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. 13, published 26 June 1928, pages 217-232, CR-1.
Of special interest are the changes of address for the reverends and the occasional obituary. To receive copies of articles mentioning the name of your person of interest, contact penny.kailer@gmail.com. (Numbers following names are page numbers.)
B.S., Miss, 226
F.D., 229
G., 221, 222, 225, 228
M.S., 226
S., 220, 222
W.G.P., 229
AHLBRAND, 221
ALBRECHT, P., 225
BARBER, Colonel, 227
BARTELS, H., Rev., 230
BASILIUS, Harold, 225
BAUER, H.M., 231
BAUER, W., Prof., 225
BECK, R.H., Rev., 231
BECKER, C.H., Rev., 231
BENTE, Paul, 220
BERG, Professor, 226
BERG, Frederick, Prof., 226 (picture)
BERNTHAL, A.C., Rev., 228
BEWIE, W.H., 224
BOETTCHER, H.J., Pastor, 231
BRAUER, Wm., Pastor, 230
BRIGHTON, L., Rev., 231
BRODERS, E.W., 231
BROHM, A., Rev., 231
BRUMMER, H., 231
BRUNN, Arthur, 231
BUCHHEIMER, L., Rev., 232
BURGDORF, M.C., 228
CAEMMERER, Richard, 225
CHOLCHER, W., 231
CLAY, Henry, 227
COBIAN, Rev., 224
COBIAN, Sergio, Rev., 224
COOK, W., Rev., 231
COYNER, M.H., Prof., 231
DAU, W.H.T., Dr., 232
DOLAK, G., Rev., 231
EIFERT, W.C., 231
ELLWANGER, Walter, 225
EMMONS, 228
EMMONS, Hugh, 228
ENGEL, M., Rev., 231
ENGELDER, Th., Dr., 232
ERBE, O., Rev., 225
EVERS, Theo. H., Rev., 227
FEIERTAG, H., Rev., 231
FIENE, P.F., 231
FINGER, Fred, 226
FINNEY, Father, 228
FRANKLIN, Benjamin, 227
FRENK, E.W., Rev., 231
FUERBRINGER, Dr., 225
FUERBRINGER, L., Dr., 225, 232
FULLER, John, Rev., 226
GADE, F.C., 226
GALLMAN, L., Rev., 227
GEHRKE, Wm. H., 226
GERHARDT, Paul, 229
GEYER, E.J., 231
GIMAT, 227
GOLM, Emily, 230
GRAEBNER, Professor, 225
GRAEBNER, Herbert, 225
GRAEBNER, M., Prof., 231
GRAEBNER, Th., Prof., 218, 232
GRAEBNER, Theo., Prof., 225
GROSSMAN, A.A., Mr., 225
GROTHER, W.J., Pastor, 225
GUGEL, H.P., 231
HAENDSCHKE, R., Rev., 231
HAGEMAN, G.E., Rev., 232
HAHN, Arnold, 225
HAMILTON, Colonel, 227
HAMILTON, Alexander, Colonel, 227
HATTSTAEDT, E., Prof., 228
HATTSTAEDT, Otto, Prof., 225
HAZEN, 227
HEERWAGEN, O., Rev., 231
HEINICKE, Herman, 226
HELLBUSCH, Herbert, 225
HENRICKSEN, H.M., 231
HENRY, Patrick, 227
HERZBERGER, F.W., Rev., 232
HESTERMANN, Ferdinand, 226
HEYNE, W., Rev., 231
HOEFS, Erna E., 229
HOEH, C.E., Rev., 230
HOERBER, Geo., 231
HOHENSTEIN, Herman H., Rev., 231
HOPE, R., Prof., 231
JANZOW, C.C., Pastor, 231
JEFFERSON, President, 227
KAUB, Arthur H., 226
KEINATH, L., 231
KELLER, Carl, Pastor, 230
KEMAL, 222
KEYL, Theo. S., Rev., 221
KIRCHNER, 230
KIRCHNER, Pastor, 230
KIRCHNER, David, 230
KIRCHNER, David, Mrs., 230
KIRCHNER, Emily, 230
KIRCHNER, Ernst, Pastor, 230 (obituary follows)
KLEINHANS, T., 231
KOEHLER, A.W., 231
KOEHLER, Leonard, 225
KOHN, H., 231
KNOERNSCHILD, Rev., 224
KRETZMANN, P.E., Dr., 232
KRETZSCHMAR, F., 231
KRETZSCHMAR, P., Rev., 231
KRETZSCHMAR, R., President, 230
KRIESEL, K.A., 231
KUMNICK, H.H., Rev., 226
KUOLT, Milton G., 224
LAFAYETTE, General, 227
LANG, Titus, Pastor, 230
LANGE, B.W.J., 231
LANKOW, Martin W.F., 217
LEE, General, 227
LEHENBAUER, C.F., 231
LILLEGARD, Rev., 221
LILLEGARD, Geo. O., Rev., 221
LINDEMANN, Paul, Pastor, 225
LINDEMEYER, O.W.H., 231
LINDOERFER, J.F., 231
LINDOERFER, M.W., 231
LODGE, Oliver, Sir, 222
LUEBKEMAN, Walter, 218
MAINS, G.P., 228
MARTENS, W.C.A., Pastor, 230
MAYER, Emmanuel A., Rev., 225
MCLAUGHLIN, Wallace, 225
MEICHSNER, J., Rev., 231
MEIER, E., 231
MEIER, J.H., 231
MENNEN, G.E., 231
MEYER, Mrs., 228
MEYER, A.C., Mrs., 228
MEYER, W.E., 225
MIESSLER, Pastor, 230
MIESSLER, Arthur, Rev., 230
MIESSLER, Bruno, 230
MIESSLER, F. Theodore, Rev., 230 (obituary follows)
MIESSLER, Gustav, 230
MIESSLER, Theodore, Pastor, 230
MIESSLER, William, 230
MILLER, F.A., Rev., 231
MILLER, H. Earl, 225
MOORE, R. Walton, Hon., 226
MOULTRIE, Colonel, 227
MUELLER, A.J., Rev., 231
MUELLER, Henry, 231
MUELLER, H.F.C., 231
MUELLER, J. Th., Th.D., Prof., 232
MUELLER, M.H., 231
MUELLER, Martin L., 231
MUHLENBERG 226, 227
MUHLENBERG, General, 227
MUHLENBERG, F.A., 227
MUHLENBERG, John Peter Gabriel, 226
MUHLENBERG, Peter, 226, 227
MUHLENBERG, Peter, General, 227
NAU, Henry, Ph.D., Prof., 226
NEBB, Victor, Pastor, 228
NIEMANN, Charles, 225
OBERHEU, G., Rev., 231
OSTERHUS, H., Rev., 231
OVERBECK, Fred W., 231
PENNEKAMP, P., 228
PETERS, Clarence, 225
PFOTENHAUER, President, 230
PIEPER, Dr., 225
PIEPKORN, Arthur, 225
POLACK, W.G., Prof., 225
POLLEX, A., Rev., 231
RAFFAEL, 222
RAJ, Paul, 223
RAJA, Sundara, 223
RAST, A.O., 219
RATHER, Albert, 226
REHWINKEL, A., Prof., 231
RISCHE, Henry, 228
ROESENER, Paul, Rev., 225
ROHRKE, Paul, 226
ROSE, Crown Prosecutor, 228
SANDER, A.R., 231
SCHAEFER, M., 230
SCHAEFER, W.C., 231
SCHIEWE, Edwin, 226
SCHINNERER, President, 220
SCHMID, A., 231
SCHMIDT, E.A., 231
SCHMIDT, F.A., Dr., 227
SCHROEDEL, Theo., Rev., 226
SCHROEDER, O., Superintendent, 228
SCHULTE, Mildred, 226
SCHULZ, C.P., 231
SCHUPMANN, G., Rev., 230
SCHWARZ, F.J., 231
SCHWEPPE, Winifred, 226
SCOTT, Walter, 220
SMITH, Ivan W., 231
SOMMER, M.S., Prof., 218
SOMMER, Martin S., Prof., 218
SPILMAN, J.G., Rev., 228
STELLHORN, A.C., 230
STORM, Rev., 228
STORM, W.H., 231
STRIETER, F., Prof., 231
TEXIDOR, Rev., 224
TEXIDOR, D., Rev., 224
TEXIDOR, Demetrio, Rev., 224
THIEME, T., 230
UMBACH, Pastor, 225
UMBACH, Secretary, 227
UMBACH, Erwin, Pastor, 225
VANDRE, V.R., 231
VOSE, 227
WALKER, M., 231
WANGERIN, A.D., Pastor, 230
WASCHILEWSKY, P., 231
WASHINGTON, General, 227
WEBBER, F.R., 231
WEHRMANN, O.W., Rev., 231
WEISE, G., Rev., 231
WEISS, C.A., Pastor, 230
WIND, H.F., 225
WOLDT, E.L., Rev., 231
WRIGHT, Marcus J., General, 227
WYNEKEN, F.C.D., 228
ZUTTERMEISTER, F., 225
Obituary of Pastor Ernst Kirchner.
After forty-five years of faithful service in the vineyard of his Master, Pastor Ernst Kirchner was called to his eternal reward I heaven. He died in Chicago (Hegewisch), Illinois, April 30, after a short illness. Coming home from the services he had conducted in his church on April 22, he complained of severe pains in his chest. A doctor was called; he diagnosed the case as heart trouble. Eight days later the heart suddenly stopped beating.
Pastor Kirchner was born in Erfurt, Germany, September 23, 1855, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Kirchner. When eleven years old, he was left an orphan, his mother dying in December and his father in the following March. He was then placed in the orphanage at Erfurt. Throughout his life he spoke in terms of praise of the care and training received there. In 1871 an uncle in New York had young Kirchner come to America. After some years his pastor persuaded the young man to prepare himself for the holy ministry, and so Kirchner entered Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Illinois. He was graduated in 1882 and accepted a call to Matteson, Illinois, which congregation he served for six years. During the next three years he was pastor of the congregation at Youngstown (Briar Hill), Ohio. St. John’s Congregation of Secor, Illinois, then called him, and here he served for almost twenty-five years, until he was compelled to resign because of nervous disorders. During these thirty-four years of his ministry Pastor Kirchner had not only served the Lord by faithfully performing his duties as pastor, but also by teaching the children of the congregations regularly in the Christian day-school. His health restored, he accepted the pastorage of the congregation at Hegewisch, Illinois. For ten years he here performed his duties conscientiously and circumspectly until the Lord of the Church said to him: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter then into the joy of thy Lord.”
Funeral services were held in Hegewisch on March 3. Pastor Wm. Brauer officiated in the house of the deceased. In church the undersigned spoke in German and Pastor W.C.A. Martens in English. Pastor Carl Keller read the obituary, and Pastor A.D. Wangerin, chairman of the Mission Board of Northern Illinois, also addressed the congregation. The remains were then taken to Quincy, Illinois, and laid to rest, Pastors Titus Lang and C.A. Weiss officiating. Memorial services were conducted in honor of the deceased in his former charge at Secor, Illinois, on May 13.
Pastor Kirchner attained an age of 72 years, 7 months, and 7 days. Surviving him are his wife Emily, nee Golm, who for forty-four years shared joy and sorrow with him, four daughters, one son, and eleven grandchildren. Chicago, Illinois, T. Thieme.
Obituary of Rev. F. Theodore Miessler.
On Easter Day, April 8, the Rev. F. Theodore Miessler fell asleep in Jesus at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 25 days. His departure was for him a welcome deliverance from intense suffering, which had continued for months. Above all, however, he had a desire to depart and be with Christ.
The deceased was born August 13, 1841, at Rothwasser, Silesia, Germany. In a family of ten children he and his twin brother Bruno were the youngest. At the age of fifteen he accompanied his brother Gustav to America, and they made their home in Gratiot County, Michigan. Two of his brothers were already living there, his twin brother Bruno and an older brother, who was laboring as a missionary among the Indians. The year following his arrival in America the deceased and his brother Bruno carried out their intention of studying for the ministry. They studied at Fort Wayne and at St. Louis, completing their studies at the latter place in 1865. Both had rounded out fifty years of service in the ministry when Bruno met with an accidental death.
Pastor Theodore Miessler’s first charge was at Cole Camp, Missouri. After laboring there for ten years, he accepted a call to St. Paul’s Church, Des Peres, Missouri, where he served the Lord for forty-six years, resigning in 1921 on account of failing health. As pastor of the Des Peres congregation the departed alsw was pastor of the Lutheran orphanage at that place, and when in 1886 the Kranken- und Waisenfreund was first published in the interest of the orphanage, he was elected its editor, in which capacity he acted for sixteen years. During his lng tenure of office he also served the Western District in various capacities, being visitor for a number of years, for instance, and chairman of several conferences.
Upon resigning in 1921, Pastor Miessler mad e his home with one of his sons, the Rev. Arthur Miessler, of Wentzville, Missouri. Two years later he moved to St. Louis, where, because of regained strength and health, he was able to serve a number of congregations in the pulpit and at the Communion table quite frequently, until a year and a half ago, when he suffered a fracture of the hip-bone. In September, 1925, the St. Louis Pastoral Conference, in conjunction with his former congregation at Des Peres and St. Paul’s Church at St. Louis, of which he had been a member since he had come to the the city, observed the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination.
Funeral services for the deceased were conducted on April 11. In the service held in St. Paul’s Church, St. Louis, the Rev. H. Bartels, a close friend of Pastor Miessler, deliveded a sermon in the German language, while the undersigned spoke in English. President R. Kretzschmar of the Western District spoke on behalf of the District. The remains of the deceased were then taken to Des Peres, where another service was held in the church in which he had proclaimed God’s Word in all its truth and purity so many years. Here the pastor of the congregation, the Rev. C.E. Hoeh, spoke in German and the Rev. G. Schupmann spoke in English. Internment took place in the cemetery of the Des Peres congregation beside beloved ones who had preceded the deceased in death. The undersigned officiated at the grave.
Pastor Miessler is survived by seven children, five sons two of whom, Arthur and William, are serving the Lord in the ministry, and two daughters. “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Rev. 2, 10. St. Louis, Missouri, M. Schaefer.
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