SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Monticello
A rural church entry for SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Church is listed in Monticello with no additional details in the readable text.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1963
Page
14
A rural church entry for SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Church is listed in Monticello with no additional details in the readable text.
The schedule lists Thursday 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion, Friday 10 a.m. Holy Communion, Sunday 9:15 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. Easter worship service.
The Rev Richard E Zellmer was born in 1927 in Sioux City the son of Edmund and Mrs Zellmer of Moville He graduated from Moville High School Wartburg College in 1950 and Wartburg Seminary in 1954 He was ordained at Trinity Lutheran Moville His first parish encompassed three congregations at Birnamwood and Aniwa Wisconsin and later served SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Castle Grove township beginning in October 1957 He married Minona Dettmann of Johnson Creek Wisconsin and they have two sons Mark age 9 and Joel age 7.
A commemorative Easter page lists sponsors including Acme Electric Arnold Poock Borden's Milk Balster Implement & Parts Baty Hoffman Insurance Bud's Super Valu Castle Grove Mutual Insurance Condit Insurance Agency Dirck's LP Gas Service Hopkinton Dr. Ted Bek veterinarians Farmers Mutual Creamery Freese Motors Gambles Goettsch Funeral Home Great Plains Supply Co Harms Way Truck Line Hetzler-Copley Insurance Home Gas Company OWA Electric Light & Power Jones County Farm Service Co Jones County Oil Co Kuriger Brothers Long's Drug Long's Royal Blue Food Store Mode O'Day Monticello Auto Wreckers Monticello Express Monticello Impl & Truck Monty Produce Peoples Natural Gas Poplar Heights Rem Electric Robinson Dairy School Implement Seehusen Oil Company Shomont Lumber Co Skelley’s Market Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Staner Heating & Plumbing Wear’s, Inc.
History of History SS Peter and Paul Lutheran church seven miles west of Monticello Castle Grove township founded by Rev C G Mardoff with first service in September 1878. The congregation, organized 1879, joined Iowa Synod in 1911 later The American Lutheran church. Present pastor Rev Richard Zellmer since 1957. Members 245 baptized 180 confirmed. Various societies formed since 1915 including Women of the Church 1961 Luther League 1920 Junior Mission Society 1958.
Church COUNCIL members Paul Hugh president Albert Johnson vice president Clarence Stadtmueller secretary Caroline Helken financial secretary Louils Alferts treasurer Albert Johnson Herman Reth Daniel Stadtmueller elders Alva Stadtmueller Harry Gerjets Richard Kromminga deacons Paul Hugh Donald Rieniers Edward Siebels trustees. Sunday School Superintendent Mrs Emma Kray Organists Elizabeth Specht Mrs F He Kromminga Mrs Byron Young.
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