Concordia Theological Seminary - Springfield Concrordian Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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X X Xisittiiii :wggq .1 xxxxxxxxxxx XNXXXXXXXX 1 Xxxxx 1 as is s 51 Tis ' SPRINGFIELD CONCORDIAN X , . A 111111. A. 11. T1ANl1lC. Mac1iso11, Nehraslca. Upon co11111leti11,g' his course at the SPllllll?lI'j'. Rev. Lange accepte11 a call to 1il'0X1'llt0ll, Minn., where he lahored froin 15100-lSJOZf3, when he accepted the pastor- ate of the 1-o11g1'ega1'io11 at Norwood Park, t'1l1f'21g'0. A tter SCl'Vll1g' this CO11g1'Gg'?L1'l011 for twelve years, he followed a eall to t'o1111ci1s 1-3111110 and Missouri Valley, lowa. 111 15121 he 218811111041 the duties of his pres- ent pastorate at Madison. and l'll1lI11J1ll'0Y. Ni-'1Jl ?lS1Cil. Since 15123, Rev. Lange has 1 served as visitor of the Third Circuit, He 1 is also chairinan of the District School l-ioard, 21111.71 English associate editor of the iiNfJ1'tll9l'11 Nebraska District 11.lGSSP1lg'Gl'. '1'11e following is a brief history of the twenty-tive years of faith- 1'111 service in the l1or11's viiieyard of several other 1nen1bers of the class of 1900, to wl1o111 we have dedicated our Alinnni Departnierit. We regret very llllllill that we were unable to obtain a portrait of these pastors. Rev. F. Starke was 0l'K12'11l1CKl and installed at his first charge at River Grove, Illinois. After four years he accepted a call to Des Moines, lowa. In 1906 he followed a call to Casey, liowa, where he served tf,l'll'P0 COl1gl'Gg'?1,'El0l1SQ two of theni being near Greenfield, Iowa. After fourteen years the parish was divided and Rev. Starke was retained as pastor ot the two Greenfield charges. Since 1924 he has served as Cl1Hl1'll1tfll1 of the Mission Board of the Iowa District, Rev. A. G. l3Gg'11Gl ,S first charge was at Plevna. and Natrona, Kansas. ln 1903-5 he accepted a call to McFarland, Kansas, where he labored for ten years, Zlllfl then followed a call to l1is present congregatioii at ljlllllt-11, Kansas. Rev. F. Beneckc has spent his G11lll1'G twenty-five years of service in the L0l'Ll,S kingdom in the Central Illinois District. He , .,1... X e..,....,1e 1. 1... X... 1-vw..1..1..t5,waW..::,w1...W,1:wl1....1:w.:,...,tw.,, .... TN N W xg vw ex W- ---- iii- ' we ii 1 'sf .M W xm ssc: .N .sk as ge 1 ..... am.. .1.. ........ sw X K mxxx ww ..., s s X X K X XX N Page Onc H'lft1ZfZ7'CfZ Five

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