Service Honors Lives of Pastors, Spouses, Missionaries

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GREEN LAKE, WI (June 26, 2008) – A Resolution of Sympathy offered during Thursday’s business session of the 123rd Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church commemorated the lives of 17 pastors, 12 spouses, and three missionaries who died during the past year.

Those recognized include the following:

Pastors

•    John C. Marks, Livingston, New Jersey, July 17, 2007
•    Gordon E. Anderson, Bemus Point, New York, August 31, 2007
•    J. Armando Machado, La Villa, Texas, October 6, 2007
•    Steven N. Sprunger, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 19, 2007
•    Eldor E. Langager, Red Wing, Minnesota, November 15, 2007
•    Jerry Mosby, North Babylon, New York, November 18, 2007
•    Carleton D. Peterson, Eagan, Minnesota, December 6, 2007
•    Donald E. Peres, Lowry, Minnesota, December 29, 2007
•    Emory E. Lindgren, Spring Valley, California, January 1, 2008
•    LeRoy A. Benson, Cromwell, Connecticut, February 16, 2008
•    Lloyd W. Tornell, Beaumont, California, March 4, 2008
•    Lawrence G. Johnson, Batavia, Illinois, March 25, 2008
•    Larry G. Griffin, Oak Forest, Illinois, March 27, 2008
•    Edgar K. Lindstrom, Shawnee, Kansas, March 30, 2008
•    Paul W. Nelson, Spokane, Washington, April 21, 2008
•    Jean C. Lambert, Carol Stream, Illinois, June 18, 2008
•    Selmer T. Jacobson, Duluth, Minnesota, June 21, 2008

Missionaries

•    Winifred Swenson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 22, 2007
•    Violet Vaca, Quito, Ecuador, February 27, 2008
•    Gladys Westberg, Golden Valley, Minnesota, April 4, 2008

Spouses

•    D. Lorraine Johnson (LeRoy W.), Richland, Michigan, July 12, 2007
•    Elaine Nelson (Charles), University Place, Washington, August 6, 2007
•    Jane Ann Smith (Lincoln), Westminster, Colorado, August 16, 2007
•    Betty Nelson (Craig W.), Spring Park, Minnesota, November 4, 2007
•    Tena Bengtson (John), Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 31, 2008
•    Lorraine Lovain (Bertil), Arthur, Iowa, March 3, 2008
•    Myrtle A. Erickson (J. Irving), Markesson, Wisconsin, March 18, 2008
•    Elizabeth Burke (Michael), Antioch, California, May 7, 2008
•    Inez E. Backlund (Oscar), Northbrook, Illinois, May 21, 2008
•    Doris Anderson (Paul W.), Turlock, California, May 23, 2008
•    Eunice Johnson (Phillip), Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 23, 2008
•    Ruth Ost (Elmer), Spring Valley, California, May 30, 2008

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