FAMILY STORIES

The Frank Lees Family. Back: John, Alta, Ernest, Laura, Fred; Front: Frank, Fannie, Opal.

lived in District 70. The two began housekeeping in a log cabin in Keya Paha County twelve miles north of Springview.

   During the sixteen years they lived there, six children were born: Alta, Ernest, Laura, John, Fred and Opal. In order that their children might have better educational opportunities, Frank and Fannie sold their ranch in March, 1914 and moved to Wahoo. They bought a farm of 80 acres north of Wahoo from Thorval Borreson and made their home there until he died in 1944 at the age of 72.

   Their children attended the Wahoo Schools and always participated in church and community activities. Alta was a teacher in District 70 for several years, and then went to Indianapolis to study Chiropractic. She married Dr. Edwin Rice and they made their home in Michigan and Arizona. They had one daughter, Verna.

   Ernest, after graduating from high school, began farming in Polk County, north of Shelby. He married Tennie Schlesinger and they became the parents of four daughters: Merna, Opal, Rogene, and Betty. Opal died in infancy.

   Laura taught in the rural schools, attended Nebraska Wesleyan, and married Lloyd Motes when they were teachers at Rising City, Nebraska. They taught in the Public schools of Tobias and Gresham before coming to Wahoo in 1951 to build and operate the Wahoo Dairy Queen. Their two children, Merlyn and Thomas, were born in Tobias.

   John married Edith Lehr and they made their home on the home place in District 70. They have one daughter, Darlene.

   Fred married Mary Brabec and they bought a farm near Morse Bluff. Later, he became a contractor and built many homes in this community. Their four children are: Donald, Merle, Eileen, and Fred Jr.

   Opal studied nursing at Bryan Memorial and for many years was Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at Eloise Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. She married Lynn McDonald. They make their home in Dearborn, Michigan. Their two sons are Larry and Myron.

   Frank and Fannie's descendants number 6 children, 14 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Thirteen of these now live in Saunders County. Submitted by Laura B. Motes

   Carrol Stamp Lehnert and Leila Alice Barry were born in Saunders County, Nebraska. He was born to John Lehnert and Anna Stamp Lehnert on a farm northwest of Yutan. He attended rural School District 10 and graduated from Yutan High School. He played on the basketball team that won the state tournament in 1924. Leila was born to Gust Barry and Cordelia Lehmkuhl Barry on a farm west of Wahoo. She attended School District 44 and graduated from Wahoo High School, completed a secretarial course at Boyles Business College in Omaha, and attended the University of Nebraska two years.

Carrol Lehnert Family. Back Row, L. to R.: Daryl, Carrol, and Alan; Front Row, L. to R.: Leila, Gary, Marian.

   Carrol and Leila were married in 1932, farmed northwest of Yutan, and are members of St. John's Lutheran Church in Yutan. He served a number of years on the boards of School District 35, Yutan Country Club and Boy Scouts. He helped organize the Rural Fire District which got under way in 1958 and was completed in 1959. He was on this board several years. He was a Boy Scout leader for a time and drove a school bus on the daily route, for activity and athletic trips for approximately eighteen years after the Yutan school district and surrounding districts consolidated in 1957.

   The couple has four children and all graduated from Yutan High School.

   Allan went out for basketball, football and track in high school, graduated from Kearney State Teachers College, and went directly into the Omaha Public School system as a mathematics teacher at high school level.

   Daryl went out for basketball, football and track in high school, attended Nebraska University, and Central Technical Institute in Kansas City. He worked in the electronics industry over fifteen years and now owns and operates Mid Central Manufacturing in Kansas City. He was in the Missouri Air National Guard six years and in active duty six months, was married and has a daughter, Kelli, and is now married to the former Dorothy Albert of Kansas City. She has a son, Jerry.

   Marian played volleyball in high school, was a member of the Pep Club and was valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Kearney State Teachers College and taught in the lower grades in Indiana five years. She married James Thomas of Crown Point, Indiana and they moved to the Yutan area in 1975. He works for Omaha Public Power. They have two daughters, Stephanie and Nicole.

   Gary went out for basketball, football and track in high school, attended Omaha University and worked two years for Continental Can Company in Omaha. He went into farming. He married Sandra Lundy of Yutan and they have three daughters, Casey, Bethany and Lyndsay. They live on the farm northwest of Yutan that his grandparents lived on.

   Carrol's maternal grandparent was Fred Stamp, who was born in Germany, came to America with his parents in 1872 and lived briefly in Illinois. Then he came to Clear Creek, Nebraska, (later re-named Yutan) married Wilhelmina Karloff, and settled on a farm northwest of Yutan. They bought 160 acres of prairie in the 1890's and broke it up. This is where Carrol's parents lived.

   Paternal grandparents of Carrol were Fred Lehnert, who was born in Germany and emigrated to America in 1868, and who married Wilhelmina Willebrandt and lived in Illinois until 1895. At that time, they loaded their furniture, livestock, and machinery in a boxcar and, with their seven children, came to Yutan. The trip took a week. Within two years the family moved to Cuming County with the exception of the oldest son, John, who remained in the Yutan area and married Anna Stamp.

   Leila's maternal grandparents were Alonzo Lehmkuhl, born in Beardstown, Illinois, and Jeanette Hughart Lehmkuhl who was born and grew up in Valparaiso, Indiana. In 1867, Alonzo and his parents moved to the Wahoo area. His father, John D. Lehmkuhl, was very active in politics. He helped change the county seat from Ashland to Wahoo in 1873, and, in 1880, he helped organize the county fair association. He was a friend of William Jennings Bryan, American statesman, orator and reformer. One time Mr. Bryan was to speak in Ashland followed by a speech in Wahoo. J.D. sent one of his teams of horses and a driver to Ashland to bring Mr. Bryan to Wahoo. Since there was not much time between speeches, the driver ran the team all the way to Wahoo. On arriving, one horse dropped dead and J.D. said, "It was worth it to get Mr. Bryan here on time." As a young man Alonzo attended the Northern Indiana Normal School in Valparaiso, Indiana, met and married Jeanette Hughart, came back to Nebraska, homesteaded in Chase County, and lived in a dugout. After three years they moved to a farm north of Weston.

   Paternal grandparents of Leila were Barney E. Barry, who came from Sweden to Pennsylvania in 1869, married Anna Johnson, and came to Saunders County in 1875. They farmed west of Wahoo several years, then moved to a farm north of Malmo. He landed in New York at age 18 in debt to his father for his passage and died in 1914 at age 63 owning 1640 acres of land. His death was caused by the runaway of his team of horses when they met a car on the road.

   Carrol's mother was born near Yutan and his father in Illinois. Leila's mother was born in Chase County, Nebraska, and her father in Saunders County near Malmo. Leila Lehnert

   Arnold Max Lemke, born May 1, 1914, was the eldest son of Max P. and Anna (Huscher) Lemke at Cedar Bluffs. Nebraska. He attended parochial and

Arnold Lemke Family -- Dec., 1963. Front Row: Julie and Geanine; Back Row: Roger, Arnold, Delwin, Hilda, and Keith.

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Cedar Bluffs High School, and later attended the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture.

   On March 7, 1939 he was married to Hilda Conklin, daughter of Warren and Mary Conklin, Ames, Nebraska, at St. Matthew's Lutheran Parsonage by Pastor A.H. Grosse. Hilda was born at North Bend. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Peters of North Bend. Warren was born at Hooper, Nebraska. Hilda graduated from Fremont High School in 1936 and attended Midland College one year.

   Arnold and Hilda had lived on a couple of farms before buying the Max Lemke homestead southwest of Cedar Bluffs in 1945.

   Arnold and Hilda reared 5 children: Delwin, Roger, Keith, Julie, and Geanine. Delwin married Jeanille Crisman of Wahoo on Aug. 1, 1970, and is living in Wahoo. Roger and Kathleen Stevens of Pomona, Calif. were married on Nov. 7, 1970. They reside in Lincoln with their three children: Christal, Jennifer, and Steve.

   Keith and Donna Doty of Hooper were married on Mar. 17, 1974 and are living at Ames, Nebr. with their children, Dale and Catrina. Julie was married to Marvin F. White of Villisca, Iowa on April 30, 1972, and is living at Villisca, Iowa. Her children are Carl, Brenda, and Ben. Geanine is a dental assistant in Fremont.

   Arnold was a lifelong resident of Saunders County. He was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, serving as an elder and financial secretary for 12 years. At the age of 17 he organized a 4-H livestock club and was a leader for 34 years. He was a member of the County Fair Board for 14 years and the superintendent of the swine department at the county fair during that time.

   He was past president of the National Hereford Hog Record Assn., and also served as secretary of Dist. 61 school board.

   Lemkes raised registered Guernsey cattle and Hereford hogs which the family exhibited at the fairs and at Ak-Sar-Ben shows.

   Arnold died on Nov. 14, 1964 in the Saunders County Hospital as a result of a severe heart attack at the age of 50.

   Hilda has been assistant 4-H leader for 18 years and is still serving. She is a member of Platteview Extension Club, attends Trinity Lutheran Church and belongs to the Naomi Circle. Hilda enjoys her 8 grandchildren. She now resides in Fremont, Nebraska. Submitted by Hilda Lemke

   The Louis H. Lichtenberg family, born and raised in Saunders County, are descendants of Saunders County homesteaders. Louis and wife, Helen, the former Helen Jessen, are farming northwest of Cedar Bluffs. They have three daughters: Nancy, Rosella, and Barbara.

   Louis, the son of Walter and Ella Holst Lichtenberg, was born on October 7, 1917, and was graduated from Cedar Bluffs High School in 1935. He decided to make farming his career and has been a respected farmer for many years. Louis' grandparents, Louis and Frederika Sherer Lichtenberg, both came to America from Germany, and met in the Chicago area. After two years of marriage, they headed for Nebraska and homesteaded the land northwest of Cedar Bluffs, which Louis farms today. Louis has one brother, Wilmer "Fritz" Lichtenberg, who also lived in the Cedar Bluffs community.

   Helen Jessen Lichtenberg, the daughter of Jes Peter and Emma Jurgens Jessen, was born on Oct. 14, 1921, and graduated from Cedar Bluffs High School in 1938. Helen had seven brothers and sisters: Johan, Herman, Bernhard and Rudolph Jessen, Selma (Mrs. Carsten Lichtenberg), Matilda, (Mrs. Raymond Hoffman), and Irene (Mrs. Orval Hoffman). Many of her sisters and brothers are residents of Saunders County.

   Louis has been active in many church and community organizations. He is a member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Cedar Bluffs. He is also a member and past president of the school board of the Cedar Bluffs Public School District #107. He is a past president and active member of the Cedar Bluffs Lions Club, and serves on the North Cedar Township board. He enjoys the youth of the community, and especially enjoys driving the school bus for school-related activities.

   Helen has been active in several church and community organizations. She has served as Sunday School Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Cedar Bluffs of which she is a member. She was a member of Guild and is an active member of the United Presbyterian Womens' Association. She is a member of the Platteview Extension Club, and has helped with the 4-H groups as her daughters were growing up. Louis and Helen, together, have been active in the Mariners Club of the Presbyterian Church.

   Louis and Helen enjoy the times their family gets together. Their oldest daughter, Nancy L. Brown, is living in Lincoln, Nebraska, and has two children, Michael and Susan. Nancy is program Supervisor of Health Facilities for the State Dept. of Health. Rosella and her husband, David Sheffey, live in Knoxville, Tennessee and have one daughter, Elizabeth. Rosella taught Jr. High Math prior to Elizabeth's birth. Barbara, their youngest daughter, is teaching second grade for the Millard Public Schools in Omaha.

   All three daughters were members of the Presbyterian Church of Cedar Bluffs and were graduates of Cedar Bluffs High School.

   Nancy attended the Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing and is a Registered Nurse. Rosella received her Bachelor of Science Degree and her Master's Degree in Educational Psychology, and Barbara received her Bachelor of Science Degree and her Master's Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Nebraska.

   Little did the small girl that started school in a one-room schoolhouse, District #29, realize that some day she would be the teacher in that very same school. Her father had attended there before her. Nor did she realize that some years later, three of her four children would also attend there. Her parents, John and Emma (Behrens) Smith lived on a farm near Ithaca. Leone and her brother, Leo, drove a Shetland pony hitched to a two-wheeled cart to school. When the roads were muddy they were taken by wagon or, when snow-packed, by sled hitched to a team of horses. They huddled in the hay and straw, covered with a horsehide robe to keep warm.

   There were no modern conveniences on the farm then. One would undress near the warm coal and wood stove, and then in warm pajamas, carry a kerosene lamp up the stairs to a cold room but a warm bed. Earlier, flat irons had been heated on the top of the kitchen range, wrapped in newspaper and placed in the bed to help warm it.

   During high school days, carpools of neighborhood youth drove to Wahoo. Later, Leone, a very inexperienced driver drove to Luther College in a Model T Ford. At the same time there was a group from Swedeburg driving to Luther College in a Model T. Among this group was O.B. (Bob) Liliedahl. Leone and Bob were married at Ithaca in 1943 and lived near Swedeburg. His parents were Oscar F. and Esther (Larson) Liliedahl. There were two older sisters, Mrs. Victoria Olson and Mrs. Dorothy Larson. Grandparents of Swedish ancestry were Pehr Johnson Liliedahl, married to Pernilla (Eliason) Liliedahl; also Lars P. and Mary Larson. Pehr Liliedahl homesteaded near Swedeburg; the fourth generation, Robert Liliedahl is still farming this land. Pehr "caned" baskets and other articles from reeds grown along the railroad that ran through the property.

   Grandparents of Leone were of German ancestry; namely, William and Katherine (Martin) Smith and Herman and Augusta (Vick) Behrens.

   Bob and Leone moved to a farm near Ithaca in 1957. Their four children graduated from Wahoo High School and from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Richard lives with his wife and three children near Seattle where he is on staff in a medical clinic. Dr. Roger, with his wife and three children, lives near Kansas City where he is on staff of a hospital as an Anesthesiologist. Robert, his wife, Pam (Miller), and their three children live on the family farm near Ithaca. The daughter, Leanne, is employed in Lincoln.

   Bob passed away in 1976. Leone is now in Wahoo and is beginning her twentieth year with the Saunders County Welfare Agency. Submitted by Leone (Smith) Liliedahl

   The Liljas moved to Saunders County from Omaha in 1947. In the spring of 1948, they moved to their present farm. The Lilja home is over 100 years old. Part of the main construction of the home contains square nails. When starting to farm in Saunders County, Elving used a tractor and two horses to farm the 200 acres. Their home was not equipped with running water, and electricity wasn't installed until 1950. The family relied on kerosene lamps and oil burners.

Elving Lilja Family

   The family has been affiliated with the Swedeburg Covenant Church and community for over 60 years. Ruth was born and raised in Saunders County and attended School District #56 and Swedeburg High School. Ruth's grandfather, Peter Olson, homesteaded the "home" place west of Swedeburg in the 1870's which is still in the family. Elving is from the Newman Grove area and a native Nebraskan also.

   The Lilja's four children, Rich, Jerry, Sheryl and Jan are married and live in the Lincoln area. They attended Saunders County District #48 Grade School and High Schools in Ceresco and Wahoo. Rich, Jerry and Sheryl each have two children.

   The Liljas celebrated their 40th Anniversary in May, 1982 with their children, grandchildren and family.

"Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee"
"That ye be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit promises."

Deuteronomy 32:7
Hebrews 6:12

   The first mention of our descendants is a George Lillie, who on February 14, 1658, acquired 40 acres of land in Reading, Massachusetts. He was Schoolmaster in "Wood End" Reading in 1683.

   Several generations later, we locate Anson Lillie, my great-grandfather who was born in Bethel, Vermont in 1798. Anson married Annah Dike, also of Bethel, June 11, 1818. Seven children were born of this union. Anson, like his predecessor, became

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involved in school affairs by becoming the school clerk of Little Hollow District of Rochester, Vermont, March 1, 1824. Anson was also a member of "The Bethel Episcopal Society" whose sole purpose was to build a church. In the spring of 1824, Christ Church of Bethel was built at a cost of $1,890. In the mid-1830's, Anson moved his family to Medina, Ohio where he became a shoemaker.

   Justus Lillie, the seventh child of Anson, was born February 12, 1837 in Medina and spent his youth in that community. Later, he moved to Illinois, where he resided until the outbreak of the Civil War. While living in Illinois he became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln and was a staunch supporter of Lincoln in the Senatorial Campaign of 1857. In the Presidential Campaign of 1860, Justus was one of the Illinois delegates at the Chicago Republican Convention. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in Co. B 57th, Illinois Infantry which participated in Sherman's march to the sea. Following the war, he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he engaged in farming. He married Emma Cooley in 1867, to which two children were born. In 1871, Justus moved his family to Nebraska and settled in Cedar Creek. Emma died in 1879 and he married Anna Barbara Vetsch on April 24, 1882, the daughter of his housekeeper. Justus and Anna had two children. The youngest, Frank, born January 3, 1885, was my father. In 1908, he married Minnie Doering, a school teacher, and to this union were born seven children, among them identical twins who died at birth.

   I was the youngest of the seven. My father died when I was two years old. My father was a progressive farmer interested in conservation and modernizing his home on the land he had purchased.

   I spent my childhood in Plattsmouth and met my wife, Connie Summers in 1942. She had come from Missouri to work at the Glenn L. Martin Plant, a WWII Defense Plant near Bellevue, Nebraska. We were married in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and bought a Petroleum Business in Wahoo which I am presently operating. Both of my children have married and remained in Wahoo, with their children. Three generations of the Lillie descendants are now living in Saunders County. Submitted by Marvin Lillie

   Clarence Linch, son of a Civil War veteran, William Alhands Linch, and Arvilla Jeanette Foreman Linch, was born in 1881 on the farm his father homesteaded following the Civil War. He died on October 27, 1967, after living about 59 years in Saunders County. He married Mertie Hurlbut (1882-1973) on Easter Sunday, April 3, 1904. They celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary prior to Mr. Linch's death. Mr. and Mrs. Linch farmed four years following their marriage and then moved to Valparaiso in 1908, where they remained until their deaths.

   Mr. Linch was one of the first automobile salesmen in this area, and along with operating a garage which also sold farm machinery, radios, parts, etc., and an insurance clientele, he continued in business until late in life. He then went back to his "first love" and managed and participated in farming his land until he died at the age of eighty-six, due to injuries received in a car accident.

   Mr. and Mrs. Linch were active in their church, the Republican political party, community, and fraternal activities. They raised four children: Charles William B. 1905 (Living in Pond Creek, Oklahoma); Myrtle Bernice B. 1907 D. 1975 (Married, Russell V. Peterson, both buried in Tulsa, Okla.); Lawrence B. 1909 (Living in Lincoln, Nebr.); and Zelma Dorothea B. 1914 (Living near Ashland, Ne.).

   Cross-reference: Richard E. Vance. Submitted by Zelma L. Vance

   In the summer of 1968, Loren L. Lindahl married Rita M. Lillie of Wahoo, Nebraska. Mr. Lindahl was a 1968 graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Business Administration and was about to begin his studies in the U. of N. College of Law. After one year of law school, he entered the U.S. Army and served in Viet Nam during 1970. Upon completion of his military duty, he returned home to his wife in Wahoo and completed his law studies, graduating from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1972 and was admitted to the Nebraska State Bar Association in January, 1973. Since that time, he has been associated with the Wahoo law firm of Edstrom, Bromm, Lindahl, and Wagner, and is in his second term as Saunders County Attorney. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lindahl, namely Todd Benjamin, born December 31, 1972, and Kelcie Renee, born July 10, 1976.

   Mr. Lindahl was born June 10, 1946, in Wausa, Nebraska, to Melvin and Dorothy Lindahl. The Lindahls farmed in the Wausa vicinity. Mr. Lindahl received his elementary education in a rural school and his secondary education in the Wausa Public Schools. His father, Melvin, was a first-generation citizen of the United States; his father, Robert Axel, having been born in Smaland, Sweden in 1875. Robert emigrated to the United States in the 1890's, using the passport of a neighbor named Lindahl who had decided not to emigrate to the United States. Robert's last name, using the patronymics system of Sweden, was actually Fransson as reflected in his naturalization records. Robert married Selma Westling of Brandfort, Kansas. Selma's parents had also emigrated from Sweden, homesteading in Washington County, Kansas. They built their house and farm buildings, using the native limestone found in that area. The stone buildings, now vacant, still stand.

   Dorothy Lindahl, mother of Mr. Lindahl, is of German heritage. Her paternal grandparents, Frederick and Henriette Kuhl, and her maternal grandparents, August and Louisa Lambrecht, homesteaded in Pierce County, Nebraska in the 1870's. All, except her maternal grandmother, had been born in Germany. Emigrating from Germany, they had generally gone from New York City, to Buffalo, New York, to Wisconsin. Learning of the possibility of free land in northeast Nebraska, they, and many other German families in Wisconsin, traveled by wagon and horse to Norfolk, Nebraska, and then to Pierce County.

   The Lindahl family is proud to be a part of the ongoing history of Nebraska and Saunders County. Submitted by Loren L. Lindahl

   Peter Olaf Lindau was born in Perstop Skäne, Sweden on October 13, 1853. He had two sisters and an older brother. Since it was the custom for the oldest son to remain on the farm, Peter had to make his own way in the world. He joined the army and served six years. He then went to Malmo, Sweden where he had hoped to join the police force; instead, he decided to seek his fortune in America.

Mr. and Mrs. P.O. Lindau

   Anna Persson was born in Malmo, Sweden on August 27, 1860. She was one of many children in a poor family, so she decided to come to America at the age of twenty. Peter and Anna met on the ship while sailing to America. Whether it was by fate or by planning, I do not know, but both Peter and Anna came to this community.

   Anna was employed in a home south of Wahoo. Peter, evidently, was employed on a farm not too far away for they continued to see each other. They were married in Mead in the Lutheran Church in October, 1883 and settled on a farm about five miles southwest of Weston. They lived there many years enduring the hardships of pioneer life. That farm was sold, so they moved to a nearby farm that had a nicer house. After living there many years, they finally purchased their own farm near Malmo. They did not live on the farm near Malmo for very long because Mr. Lindau fulfilled his long-time desire of living in Washington by moving to an acreage in Mt. Vernon. Later, they moved back to Wahoo and retired. They lived to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Shortly after, January 1934, Mrs. Lindau died. Mr. Lindau passed away in 1940. During his life, he kept in touch with his sisters in Sweden.

   Mr. and Mrs. Lindau raised a large family: Mrs. Charlie (Olga) Steen, Mrs. Joe (Emma) Westman, Arthur Lindau, Mrs. Andrew (Alice) Pearson, Mrs. Axel (Minnie) Bostrom, Joseph Lindau, Mrs. Edward (Amanda) Clark, Mrs. Albin (Esther) Johnson and Henry Lindau. They had only one grandson, Tom Lindau, that lived to carry on the family name.

   I, Clifford Lindgren, was born on a farm east of Lyons, Nebraska on Jan. 7, 1921. I graduated from Lyons High School in 1938 and farmed for four years with my dad. I was 4-F during World War II because of a heart murmur. I attended Luther College, Wahoo from 1945-46. I received a letter in football and basketball, and won a horseshoe pitching contest at Luther. Don Siegel of Minneapolis and I defeated the faculty professors, Donniver Lund and S.O. Johnson in horseshoe. I graduated from Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas in 1947 and from the Lutheran Bible Institute, Minneapolis in 1949. I met Jacquelyn Stevens at the Bible School.

The Clifford Lindgren Family

   Jacquelyn Stevens was from Bridgeport, Connecticut. We were married in 1951.

   I attended Augustana Seminary from 1949-53 and interned in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 1951-52. I was ordained in 1953 at Augustana Synod Convention in Chicago. After serving parishes in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, I retired in Wahoo.

   We have 5 children, the three oldest being born in Canada. Faith is married to a Navy optometrist and has 4 children. James is pastor of Elim Lutheran

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