Delegates Affirm Resolution of Sympathy

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (June 23, 2018) – Delegates to the 133rd Annual Meeting today approved a Resolution of Sympathy in remembrance of pastors, pastors’ spouses, and missionaries whose deaths have been reported since the 2017 Annual Meeting.

Pastors
James L. Chester, June 27, 2017, Loveland, Ohio
DuWayne V. Winters, July 8, 2017, Burlington, Iowa
Harold E. Nelson, July 29, 2017, Chatham, Illinois
James K. Dinsmore, August 15, 2017, Tehachapi, California
K. Wesley Olson, August 28, 2017, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Lars J. Silverness, August 30, 2017, Floral Park, New York
Vernon K. Lund, September 13, 2017, Golden Valley, Minnesota
Howard P. Johnson, September 30, 2017, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho
Bennie Simmons Jr., October 24, 2017, Gary, Indiana
Donald A. Njaa, October 28, 2017, Chicago, Illinois
Rodney M. Johnson, December 24, 2017, Madison, Wisconsin
Ronald L. Magnuson, February 8, 2018, Sawyer, Michigan
Earl R. Johnson, February 26, 2018, Golden Valley, Minnesota
Charles J. Duey Sr., March 7, 2018, Cromwell, Connecticut
J. Paul Thompson, March 14, 2018, Chandler, Arizona
James A. Swanson, March 18, 2018, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
John E. Sandberg, March 31, 2018, Cromwell, Connecticut
Ronald J. Mancini, April 6, 2018, Brewster, Massachusetts
James H. Gaderlund, April 14, 2018, Mountain View, California
Michael D. Fitzgerald, April 15, 2018, Scotts Valley, California
Paul E. Sparrman, April 18, 2018, Golden Valley, Minnesota
Maynard W. Anderson, May 21, 2018, Golden Valley, Minnesota

Missionaries
M. Carolyn Kelly, September 15, 2017, Northbrook, Illinois
Gordon J. Christensen, April 6, 2018, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Robert C. Peterson, April 22, 2018, Northbrook, Illinois

Pastors’ Spouses
Edith Nelson (Harold), May 4, 2017, Chatham, Illinois
Janice Nelson (Elton), July 12, 2017, Turlock, California
Mary Larson (Kevin J.), October 11, 2017, Riley, Kansas
Catherine “Kitty” Salo (William), December 20, 2017, Spring Valley, California
Jerome Maleski (Ann), December 28, 2017, Chicago, Illinois
Marian J. Carlson (David E.), February 5, 2018, Red Oak, Iowa
Mary Frances “Frankie” Henderson (Stanley), February 9, 2018, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Donna Swanberg (Harold), February 25, 2018, Bellevue, Washington
Lois L. Hirsch (Robert), February 27, 2018, Turlock, California
LaVerne E. Madvig (Donald), March 18, 2018, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Kira de Leon Ardon (Melvin), April 29, 2018, Rolling Hills Estates, California
Ernestine Olson (Richard), May 7, 2018, Stromsburg, Kansas
Ann J. (Kullberg) Carlson (Kenneth Swanson), May 9, 2018, Duluth, Minnesota
Janice M. Swanson (Warren), May 11, 2018, Batavia, Illinois
Linnea Johnson (Earl), May 23, 2018, Golden Valley, Minnesota
Elna Jean Foss (Francis), May 22, 2018, Turlock, California

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