Funerals

If you have arrived at this page at the time of the death of a loved one, we wish to share our condolences and pray for God's blessing upon you and upon your family.  Please let us know if we can be of spiritual support to you during this time of passage.

 

 

Topics found on this page

   Funeral Guide Booklet

   All Saints Day

   Obituaries

 

 

Funeral Guide Booklet

St. Paul's UCC is in the process of updating a Funeral Guide booklet to help persons in their planning of funeral services and to help answer some of the questions that persons may have.  We hope to have that booklet available by April 2018.  When it is completed, we will update this web page its availability.  In the meantime, for more information please contact the Pastor.

 

 

All Saints Day

    November 1 is All Saints Day, which is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of November.
    The custom of commemorating all of the martyrs of the church on a single day goes back at least to the third century.  Our All Saints Day celebration commemorates not only all the martyrs but all the people of God, living and dead, who form the mystical body of Christ.  Today we like many congregations remember our members who have died during the past year, and we celebrate their entrance into the Church Triumphant.

    All Saints Sunday celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who make up the body of Christ.  With thanksgiving we remember all the faithful departed, especially those most dear to us who have died.  Even in the midst of loss and grief God wipes away the tears from our eyes and makes all things new.

    On All Saints Sunday at St. Paul's UCC, we will be reading the names of members who have died since last year's All Saints Sunday.  At the reading of their name, we will be tolling the church bell, lighting a candle, and pausing in revernt silent prayer.

    Our most recent All Saints Sunday was celebrated on: Sunday, November 7, 2017 at 10:25am.

    Our next All Saints Sunday will be celebrated on: Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 10:25am.

 

 

Obituaries

You can click on the below name, to view that individual's obituary.  To help you with your search for an obituary, we have listed them both in chronological and alphabetical order.

 

 

The following is a listing in chronological order, with the most recent funeral being listed at the top.

The following is a listing in alphabetical order by last name.

The Rev. Barry "Chuck" R. Galley -  Mar 2018  Gladys J. Zerbe -  February 2018 ✞  William W. Walker -  December 2017 ✞  Donna D. Eckert -  November 2017 ✞  Donald W. "Skip" Dries -  March 2017 ✞  Helen L. Risser -  March 2017 ✞  William G. "Bill" Lutz -  Feb 2017 ✞  George H. Merkel, Jr. -  Jan 2017 ✞  Carole E. Fake -  Dec 2016 ✞  Clarence A. "Tiny" Koch -  Nov 2016 ✞  Kathryn H. Miller -  July 2016 ✞  Doris A. Henning  -  February 2016 ✞  Marjorie C. Freeman  -  December 2015 ✞  Richard C. Kreitz  -  November 2015 ✞  Jerre L. Gensemer  -  October 2015 ✞  Suzanne "Sue" N. Kramlich  -  October 2015 ✞  The Rev. Dr. Harold A. Henning  -  April 2015 ✞  Mildred A. Putt  -  February 2015 ✞  Arlene S. Miller  -  November 2014 ✞  Bruce A. Smith  -  October 2014  Sterling T. Keppley  -  October 2014 ✞  Margaret C. Guistwite - September 2014  J. Michael Heim - August 2014  Kathryn E. Snyder  -  May 2014 ✞  The Rev. Alfred H. Erb - May 2014  Doris T. Paine  -  April 2014 ✞  June V. Berriman  -  April 2014 ✞  Mary Ellen Burkhart  - March 2014 ✞  Eleanor R. Miller  -  January 2014 ✞  James W. Clay  -  January 2014 ✞  Sara M. "Sally" Keppley  -  December 2013 ✞  Miriam M. Lutz  -  November 2013 ✞  Renzel V. “Bud” Bricker - October 2013  Thomas A. Brunner  -  October 2013 ✞  The Rev. James W. Adam  -  October 2011  The Rev. Dr. R. Howard Paine  -  Nov 2007 ✞  The Rev. Elmer A. Dech  -  December 1997 ✞  The Rev. Edwin S. Leinbach  -  April 1946 ✞  Carrie M. Leinbach -  March 1942 ✞  Maria R. Leinbach -  Jan 1917 ✞  The Rev. Thomas C. Leinbach  -  May 1909 ✞  The Rev. Thomas M. Yundt  -  April 1907

The Rev. James W. Adam  -  October 2011  June V. Berriman  -  April 2014 ✞  Renzel V. “Bud” Bricker - October 2013  Thomas A. Brunner  -  October 2013 ✞  Mary Ellen Burkhart  -  March 2014 ✞  James W. Clay  -  January 2014 ✞  The Rev. Elmer A. Dech  -  December 1997 ✞  Donald W. "Skip" Dries -  March 2017 ✞  Donna D. Eckert -  November 2017 ✞  The Rev. Alfred H. Erb - May 2014  Carole E. Fake -  Dec 2016 ✞  Marjorie C. Freeman  -  December 2015 ✞  The Rev. Barry "Chuck" R. Galley -  Mar 2018  Jerre L. Gensemer  -  October 2015 ✞  Margaret C. Guistwite - September 2014  J. Michael Heim - August 2014  Doris A. Henning  -  February 2016 ✞  The Rev. Dr. Harold A. Henning  -  April 2015 ✞  Sara M. "Sally" Keppley  -  December 2013 ✞  Sterling T. Keppley  -  October 2014 ✞  Clarence A. "Tiny" Koch -  Nov 2016 ✞  Suzanne "Sue" N. Kramlich  -  October 2015 ✞  Richard C. Kreitz  -  November 2015 ✞  Carrie M. Leinbach -  March 1942 ✞  The Rev. Edwin S. Leinbach  -  April 1946 ✞  Maria R. Leinbach -  Jan 1917 ✞  The Rev. Thomas C. Leinbach  -  May 1909 ✞  Miriam M. Lutz  - November 2013 ✞  William G. "Bill" Lutz -  Feb 2017 ✞  George H. Merkel, Jr. -  Jan 2017 ✞  Arlene S. Miller  -  November 2014 ✞  Eleanor R. Miller  -  January 2014 ✞  Kathryn H. Miller -  July 2016 ✞  Doris T. Paine  -  April 2014 ✞  The Rev. Dr. R. Howard Paine  -  Nov 2007 ✞  Mildred A. Putt  -  February 2015 ✞  Helen L. Risser -  March 2017 ✞  Bruce A. Smith  -  October 2014  Kathryn E. Snyder  -  May 2014 ✞  William W. Walker -  December 2017 ✞  The Rev. Thomas M. Yundt  -  April 1907  Gladys J. Zerbe -  February 2018 ✞

 

 

✞  Indicates someone who was a member of St. Paul's UCC.