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Beauty St Paul Lutheran Church Eldora 1882 Origin
St Paul Lutheran Church Eldora begun July 1882 at a shoemaker Fluhm home with charter members Panthen Sielaff Trier Voight Wimmer Filbrandt Fank King Bertog Nehring Wetzel. Early visits by LCMS pastors and missionaries led to 1883 membership in LCMS, 17 families arriving from Germany, 1887 land purchase and church built for 1161.17, dedication 1928, growth through 1950s, parsonage and education buildings added, 1968 interior remodeled, current pastor John Zimmermann and multiple church societies and notable clergy alumni from Synod schools.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church of
Eldora
Fluhm
Fred Panthen
Frank Sielaff
Philip Trier
Carl Voight
Henry Wimmer
Ferdinand Filbrandt
Carl Fank
Carl King
Fred Bertog
Ferdinand Nehring
William Wetzel
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
F. Doescher
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Fort ‘Bodge
St. John Lutheran Church of Hubbard
Eldera
Hubbard
Alfred Doerffler
Homestead
Germany
G. Hear
Universalist Church
Rev. C. Guenther
Guenther
C. Treskow
St. Paul Church
Treskow
Marengo
C. Hesse
Hesse
Iowa District
Walter Guenther
St. Paul
Grand Mound
John C. Zimmermann