Roll of Deceased Clergy, Clergy Spouses, and Other Deceased Clergy

1992 Don J. Kingensmith 11/7/92 1992 Donald Goold 11/25/92 1993 Henry Vix 4/13/93 1993 Stuart A. Parvin 5/4/93 1993 Walter Erbele 6/2/93 1993 Millard Aubey, Jr. 8/4/93 1993 Robert Strutz 10/28/93 1993 Reuben A. Tanquist 11/14/93 1994 H. Jack Berg 7/2/94 1994 Walter Elmer 8/20/94 1994 E. Walter Erdmann 10/18/94 1995 Grant Carlson 3/2/95 1995 Stanley Caine 5/22/95 1995 Richard Moberly 10/5/95 1995 Robert Wegner 12/21/95 1996 Otto Lehner 1/12/96 1996 Randy Atherton 2/11/96 1996 Carolyn Hansum 4/7/96 1996 Oliver Brekke 4/30/96 1996 H. Howard Miller 6/28/96 1996 Jerry Wickre 11/26/96 1997 Richard Teichmann 1/4/97 1997 John V. Leach 5/19/97 1997 Gideon Eberhart 9/24/97 1998 Charles Horner 6/1/98 1998 Peder Ackerman 6/6/98 1998 Charles Levi Louderback 6/20/98 1998 Wesley Hunter 9/20/98 1998 Willis E. Walker 11/22/98 1999 Walter Larson 2/24/99 1999 Ardell Aleson 3/7/99 1999 Edward Parker 7/13/99 1999 Darrel Leach 7/25/99 1999 Darald Church 10/25/99 1999 Frank Traver 11/12/99 2000 Henry Hottman 4/17/2000 2000 Harvey Sander 7/18/2000 2000 Clarence Ketterling 7/21/2000 2000 Willliam Fillingim 8/12/2000 2000 Arthur Brooks 9/25/2000 2000 Francis Tannehill 9/30/2000 2000 Charles McDowell 11/7/2000 2000 Earl Lewis 12/16/2000 2001 Kenneth Eastin 1/10/01 2001 Gerald Hill 2/18/01 2001 Clarence Palmer 5/16/01 2001 Cecil Miller 6/5/01 2001 Glenn Hammerlee 6/6/01 2001 Kenneth Farr 11/13/01 2001 Clifford Nielsen 12/10/01 2002 Lyle Miller 5/24/02 2002 Elmer Sprunk 7/1/02 2002 Otto Gehring 9/1/02 2002 Robert Olson 10/9/02 2003 William Meile 4/8/03 2003 Arthur Wesley, Jr. 4/21/03 2003 Ervin Rudolph 5/1/03 2003 David Workman 8/3/03 2003 Ralph Cushing 8/20/03 2003 C. Emory Anderson 11/28/03 2003 Harry Williams 10/28/03 2004 W. Russell Harris 2004 Robert H. Wagner 2004 Robert Collitt 2/4/04 6/30/04 8/11/04

2004 Charles Hunt 10/8/04

2005 Royal Marty

2/17/05 2005 Ralph F. Dunn 3/20/05 2005 Ronald H. Hartung 8/19/05 2005 Roger Thomas 10/19/05 2005 J. Carleton Green 10/23/05 2006 Christopher Miller 6/22/06 2006 Jacqueline Moon 8/14/06 2006 Kenneth Moreland 8/14/06 2006 Elon Keeler 12/25/06 2006 Donald Geiman 12/29/06 2007 Richard Stokey 4/16/07 2008 Clayton Berry 2/28/08 2008 Norman Pearson 4/2/08 2008 Vernon Morrison 10/10/08 2008 Joseph Dudley 11/8/08 2009 Kenneth Voas 3/25/09 2009 Samuel Graf 4/12/09 2009 Donald Rahn 8/18/09 2009 Ann Weisenfluh 10/23/09 2010 Norman Neumann 7/15/10 2010 Irvin Hultin 7/15/10 2010 Kenneth Hairgrove 7/24/10 2010 Marv Miller 12/13/10 2011 James Vos 2/12/11 2011 Henry Goldsack 8/28/11 2012 Bob Vessey 2/20/12 2012 Jim Cissell 3/19/12 2012 Norm Shawchuck 5/20/12 2012 Ben Zimmerman 8/24/12 2012 Paul Custer 9/8/12 2012 Grant Piehl 9/29/12 2013 Orland Sloat 1/5/13 2013 Dwayne F. Knight 4/14/13 2013 Edward Ehresman 6/5/13 2013 Wayne Rager 6/7/13 2013 Stanley Johnson 6/15/13 2013 George Worner 9/6/13 2013 Robert Brown 10/10/13 2013 Wesley Hart 10/17/13 2013 Donald Klarup 12/25/13 2014 Clarence Stanley 2/24/14 2014 Wesley Halbritter 4/16/14 2014 Russell Tarver 5/2/14 2014 Roger Russell 8/10/14 2014 Alvin Crandall 11/26/14 2014 Marvin Eldridge 12/13/14 2014 Harold Fitch 12/25/14 2015 Roland Walkes 1/13/15 2015 Carol Iwerks 3/2/15 2015 Don Veglahn 3/10/15 2015 Otto Edward “Ed” Kinzler 6/29/15 2015 Theodor “Ted” Rath 7/7/15 2015 Robert Nielsen 8/2/15 2015 Robert Logan 8/31/15 2015 Robert “Bob” Cappel [LLP] 9/8/15 2015 Jeanne Higgins 11/21/15 2016 Richard “Dick” Salmonson 2/26/16

2016 James “Jim” Pomeroy 4/8/16 2016 Russell Wilson 8/16/16 2016 Wilbur "Ray" Martin 12/10/16 2017 Charles Finney 2/27/17 2017 Donald Hadrick 8/20/2017 2017 Walter Nelson 10/27/2017 2017 Ralph Sjursen 12/7/2017 2018 Gene Kroger 5/14/2018 2018 Grace E. Huck 8/12/2018

2018 David Knecht

9/11/2018 2018 James Waisanen 11/4/2018 2018 Minoru Tsukamoto 12/17/2018 2019 Francis Kinzler 1/8/2019 2019 Michael A. Ward 3/14/2019 2019 Robert Roth 3/16//2019 2019 Marilyn Nelson 4/7/2019 2019 William Cascini 5/17/19 2019 Janet Miller 6/2/19 2020 Raymond John Gibson 2/28/20 2020 Donald Lagge 3/21/20 2020 James Persons 5/31/20 2020 Glenn Lord 6/23/20 2020 Ken Oswald 7/17/20 2020 John Bushell 7/26/20 2020 Norman Winkelman 11/6/20 2020 Donald Greenough 12/1/20 2020 Elizabeth Conrad Smart 12/7/20 2020 Steven Olson 12/21/20 2021 Raymond Earl Stucke 2/25/21 2021 Gustav Van Tassel 4/23/21 2021 Gordon Higgins 6/24/21 2021 Dale Emery 11/6/21 2022 Steven Johnson 1/25/22 2022 Randolph Cross 3/10/22 2022 Charles Sommers 3/21/22

DIACONAL MINISTERS 1994 Virginia Storm Peasley 2/30/94 2008 Judy Kerr 3/20/08

DEACONESS 1999 Alice Nearhood 10/2/99

MISSONARIES 1992 Jessie Ames Pfaff 2002 Ethelyn Jacoway 2008 Iris Allum 2008 Ruth Elmer 9/6/92 11/6/02 8/13/08 9/7/2008

Roll of the Dead – Clergy Spouses Prior to listed dates, please refer to Conference Archivist, P.O. Box 460, Mitchell, SD 57301

1992 Nona (Emmanuel) Hansen 4/26/92 1992 Florence (Robert) Bates 7/3/92 1992 Nette (Theodore)Torgerson 8/23/92 1992 Elsie (Richard) Rowe 10/21/92 1993 Margaret (Roy) Long 2/20/93 1993 Carol (Wesley) Hart 4/15/93 1993 Effie Mae (J. Wendell) Walton 9/21/93 1993 Rose (Ira) Herzberg 10/7/93 1993 Anna L. (John) Madison 11/20/93 1994 Blanche (Lewis) Dickinson 1/4/94 1994 Lota (Christopher) Miller 2/6/94 1994 Esther (Rudolph) Rieker 3/1/94 1994 Rhea (Marion) Smith 3/7/94 1994 Rosaline (Charles) Carter 3/23/94 1994 Ester (Reuben A.) Tanquist 5/7/94 1994 Edna (John) Leach 8/31/94 1994 Barbara (Ernest) Jensen 10/20/94 1994 Delores (Joel) Harris 12/5/94 1995 Elva (Sven Samuelson) Nickel 1/10/95 1995 Elizabeth (William) Kugel 1/17/95 1995 Lorine (John B.) Cecil 5/14/95 1995 Sylva (Henry) Allison 9/2/95 1996 Helen Eunice (Charles) McDowell 3/1/96 1996 Joyce B. (R. Marcus) Walker 8/1/96 1996 Bernice (A.W.) Gugin 9/26/96 1996 Myrtle (John) Stuart 10/1/96 1996 Sarah (Frank) Rumer 10/29/96 1996 Edna (Stuart) Parvin 11/18/96 1997 Jessie (Everett) Jarman 5/20/97 1997 Lula (A.L.) Walker 10/9/97 1998 Mable (Harold) Eastburn 3/15/98 1998 Ethel (Harold) Wagar 7/28/98 1998 Cora (Harold) Strutz 12/19/98 1999 Esther (Thomas) Benoy 7/15/99 1999 Nona (Alvin R.) Crandall 7/17/99 1999 Martha (Ronald) Rice 10/3/99 1999 Bert (Donna) Stewart 11/20/99 2000 Bertha (Elmer) Sprunk 1/28/2000 2000 Dorothy (Henry J.) Gernhardt 2/17/2000 2000 Lucille (Thomas) Barnard 3/4/2000 2000 E. Darlene (Charles) McVay 4/20/2000 2000 Virginia (Robert) Collitt 11/15/2000 2000 Helen (Leonard) Kruckenberg 11/18/2000 2000 Anna (Norman) Pearson 12/17/2000 2001 Marjorie (John) DeVries 2/22/01 2001 Ruth (William) Arnold 3/5/01 2001 Pauline (Stanley) Caine 8/7/01 2001 Mildred (Edwin O.) Hessel 9/7/01 2002 Erma (Garnett H.) Moritz 1/3/02 2002 Carol (Harvey) Sander 1/25/02 2002 Myrtle L. (Charles) Richardson 2/3/02 2002 Cordelia (Donald) Goold 2/21/02 2002 Savilla (Vernon) Morrison 5/14/02 2002 Bette (H. Jack) Berg 11/11/02 2003 Stephen (Gail) Shlanta 5/31/03 2003 Lona (Glenn W.) Phillips 10/17/03 2003 Dorothy (Bee S.) Locher 11/7/03 2003 Elaine (Vincent) Schneider 12/9/03 2004 Betty H. (J. Ralph) McNeil 2/6/04 2004 Stella (John) Bushell 2/14/04 2004 Florence (Sumner) Williams 10/26/04 2004 Carolyn (Roland) Voegeli 10/30/04 2005 Pat (Earl) Lewis 4/5/05 2005 Margaret (John) McMullen 4/9/05 2005 Alice (Robert) Feind 5/5/05 2005 Gerald (Linda) Baldock 10/29/05 2006 Shirley (Kenneth) Farr 5/3/06 2006 Rubye C. (William) Ellis 9/24/06 2006 Wanda (John) Hisel 9/26/06 2006 Lokiel (Elon) Keeler 10/28/06 2007 Jane (Tom) Lavery 2/3/07 2007 Hazel (Ralph) Dunn 2/18/07

2007 Verna (Otto) Gehring 3/1/07 2007 Tess (“Al”) Aleson 3/3/07 2007 Ruth (Darald) Church 3/18/07 2007 Ruth (Walter) Erbele 7/11/07 2007 Eunice (Millard) Aubey 10/31/07 2008 Ida (Ben) Zimmerman 1/14/08 2008 Florence (Kenneth) Oswald 1/25/08 2008 Mary (Steve) Johnson 2/10/08 2008 Carolyn (William) Meile 2/26/08 2008 Esther (Sterling) Wenzel 3/15/08 2008 Cecelia (Francis) Tannehill 3/29/08 2008 Lillie (James) Torbert 7/7/08 2008 Jane (Clarence) Ketterling 10/2/08 2008 Ruth (Grant) Carlson Snow 11/14/08 2008 Alice (Ted) Dockter 12/26/08 2009 Ruth (Royal) Marty 2/9/09 2009 Jennie (Richard) Stokey 3/15/09 2009 Donna (Glenn) Hammerlee 9/4/09 2009 Maybelle (Wayne) McKirdy 9/10/09 2009 Donna (Darwin) Kopfmann 11/1/09 2010 Luella (Don) Barbalace 1/30/10 2010 Jeanette (Emory) Anderson 3/7/10 2010 Melva (Clarence) Stanley 3/8/10 2010 Ida (John) Iszler 4/27/10 2010 Alice (William) Kaye 10/6/10 2010 Freda (Clarence) Schaeffer 11/25/10 2010 Nadia (Clayton) Berry 12/1/10 2011 Grace (Howard) Miller 1/4/11 2011 Leona “Betty” (Robert) Nielsen 1/19/11 2011 Arlue (Roger) Thomas 4/27/11 2011 Fern (Dwayne) Knight 8/12/11 2011 Pauline (Carleton) Green 12/10/11 2011 Anita (John) Gibson 12/16/11 2011 Shirley (Henry) Goldsack 12/26/11 2012 Nancy (Paul) Smith 2/17/12 2012 Lois (Peder) Ackerman 2/21/12 2012 Mabel (Edward) Ehresman 3/30/12 2012 Helen (Robert) Vessey 6/11/12 2012 Effie (Willis) Walker 7/8/12 2012 Viola (Walter) Elmer 7/13/12 2012 Helen (Henry) Vix 8/30/12 2012 Leila “Tibbie” (Harold) Fitch 10/9/12 2012 Naomi (D. James) Farnham 10/10/12 2013 Anne (Ron) Hartung 1/15/13 2013 Annette “Annie” (Wayne) Tieszen 6/27/13 2013 Agnes (Edward) Parker 8/14/2013 2014 Velma (Francis) Kinzler 1/6/14 2014 Eileen (Samuel) Graf 1/8/14 2014 Vinola (Otto) Lehner 1/21/14 2014 Marjorie (Robert) Logan 3/9/14 2014 Evelyn (Wesley) Hunter 5/4/14 2014 Betty Jo (Marvin) Eldridge 8/19/14 2014 Lola (Walter) Schott 8/28/14 2014 Sallie (Max) Meier 10/12/14 2014 Doris (Russell) Wilson 11/13/14 2014 Marjorie (Stanley) Johnson 12/8/14 2015 Wylie (Kathy) Hammond 4/18/15 2015 Bonnie (Roger Smith) Heckathorn 6/17/15 2015 Margaret (Wendell) Janetzki 11/30/15 2015 Margaret “Peg” (Charles) Ritter 12/16/15 2016 Ruth (Gerald) Hill 1/4/16 2016 Harlan (Lyla) Siebrecht 9/30/16 2016 Edna (Harold) Boardman 11/4/16 2016 Verlaine (Roland) Walkes 11/8/16 2017 Geraldine (Frank) Traver 1/13/17 2017 Evelyn (Frank) Whitney 2/23/17 120

2017 Sharleen "Shari" (Royal) Archer 3/13/17 2017 James (Donna) McLaird 8/31/2017 2017 Nancy (Don) Veglahn 10/6/2017 2017 Elizabeth (Kenneth) Eastin 10/7/2017 2017 Evelyn (Clifford) Nielsen 11/8/2017 2017 Phyllis (Gerald) Fike 12/13/2017 2018 Dorothy (Lloyd) Grinager Lindbloom 4/21/2017 2018 Marion (Lionel) Muthiah 6/28/2018 2018 Joy (Paul) Custer 8/22/2018 2018 Frances (Robert) Wagner 11/9/2018 2018 Karla (Darrel) Leach Archer 11/12/2018 2019 Melba (Robert) Brown 4/20/2019 2019 Barbara (Kenneth) Voas 9/21/19 2020 Royce (Elizabeth Jassmann) Massingill 11/17/19 2020 Barbara (Wesley) Hart 1/25/20 2020 Joyce (Virgil) Holmes 3/19/20 2020 Murray Smith (Donna Kjonaas) 3/19/20 2020 Dorothy (David) Workman 4/9/20 2020 Virginia (Russell)Tarver 5/1/20 2020 Velma (Ervin) Rudolph 6/1/20 2020 Joan (Richard)Teichman 10/2/20 2020 Grace (Peter) Moe 1/3/20 2020 Marian (Glen) Gabel 11/12/20 2020 Yoko (Minoru) Tsukamoto 11/22/20 2020 Darlene (Charles) Finney 11/25/20 2021 Vella Kaye (Glenn) Lord 1/27/21 2021 Judith (John) Katter 2/4/21 2021 Phyllis (Edgar Walter) Erdmann 3/28/21 2021 Doris (James) Vos 5/4/21 2021 Bernice (Theodor “Ted”) Rath 5/22/21 2021 Loretta (James) Stein 6/20/21 2021 Phyllis (John) Sortland 9/7/21 2021 Edythe (William) Cascini 10/8/21 2021 Ronald (Janis Sue Kana-Mackey) Mackey 10/23/21 2022 Thelma (Richard) Moberly 3/9/22 2022 Harlan (Carolyn) Hansum 3/25/22 2022 Doris (Charles) Horner 4/11/22 2022 Donna (Anthony Russell) Masarti 4/11/22 2022 Lois Jane (David) Knecht 5/26/22+ 2022 Frieda (Irvin) Hultin 6/15/22+ 2022 Evelyn (Boyd) Blumer 7/16/22+ + Memorial in next year’s journal.

SPOUSE OF LAY SUPPLY 2008 Otto “Pat” (Elaine) Scott 3/14/2008

Roll of the Dead - Other Clergy

Listed below are other clergy who passed away since May 1 of the previous year. Other clergy include those clergy who had a connection to the conference but were not members. Prior to May 1, 2012 please refer to Conference Archivist, PO Box 460, Mitchell SD 57301

Roll of the Dead – Other Clergy

The Rev. Dr. Jack J. Early, 96, died Jan. 22, 2022. He was president of Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota, from 1958 to 1969. He transferred from the Iowa-Des Moines Conference of The Methodist Church to the South Dakota Conference in 1958 and then transferred to the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church in 1969.

The Rev. Sukumari “Sue” Samuel Hakeem Michael, 83, died Feb. 25, 2022. From 1984 to 1998, she served United Methodist churches in South Dakota at Ramona, Rapid City Rapid Valley, Rapid City First, Highmore-Harrold, Howard-Ramona, and Wessington Springs, before transferring to the Mississippi Conference.

Roll of the Dead – Other Clergy Spouses

Jean Dunn, 98, surviving spouse of the Rev. Merle A. Dunn, died Jan. 23, 2022. They served churches in the South Dakota Conference of the Evangelical Church at Ramona and Twin Brooks-Grant Center before Merle transferred to the Michigan Conference in 1947. They also served Minnesota churches. Merle died in 2012.

Virginia “Boonie” Evans, 85, surviving spouse of the Rev. Carl Evans, died Feb. 27, 2022. They served Methodist and United Methodist churches in South Dakota at Huron, Murdo-Draper, De Smet Parish, Alexandria-Fulton, and Onida-Agar, before Carl took honorable location in 1986. He died in 2017.

Elton Rose Fillingim Teeters, 96, surviving spouse of the Rev. William Fillingim, died April 15, 2022. Rose and Bill served Methodist and United Methodist churches in South Dakota at Timber Lake, Faulkton-Orient, Wagner-Delmont, and Custer-Fall River Larger Parish, before Bill took honorable location in 1977. He died in 2000.