Abasifreke Ite, wife of the Rev. Obot Ite, died on Nov. 20, 2021, in Kingston, Jamaica.
Obituary
Obituary: Rev. Norman Luther Groteluschen, former president of the LCMS Mid-South District
Groteluschen died on July 23 at the age of 96.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Henry L. Koepchen, former chairman of the LCMS Board of Directors
The Rev. Dr. Henry L. Koepchen, who served on the LCMS Board of Directors from 1977 to 1992, died on April 12.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom, former interim executive director of LCMS Black Ministry
The Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom, former interim executive director of Black Ministry for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, died on April 20 at the age of 83.
Obituary: Roger Drinnon, former director of Editorial Services for LCMS Communications
Roger Allen Drinnon, former director of Editorial Services for the LCMS, died on April 3 in Mascoutah, Ill.
Obituary: Dr. Carl Flentge Schalk, professor, Concordia University Chicago
Dr. Carl Flentge Schalk, composer and retired professor of church music at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill., died on Jan. 24 at the age of 91.
Obituary: Rev. John Arthur Moldstad Jr., president, Evangelical Lutheran Synod
The Rev. John Arthur Moldstad Jr., president of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, died in Madison Lake, Minn., on Jan. 29.
Obituary: Rev. Paul Timothy McCain, publisher and executive editor, Concordia Publishing House
The Rev. Paul Timothy McCain, publisher and executive editor at Concordia Publishing House, died on Nov. 25 at the age of 58.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Roger Dean Pittelko, former president of the LCMS English District
Pittelko, who served as president of the LCMS English District from 1986 to 1997, died on Nov. 11 at the age of 88.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. David G. Schmiel, former president of CTSFW
The Rev. Dr. David G. Schmiel, who served as the 15th president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, died on Nov. 3 at the age of 88.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. James Rivett, former coordinator of LCMS Prison Ministry
Rivett died on July 8 in Marion, Ill.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Ray Halm, former president of Concordia University, Irvine
The Rev. Dr. Ray Halm, who served as president of Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., from 1980 to 1998, died Aug. 4.
Obituary: Dr. Thomas W. Kuchta, former chief financial officer of the LCMS
Kuchta died July 14 in Elm Grove, Wis., at the age of 78.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Walter L. Rosin, former secretary of the LCMS
Rosin died on Jan. 24 in Shawano, Wis.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Herbert C. Mueller Jr., former LCMS first vice-president
The Rev. Dr. Herbert C. Mueller Jr. died March 21.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Gary M. Arp, president emeritus of LCMS Iowa District East
The Rev. Dr. Gary M. Arp died on March 12. He was 85.