The Commemoration of the Faithfully Departed +Fern Helen Luhmann+

(Members of St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Truman, MN)

+ March 30th, 1927 + May 12th,2018 +
December 2017-November 2018 P: "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
P: Oh, how glorious is that kingdom: Wherein all the saints do rejoice with Christ!
O HADES, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY?"
C: They are clothed with white robes
C: The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks
and follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth.
be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
+ Ruth Irene Hendricksen + (1 Corinthians 15:55-58)
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+March 5 , 1921 + November 22 , 2017+ nd +Leilah Lucille Franke+
P: Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is + October 27th, 1916 + June 7th,2018 +
about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, P: Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go,
and you will have tribulation ten days. and will bring you back to this land;
C: Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Revelation 2:10) C: for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
(Genesis 28:15)
+Daphne May Sackett+
+”Kaycee” Kathleen Camile Hintz+
+May 25th, 1962 + December 3rd, 2017+
+ July 28th, 1963 + August 8th,2018 +
P: The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?
P: And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life.
C: The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?(Psalm 27:1)
C: He who comes to Me shall never hunger,
+ Luella Bertha Boesch + and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. (John 6:35)
+ November 1st, 1921+January 4th, 2018 +
P: But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. + Neva Gayle Kelly+
C: I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me. +June 3rd, 1948 + August 23rd, 2018+
(Psalms 13:5-6)
P: Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your
+ George Verne Tyrrell+ crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God,
+ February 23rd, 1936+ January 18th, 2018 + and he shall go out no more.
P: "Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will C: I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city
guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from
C: Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I My God. And I will write on him My new name." (Revelation 3:10-13)
desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of
my heart and my portion forever. (Psalms 73:23-26) +”Bill” Willis Parnell Grunig+
+ Morgan Rudolph Tennyson, Jr.+ +February 7th, 1926 + October 20th, 2018+
+ March 3rd, 1940 + February 2nd,2018 + P: Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing."
P: Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us They said to him, "We are going with you also."
lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with C: They went out and immediately got into the boat,
endurance the race that is set before us, and that night they caught nothing. (John 21:3)

C: looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy +Roland Leo Milow +
that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has +May 29th, 1926 + November 16th, 2018+
sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:1-2) P: My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
C: And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;
+ Beulah Faith Wessel + neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. (John 10:27-28)
+ November 6th, 1921 + March 3rd,2018 + P: "Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
P: "After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.' "
C: "Do not be afraid, Abram. C: "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors,
I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward." (Genesis 15:1) and their works follow them."
(Note: Biblical texts are taken from their funeral sermon texts, often their confirmation verse.)