SPRING VALLEY, CA (February 28, 2019) – A memorial service for Nancy (Selin) Ramgren, wife of Covenant minister Carl Ramgren, was held Monday, February 18, at Mount Miguel Covenant Village. She died Friday, February 15, at the age of 74.

Nancy was born to Nils and Walborg Selin on January 8, 1945, in Buffalo, New York. She attended Rochester Business Institute.

She married Carl on June 20, 1965.

They served Twin Lakes Bible Camp in Manson, Iowa; the Bradford (Pennsylvania) Covenant Church; Evangelical Covenant Church congregations in Pender and Stromsburg, Nebraska; Wallens Creek Covenant Duffield, Virginia; as well as the Mountain Mission Bible Camp and Kennedy (Minnesota) Covenant Church. He also served as chaplain at Mount Miguel Covenant Village.

Survivors include her husband, Carl; two daughters, Jeannine Holte (Dale) and Jorie Judisch (Jason); a son, Tim Ramgren (Kerri); and seven grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to the retirement community for its benevolent fund.

CONTINUE READING

Explore More Stories & News

Features

God’s Mercy and Our Response

This is a special additional week of Covenant Home Altar devotions from Linda Gilmore, reflecting on God’s mercy and forgiveness. Through Scripture and stories from everyday life, Gilmore considers how God’s mercy shapes the way we understand forgiveness, community, and our own response to God’s grace.

Features

Building Bridges with Curiosity

“Immigration has my face.” A Latina pastor on the bridges people built toward her and the ones she is still crossing.

Rev. Dominique Gilliard leads a group of participants on the Sankofa journey.
Features

Making God’s Name Known and Love Shown

Dominique Gilliard on why he believes evangelism and justice belong together and where he sees hope in a searching world.

Features

A Little Corner of Peace

A mother’s desire for a place where her daughter could belong has grown into a ministry helping children with special needs and their families find a place to belong.

Features

The Conference That Came First

Eight churches met in a Minnesota town before there was a Covenant to belong to. What became the Northwest Conference is still going, 142 years later.