1878-1893 |
REV. C. MARDORF |
| BORN |
April 16, 1851, Melsunfern, Hessia, Germany |
| DIED |
January 20, 1935, at his home in Monticello, Iowa |
| COLLEGE |
Four years in a private academy conducted by Rev. Zuelch; two years at a mission school founded by Pastor Vilmar, St. Sebald and Mendota, Illinois, he graduated and was ordained at Iowa City, Iowa. |
| SERVED |
Solon, Iowa; three years at Waterloo, Iowa; Wayne Zion, Monticello, where he labored 42 years. |
| RETIRED |
1918 |
1893-1895 |
REV. R. H. EILTZ (The first resident pastor.) |
| BORN |
September 24, 1871, Tannum, East Friesia |
| DIED |
March 27, 1938, Marshfield, Wisconsin |
| COLLEGE |
Strackholt and finished at Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, was ordained at Castle Grove, Iowa, July 16, 1893, by C. Mardorf |
| SERVED |
Congregations in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, and Misnnesota. His last charge was for about 10 years at Harrisville, Wisconsin. |
| CHILDREN |
Seven |
1895-1901 |
REV. HUGO LUTZ |
| BORN |
June 25, 1874, Galena, Illinois |
| COLLEGE |
Warburg College, Waverly, Iowa, 1885-1892; was ordained at Castle Grove, Iowa, December 15, 1895, by Rev. Fr. Lutz |
| SERVED |
SS. Peter and Paul, Castle Grove, Iowa, 1895-1901; St. Peter's, Greene, Iowa, 1901- 1906; St. John's, Cullom, Illinois, 1906-1913; Zion, Clinton, Iowa, 1913-1918; St. Paul, Saginaw, Michigan, 1918-1924; Zion, West Union, Iowa, 1924-1938; Emmanuel, Gary, Indiana, 1939- |
| MARRIED |
Florence Mardorf, Monticello, Iowa, June 8, 1897; Rosetta Hertel, Nauvoo, Illinois, May 8, 1944 |
1901-1902 |
REV. OTTO WILHELM ADOLF GAMMELIN |
| BORN |
June 18, 1867 |
| DIED |
September 23, 1950 |
| SERVED |
Ada, Minnesota, 3 months, 1893; Preston, Iowa, 1893-1894; Garnavillo, Iowa, 1894- 1901; Castle Grove, Iowa, 1901-1902; Brandon, Wisconsin, 1902-1909; Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, 1909-1947 |
| RETIRED |
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1937 |
1902-1906 |
REV. HEINRICH WILHELM REINECKE |
| BORN |
1871, Bridgewater, South Dakota |
| DIED |
September 28, 1946, Bridgewater, South Dakota |
| SERVED |
Corwith, Iowa; Castle Grove, Iowa; Massbach, Illinois; Boyd, Iowa; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Rock Creek, Iowa; Leola, South Dakota serving 22 years; and Bridgewater, South Dakota where he was serving at the time of his death. |
1906-1908 |
REV. GERHARD WEISE |
| SERVED |
Kiester and Walters, Minnesota, June of 1917 when he joined the Missouri Synod. |
1908-1917 |
REV. HANS NAETHER |
| BORN |
February 7, 1886, Torgan, Germany |
| COLLEGE |
Gymnasium-Lenox College, 1916; University of Iowa; ordained at Castle Grove, Iowa, July 5, 1908, by Rev. C. Mardorf |
| SERVED |
Castle Grove, Iowa and Filial, Hopkinton, Iowa, 1908-1917; Sterling, Nebraska, 1918-1920; Atlanta University, 1923-1930; taught in Germany, 1930-1938; taught in Virgin Island, 1938-1940; Dreeinigkeits, Lehigh, Kansas, 1940-1942; Immanuel, Fairview, Kansas, 1942-1945; Avery, Oklahoma, 1946-1947; Round Rock, Texas, 1948-; Goodrich, North Dakota, 1949-; Coolidge, Arizona, 1950-; Arthur, North Dakota, 1951-1952; Piney Woods, Mississippi, 1953-1954; Americus, Georgia, 1955- |
| MARRIED |
Emma Rose Schmid, Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Island, November 30, 1921 |
1917-1920 |
REV. HANS STREEB |
| BORN |
Wendelstein, Bayern, Germany |
| DIED |
May 31, 1963 |
| COLLEGE |
Neuendettelsau, Dettelsau Sem., Germany, 1897-1900 Business College, Germany |
| SERVED |
Palmyra, Nebraska, 1900-1901; Randolph, Nebraska, 1901-1903; Rapid City, Nebraska, 1903-1908; Pyrmount, Missouri, 1909-1911; Massbach, Illinois, 1911-1917; Castle Grove, Iowa, 1917-1920; Stickney, South Dakota, 1921-1925; Hosmer, South Dakota, 1925-1931; Windsor, Colorado, 1931-1934; Omaha, Nebraska, 1935-1935; Bessie, Oklahoma, 1935-1940. |
| RETIRED |
October 1940 |
| MARRIED |
Freda Horn, July 21, 1904 |
| CHILDREN |
Emma, Henry, Otto, Gerhard, Lydia, Authur, Agnes, Maeia, and Paul |
1920-1925 |
REV. MICHAEL SCHERF |
| BORN |
March 12, 1891, Rhineland, Germany |
| COLLEGE |
Gymnasium in Germany; Wartburg Sem., 1917 |
| SERVED |
First English, Kimball, Nebraska, 1917-1918; St. Paul, Rice Lake, Wisconsin, 1918-1920; SS. Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa, 1920-1924; St. John, Hartsburg, Illinois, 1924-1927; St. Peter, Slasford, Illinois, 1927-1936; St. John, Anchor, Illinois, 1936-1941; Trinity, Goshen, Indiana, 1941-1945; Christ, El Cerrito, California, 1945-1947; Faith, Marysville, California, 1947-1951. |
| RETIRED |
1951 |
1925-1926 |
REV. O. SITZLER |
| BORN |
September 30, 1877, Wurzen, Saxony, Germany |
| DIED |
February 26, 1935 |
| SERVED |
Maistee, Michigan, 1898-1902; Pontiac, Michigan, 1902-1904; North Tonawanda, New York, 1904-1906; Merril, Wisconsin, 1906-1908; Mineola, Iowa, 1908-1924, Joined the Iowa Synod, 1925-1926, at Castle Grove, Monticello, Iowa. |
| RETIRED |
1927 |
| MARRIED |
Christine Vollensen, 1898 |
1926-1935 |
REV. GOTTLIEB FREDERICK WOLF |
| BORN |
April 21, 1899, McDade, Texas |
| COLLEGE |
TLC, 1921; Wartburg Sem., 1924 |
| SERVED |
Jourdanton, Texas, 1924-1926; SS Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa, 1926-1935; St. Paul, Plamer, Iowa, 1935-1938; Eagle Lake, Texas, 1939-1943; St. Paul, Columbus, Texas, 1944-1962; Trinity, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1962-1964. |
| RETIRED |
1964 |
| MARRIED |
Ida Gold, 1926 |
1935-1944 |
REV. ARNOLD RICHARD WILLIAM THALACKER |
| BORN |
May 21, 1905, Wautoma, Wisconsin |
| COLLEGE |
Wartburg College, Clinton, 1927; Wartburg Seminary, 1930 |
| SERVED |
St. John, Grinnel, Iowa and Trinity, Malcom, Iowa, 1930-1935; SS Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa, 1935-1944; and St. John, Hopkinton, Iowa, 1941-1944; St. John, Palmer, Iowa, 1944-1951; St. Paul, Des Moines, Iowa, 1951-1960; Grace, Tripoli, Iowa, 1960-1965; Salem, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1965-1966; St. Paul, Maynard, Iowa, 1966-1970 |
| RETIRED |
1970 |
| MARRIED |
Erna Klein, 1932; Lois Westwood, 1950 |
1944-1950 |
REV. HERMAN ADOLPH DIERS |
| BORN |
July 26, 1897, Oldenburg, Germany |
| COLLEGE |
Wartburg College, 1916-1920; Wartburg Seminary, 1923 |
| SERVED |
St. John, Olin, Iowa, 1923-1924; Zion,, Northwood, Iowa, 1924-1928; St. John, Vilmar, Iowa, 1928-1937; Salem, Andrew, Iowa, 1937-1944; SS Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa, 1944-1950; Immanuel, Titonka, Iowa, 1950-1962 |
| RETIRED |
1962 |
| MARRIED |
Viola Ager, 1927 |
1950-1957 |
REV. PAUL KENYON |
| BORN |
February 3, 1914, Waterloo, Iowa |
| COLLEGE |
Wartburg College, 1935; Warburg Seminary, 1940 |
| SERVED |
Hope, Littleport, Iowa and Immanuel, Elkport, Iowa, 1940-1941; Hope, Brighton, Iowa, 1941-1947; St. Paul, Thornton, Iowa, 1947-1950; SS Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa, 1950-1957; Grace, Prairieburg, Iowa, 1950-1951; St. Paul and Zion, Hull, Iowa, 1957-1962; Bethel, Abdal, Nebraska, 1962-1965; Salem, Superior, Nebraska, 1962-1966; American, Filley, Nebraska, 1966-; Peace, Lewiston, Nebraska, 1970- |
| MARRIED |
Gertrude Judt, 1944 |
1957-1967 |
REV. RICHARD EDMUND ZELLMER |
| BORN |
March 16, 1927, Sioux City, Iowa |
| DIED |
April 23, 1993 |
| COLLEGE |
Wartburg College, 1950; Wartburg Seminary, 1954 |
| SERVED |
Birnamwood, Wisconsin, 1954-1957; SS Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa and St. John, Hopkinton, Iowa, 1957-1967; St. Peter, Eldorado, Iowa, 1967- |
| MARRIED |
Minona Dettermann, 1953 |
1967-1970 |
REV. NORTON J. MCCAUGHAN |
| BORN |
April 14, 1913, Des Moines, Iowa |
| COLLEGE |
LBI, 1938-1940; ELTS, 1958-1960 |
| SERVED |
Zion, Arneckeville, Texas, 1960-1962; St. John, San Juan, Texas, 1962-1967; St. John, Hopkinton, Iowa and SS. Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa, 1967-1970; Palestine, Dolliver, Iowa and Union State Line, Jackson, Minnesota, 1970- |
| MARRIED |
Lila Bjornrud, 1943 |
1970-1978 |
REV. K. J. REIMER |
| BORN |
November 24 1914, Elkader, Iowa |
| COLLEGE |
Elkader Jr. College, 1933; Elmhurst College, Illinois, 1934; University of South California, Los Angeles, 1935; Wartburg Seminary, 1938 |
| SERVED |
Good Hope Lutheran, Forestbury, St. John's, Galahad, and St. James, Tinchebray, Alberta, Canada, 1938-1939; Christ Lutheran Regina, Sask. and Peace Lutheran, McLean, Sack., Canada, 1939-1945; Good Hope Lutheran, Gull Lake, Sack., Canada, 1944-1946; Lutheran Chaplin at the Provincial T. B. Sanitorium, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sack. 1939-1946 and 1947-1949; Redeemer, Moose Jaw, Sack., Trinity, Central Butte, Sack, and Zion, Elbow, Sack. Canada, 1945-1949; Zion, Flowing Well, Sack., 1946-1947; Christ Lutheran, Neche, North Dakota and St. Peter's Lutheran, Gretna, Manitoba, Canada, 1949-1957; St. John's Lutheran, Verona, North Dakota and Trinity, Litchville, North Dakota, 1957-1958; St. James and Hope, Leola, South Dakota, 1958-1970; St. John's, Hopkinton, Iowa and SS. Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa, 1970-1978 |
| MARRIED |
Louise Kroeger, 1940 |
1978-1985 |
REV. DONALD WAHLGREN |
| BORN |
June 1, 1924, Palmer, Iowa |
| COLLEGE |
UNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1948; Luther College; Trinity Seminary, 1959; Missionary to Nigeria, 1959-1962; Study, 1962-1963 |
| SERVED |
St. Paul, Aurora, Iowa, 1963-1966; St. John, Cushing, Iowa, 1966-1973; Greene, 1973-1978; SS Peter and Paul, Monticello, Iowa and St. John's, Hopkinton, Iowa, 1978-1985 |
| MARRIED |
Marjorie Jorth, 1950 |
1985-1990 |
REV. WALTER MALKEWITZ |
1990-1995 |
REV. PEGGY OGDEN-HOWE |
1995-2004 |
REV. RODNEY UNDERWOOD |
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