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A.W. Walck
Ordained 1912

Born August 2, 1888, Walmore, NY. Married Amanda Milleville, 1912. Martin Luther College and Seminary, Buffalo, NY 1912. Pastor, Unionville, MI 1912-16. Grace, St. Paul 1916-49; Bethlehem, Webster, NY 1949-61; Interim Pastor, St. Peter's, NY 1962-63. Died Sept. 7, 1969.


Karl H. Hochradel

Born Jan. 3, 1907, Stuttgart, Germany. Married Gwenyth Gafke, 1937. North Central College, B.A., and Evangelical Theological Sem., Naperville, IL, B.Div., 1940; Pastor, Max, ND; Hazen, ND; Turtle Lake, ND; Avoca, MN; Grace, St. Paul, MN 1949-62. Chaplain, St. Paul Union Gospel Mission 1962-63. Died Jan. 14, 1963.


Richard N. Nelson
Ordained 1945

Born Dec. 22, 1920, Cylinder, IA. Married Deloris Hanson 1945. Augustana College, B.A. 1942. Luther Sem., B.Th. 1945. Pastor, First English and West Prairie, Lennox, SD 1945-52; Pastor, Our Savior's and Clare, Flandrau, SD 1952-58; Staff, LWF, Geneva Switzerland 1958-62; Pastor, Grace, St. Paul 1962-80; Assoc. Pastor, Prince of Peace, Burnsville, MN 1980.


Marvin E. Sandness
Ordained 1962

Born Aug. 9, 1936, LaMoure, ND. Married Rebecca Bremseth 1961. Concordia College, B.A. 1958; Luther Seminary, 1962. Pastor, Our Savior, Lake Crystal, MN and Rosendale, Madelia, MN 1962-66; Pastor, First English, Tyler, MN 1966-70; Assoc. Pastor, Grace, St. Paul 1970-73; Pastor, Gethsemane, Mpls 1973-81; Christ Lutheran, St. Paul 1981.


Craig A. Boehlke
Ordained 1973

Born Aug. 25, 1947, Cleveland, OH. Married Georgia Stokes, 1972. Capital U. Columbus, OH, B.A. 1969. ELTS Columbus, OH, M.Div. 1973. Assist. Pastor, Grace, St. Paul 1973-78; Pastor, All Saints, Cottage Grove, MN, 1978.


James A. Gullickson
Ordained 1971

Born Sept. 6, 1942, Flandrau, SD. Married Sharon Strand, 1968. Dana College, Blair, NE, B.A. 1967. Luther Sem. St. Paul, M.Div. 1971. Asst. Pastor, Zion United, Clear Lake, IA 1971-74; Assoc. Pastor, Good Shepherd, Mpls, MN 1974-76; Asst. Pastor, St. Stephens, St. Paul 1976-79; Pastor Grace, St. Paul 1979-84; Pastor, Holy Triune, Mpls, MN, 1984.


Gary K. Olson
Ordained 1969

Born July 15, 1943, Mpls, MN. Married Jean Pfeifer, 1965. Augsburg College, B.A. 1965. Luther Sem., M.Div. 1969. Pastor, Hope, Summit, SD 1969-74; Pastor, LeRoy, LeRoy, MN 1974-80; Co-pastor, Grace, St. Paul 1981-84; Pastor, Lakeview, St. Paul 1984-present.


Merlyn E. Satrom
Ordained 1967

Born Arpil 22, 1930 Galesburg, ND. Married Arline Campbell 1962. Luther College, Decorah, IA, B.A. 1955; Luther Sem., St. Paul, B.D. 1959; Philipps U., Marburg, Germany, Dr.Th. 1972. Faculty, St. Olaf College 1959-61; Campus Pastor, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Portland, OR 1964-69; Campus Pastor, USC, Los Angeles, CA 1972-76; Faculty, Mansfield College, Oxford, England 1976-82; Interim Pastor, St. John, Zimmerman, MN 1983; Interim, St. Paul, Pine Island, MN 1983-84; Interim, Faith, Coon Rapids, MN 1984-85; Pastor, Grace, St. Paul 1985-June 1995.


Mark W. Halaas
Ordained 1986

Born Feb. 26, 1951, St. Paul, MN. Married Gwen Wagstrom 1973. Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, B.A. 1973; Luther NW Sem., M.Div. 1986. Asst. Pastor Grace, St. Paul 1986-July 1993.


Craig R. Richter
Ordained Sep. 5, 1976

Born Nov. 26, 1948, Milwaukee, WI. Married Katharine Rowe 1971. University of WI, Madison, B.A. 1971; Luther Sem., M.Div. 1976. Pastor: Grove Lake and North Immanuel Churches, Pelican Rapids, MN 1976-79; Bethlehem Lutheran, St.Paul, MN 1976-95; Senior Pastor, Grace, St.Paul, MN 1995-present.


Suzanne Ferkey
Ordained 1990

Born February 11, 36, Stevens Point, WI, husband Duane Ferkey (dec.). BA from Wisconsin State University, M.Div from Luther Northwester Seminary 1990, came to Grace from Central Lutheran Church of Mpls., as Associate Pastor on March 1, 1994 - June 1, 1999. Currently Parish Pastor at Elim Lutheran Church, Robbinsdale, MN.


Daniel J. Vinge
Ordained June 10, 1951

Born Sep. 25, 1926. Married E. Marie Gronlund 1951. Univ. of Saskatchewan, B.A. 1949; Luther Sem., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, M.Div. 1951. Missionary in Japan 1951-57; 3-point parish, Larimore, ND 1957-61; 2-point parish, Mission City, BC 1961-65; Residency in Pastoral Care, Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, MN 1965-67; Vision of Glory Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN 1967-68; Director, Pastoral Care, Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, WI 1968-91; Retired 1991; Interim Assistant to the Bishop, La Crosse, WI 1991-92; 3-point parish, Blair, WI 1995-93. Interim parishes, Westby, WI and Onalaska, WI. Visitation Pastor, Grace, St. Paul, MN 2000-2003.


Paul A. Hesterberg
Ordained 1961

Born Mar. 14, 1935, Champaign, IL. Married Ruby Hinsman 1957, Divorced 1990. Married Carolyn Thunhorst 1994. Wartburg College, Waverly, IA, B.A. 1957; Wartburg Sem., M.Div. 1961. C.P.E., Emanuel Hospital, Portland OR, June-Aug., 1960. Pastor: St. John's, Dorchester, IL 1961-63; Zion, Gillespie, IL 1961-66; St. Paul's, LeCenter, MN 1966-71; Messiah, St. Paul, MN 1981-91; First, Winthrop, MN 1991-2000. Visitation Pastor, Grace, St. Paul, MN 2003-present.



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