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Alumni/ae News
Updated November 17, 2009
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Richard (Dick) Schedtler, '77,
died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at his home in San Diego, Calif., after a short battle with cancer. Dick served as pastor in many congregations, including St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minn. (submitted 9/24/2009)
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Paul Richard Jorstad, '58,
entered eternal life on March 13, 2009. After graduating from Luther Theological Seminary on May 25, 1958, he was ordained into the Ministry of Word and Sacrament of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on June 22, 1958 at First Lutheran Church in Kenyon, Minn. He served at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto, Calif., Church of the Good Shepherd in Salinas, Calif., and Faith Lutheran in Yucaipa, Calif. After retirement he served as visitation pastor at Faith Lutheran in Sun City, Calif. until 2001. During his ministry Pastor Paul served on numerous community boards on local issues and and served the wider church on several committees of the Pacifica Synod. He also served as Conference Dean and chair of the Homosexuality Ministry Team. One of his joys of ministry was the privilege of supervising fourteen pastoral interns.
Fifty years ago Pastor Paul wrote these words at the end of his ordination bulletin: "My prayer is that I might remain steadfast and faithful to the will of God in the work of the Church." His son, Pastor David Jorstad, is a 1985 graduate of Luther Seminary. (submitted 6/19/2009)
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Aaker Vincent, '58,
died June 21, 2009, surrounded by his family, at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, Minn. During his ministry, Vince first served as pastor in Taylor, Wisc., and subsequently at Our Savior's in Pequot Lakes, Minn., and Gloria Dei and Our Savior's in Rochester, Minn. Following his parish ministries, Vince served in the Office of Development at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, Bethany Homes in Rochester, Minn., and with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Foundation, serving in two Northern Minnesota Synods and the Eastern North Dakota Synod. In retirement years, he served as a volunteer visitation pastor to shut-ins for several Lutheran congregations. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Marion, daughter, Kris; son, Dave; and two grandchildren, Danielle and Chad. (submitted 7/8/2009)
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George Voeks, '58,
died at Prospect Park Living Center on Friday, September 25, 2009. He was 90 years old. George served as pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Morris, Ill. for 5 years and at East Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn. for 26 years. He served the interdenominational Estes Park Church of Joy from 1992-1998. George enjoyed meeting others, spending time with his family and enjoyed most of all sharing the love of Jesus. On any given day if asked, "How are you Pastor V?", his response would be "I'm living in the Victory!" Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at East Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn. See www.allnutt.com to read George's on-line obituary and send a message to the family. (submitted 10/5/2009)
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Alton Larsen, '53,
died at his home in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sunday, October 4, 2009. He was 91. After being ordained, Alton served three churches in or near Ostrander, Minn., and worked to help them merge into one, Trinity Lutheran. Alton served in Ostrander for 11 years before moving to rural Zumbrota, Minn., where he served for 20 years as pastor of Lands Lutheran Church and Minneola Lutheran Church. Services for Alton and his son, Eric, who died September 13, 2009, were held at Lands Lutheran Church, rural Zumbrota, on Friday, October 9, 2009. (submitted 10/8/2009)
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Clifford Grindland, '51,
died in September, 2009. Funeral services were held on September 15, 2009 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Minn. During his 39 years of ministry, Cliff served parishes in Maskell, Obert and Wynot, Neb.(1951-54); St. John's Lutheran in Webster, S.D. (1954-60); First Lutheran in Morris, Minn.(1960-84) and as interim pastor at Marietta and Nassau Lutheran Churches (1985-91). He is survived by his wife, Enid, and four children. (submitted 9/17/2009)
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