
before, following a short service in the house conducted by Pastor F.
Pebler. Pastor H.C. Steup, Pastor Wm.
Koepchen, President H. Birkner of the Atlantic District, and Pastor D.M.
Kleist, chairman of the New Jersey conference, made addresses. The altar service was conducted by the
undersigned, who also officiated at the grave.
On July 18, 1874, Pastor Stechholz was united in marriage to
Pauline Ritter, of Buffalo, New York, which union was blessed with six
children, of whom three survive him, the Rev. H.F.R. Stochholz, of South
Manchester, Connecticut, and two daughters.
His first wife having died in 1903, he married Anna Wilhelmine Ehlen, of
Grand-View-on-the-Hudson September 17, 1905, who was a true helpmeet for him
during his declining years and who survives him.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do
follow them.” Revelation 14:13. A.G. Dick.
Obituary
of Rev. John Gottlieb Michael Hilgendorf
It is but appropriate that a memorial stone be set up in the
Lutheran Witness for this sainted Veteran of the Cross, as the first President
of the Nebraska District; who was eminently instrumental in founding and
establishing Concordia Teachers’ College at Seward, Nebraska, and was a member
of its first Board of Trustees; who was the leader in founding the Lutheran
Orphanage at Fremont, Nebraska; and who served the General Body as
Vice-president from 1911 to 1920.
Pastor Hilgendorf was born at Freistadt, Wisconsin, near
Milwaukee, September 5, 1847. Trained in
the Lutheran day-school and prepared for a business career, he entered
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, finishing
his studies there in 1871. On September
9 of that year he was ordained as pastor of the First Lutheran Church, Omaha,
Nebraska, which he served for five years, resigning because of ill health in
the spring of 1876. After he had
regained his health, he accepted the call of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at
Arlington, Nebraska, in the fall of that year.
He served this congregation for thirty-two years, until 1908.
He then went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, because of the condition of his
wife’s health, serving our church there until 1915. In 1916 he returned to Omaha, serving as
assistant to his son-in-law, Rev. E.T. Otto, until his death, but being
furloughed to the West Coast on account of Mrs. Hilgendorf’s health. He again served congregations during his stay
there: at San Francisco, California, Hood River and Portland, Oregon. In 1925 he moved to Monrovia, California,
after having received a paralytic stroke, living there until his death, April
1, 1928. He died at the age of not quite
eighty years.
He is survived by his widow, Johanna Hilgendorf, nee
Siebert, whom he married August 24, 1874; by two daughters, Miss Amalia
Hilgendorf, of Monrovia, California, and Mrs. E.T. Otto, of Omaha, Nebraska;
and by two sons, Prof. J.A. Hilgendorf of Seward, Nebraska, and Rev. Paul
Hilgendorf, of Hood River, Oregon, and by eight grandchildren. Two sons, Rev. Rudolph Hilgendorf and Rev.
Walter Hilgendorf, preceded him in death.
Funeral services in Monrovia were conducted by the local pastor,
Rev. H. Heinicke, and by Dr. Wm. Dallmann, of Milwaukee, who was speaking at
the Holy Week noonday services held in Los Angeles.
On Easter Monday funeral services were held at St. Paul’s Church,
Omaha, after Rev. M. Adam had spoken at the parsonage. Rev. W. Harms, president of the Northern
Nebraska District, preached in German and Dr. Fr. Brand, of St. Louis, in
English. Prof. C.F. Brommer spoke in behalf
of the teachers’ college at Seward; Superintendent H. Hillmann, in behalf of
the teachers’ conference; and the undersigned in behalf of St. Paul’s Church at
Arlington.
Interment took place on April 10 at the cemetery in Seward, where
the remains of the two sons of the departed have found their last
resting-place. Pastor C.H. Becker
conducted the final service, at which Rev. W. Cholcher, president of the
Southern Nebraska District, spoke a final work of comfort. The professors of the college and members of
the pastoral conference, then in session at Lincoln, were present.
Besides the many floral tokens, memorial wreaths for mission and
other purposes amounting to nearly $200 were offered. But the most beautiful memorial for the
departed is what the grace of God made of him – an eminent preacher of Christ
and His righteousness, a lifelong friend of the Christian day-school, and an
untiring worker for his Synod.
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant!” G.W. Wolter.
