Retired Covenant pastor David Lee Coryell died December 6 in Duffield, Virginia. He was 81. 

Brian Jon Alnes, executive director of Lake Beauty Bible Camp in Long Prairie, Minnesota, died January 4. He was 53.

Retired Covenant minister Herbert Hedstrom died December 27 at his home in Elgin, Illinois. He was 81.

Retired Covenant missionary Vivian Louise Edstrom died December 14. She was 95.

Retired Covenant pastor Charles Ray Vaughan died November 12. He was 81.

Virginia Mae Cervin, widow of Covenant pastor Russell August Cervin, died on Thanksgiving, November 25, in Oakland, California. She was 99.

Retired Covenant pastor Joe Elick died on November 5. He was 81. 

Gerald (“Jerry”) Vincent Stenberg, retired Covenant pastor and former superintendent of the Canada Conference, died October 26. He was 97.

John Raymond Hunt, former secretary of the Evangelical Covenant Church, died suddenly at home in Maplewood, Minnesota, on October 23. He was 71.

Ingrid Barbara Engblom Anderson, widow of Covenant pastor Loren Anderson, died October 7. She was 84 years old.

Roger Leroy Quam, one of the mission founders of the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan and Ethiopia, died Friday, October 1.

Retired Covenant minister Dennis Clark Olson died on September 18. He was 86.

Ruth Elaine Christensen (née Kristerson), retired Covenant missionary, died September 18. She was 96.

Alayne Helen Johnson, widow of Covenant pastor Clifford Johnson, died on September 18, 2021

Annette Eleanor Anderson, wife of retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister Jim Anderson, died Saturday, August 28

Retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister Robert Peterson died Saturday, July 31

Twyla Jane Lundell, wife of retired Covenant minister James Lundell, died Saturday, August 7

Dorothy Danielson, widow of Covenant minister Phillip Danielson, died September 4, at the age of 101

Retired Covenant missionary Joan (Christensen) Gustafson died Thursday, August 12.

Retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister William Salo died Saturday, August 7.

Retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister Paul E. Springer died Saturday, July 3, 2021. He was 78.

Marilyn L. (Johnson) Hjelm, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church minister J. Robert Hjelm, died Sunday, June 27. She was 94.

Helen M. (Wallin) Olson, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church minister Roy Olson, died Thursday, July 22. She was 96.

Evangelical Covenant Church minister Philip Rohler died Thursday, July 15. He was 72.

NORTHBROOK, IL—Harriet (Boreen) Johnson, widow of retired Covenant minister Eldon D. Johnson, died on Tuesday, June 22. She was 91. Harriet was born on April 16, 1930, to C. Herbert Boreen and Mayme (Koski) Boreen and grew up on her […]

Retired Covenant minister David H. Vennberg died Monday, June 28.

Evangelical Covenant Church minister David C. Hagen died Saturday, June 19.

MINNEAPOLIS—Evangelical Covenant Church minister Forrest Dahl, who taught for 37 years at Minnehaha Academy, died June 2. He was 68. He was born April 19, 1953, in Chicago, to Ruth and Peter Dahl and spent most of his childhood growing […]

MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS—Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Edward Lee, known for his commitment to racial reconciliation, died May 27. He was 62. Ed was born in Chicago on May 9, 1959, to Young and Ping Lee. He earned a bachelor of […]

CORVALLIS, OR  — Retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister Clifford Axel Smith died April 25. He was 99. Clifford was born on July 24, 1922, in Olsburg, Kansas, to Alex and Esther Smith. He worked as an auto mechanic and welder […]

TURLOCK, CA—Former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Bruce Johnson died May 4. He was 63. Bruce was born in San Francisco on August 30, 1957, to Bob and Vivian Johnson. He attended Canada Community College and earned a bachelor’s degree in […]

Harriet Louise (Settergren) Olson, widow of Covenant minister K. Wesley Olson, died April 12.

R. Marie Webster, widow of Covenant minister Paul J. Webster, died February 4. She was 98. Marie was born April 26, 1922, in Rockford, Illinois, to Ford and Mabel Bergstrom. She graduated from North Central Bible Institute in Minneapolis. She […]

Retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister David L. Larsen died March 19. He was 89. David was born April 16, 1931, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Bethel College, earned a master’s degree in psychology from Stanford University, and a master’s of […]

Retired Covenant minister Robert L. Heicher died in Fremont, California, on January 21. He was 87.

Craig E. Anderson, retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor and conference executive, died Friday, February 26.

Covenant minister Michael Blevins died Sunday, February 14.

Lois E. Weborg, wife of retired pastor and North Park Theological Seminary professor John Weborg, died Tuesday, February 16.

Gladys E. Damrose, wife of retired Covenant pastor Albert Damrose, died January 12.

Retired Covenant minister Eldon D. Johnson died on Friday, January 15. He was 92. The son and grandson of Swedish immigrants, Eldon was born on May 16, 1928, in Escanaba, Michigan, to Edwin and Elsie Johnson. Eldon earned an associate’s [...]

Diane Laverne Roth, wife of retired Covenant minister Randy Roth, died January 11.  She was 76. She was born June 2, 1944, in Eagle Pass, Texas, to Alfred and Laverne Graf and grew up in Sacramento, California. Diane earned a […]

Retired Covenant minister and former associate superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference Ron Lagerstrom died January 14. He was 88. He was born March 9, 1932, in Kingsburg, California, to Franklin and Hildur Lagerstrom. He earned a Bachelor of Arts […]

Kelly Draheim, husband of Midwest Conference superintendent Tammy Swanson-Draheim, died December 31. He was 63. Kelly was born March 6, 1957, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Jeraldine (Balm) and Duane Draheim. Six months after meeting at the insurance company where [...]

Floredilia “Flor” Graterol, pastora de la Iglesia del Pacto y capellana del Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos (CHET), falleció la semana pasada a la edad de 63 años. Una amiga la encontró inconsciente, en su casa, la víspera de Año […]

Floredilia “Flor” Graterol, Covenant pastor and chaplain at Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos (CHET), died last week. She was 63. She was found unresponsive at home by a friend on New Year’s Eve.  The official cause of death is yet […]

Mary Lou (Beeman) Herriott, widow of Covenant minister C. Calvin Herriott […]

Retired Covenant minister Stanley Jerome “Jerry” Johnson died Saturday, December 12. He was 91. He was born on November 24, 1929, in Little Falls, Minnesota, to Joel and Signe Johnson. He attended North Park Junior College and earned a bachelor’s […]

Mary Ellen (Sproule) Rabine, wife of retired Covenant minister Richard Rabine, died Thursday, November 26. She was 87. Mary Ellen was born January 31, 1933, in Detroit, Michigan, to Thomas and Elvira Sproule. She grew up in Detroit and then […]

Mildred V. (Helgerson) Olson, widow of Covenant minister Donald Olson, died Sunday, November 1. She was 91. She was born May 4, 1929, in Providence, Rhode Island, to A. Gilbert and Eva Helgerson. She married Donald on June 24, 1961. […]

Marie (Nelson) Shattuck, widow of Covenant pastor Eugene Shattuck, died October 4

Retired Covenant minister Warren Nelson died August 12

Retired Covenant minister and former superintendent of two denominational conferences Robert L. Erickson died Tuesday, September 8

Covenant minister Judith (Payne) Kemper Behnke died Friday, September 18. She was 83.

Jerine (Jeri) Peterson, widow of Covenant minister Wayne Peterson, died May 27. She was 84.

Betty Ruth (Norman) Melgren, former missionary, died on September 4. She was 89.

Retired pastor and Army chaplain Noel V. Cisneros died Wednesday, September 2

By Karen Hinz (August 28, 2020)—Frances Dolores Decker died Tuesday, August 25, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was 92. Fran was born July 2, 1928, in Buffalo, Minnesota, to Frank and Carolyn Decker. She graduated from St. Paul Bible Institute and […]

By Karen Hinz (August 26, 2020) — Wendell “Dan” Danielson died Tuesday, August 18, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He was 84. He was born April 9, 1936, in Alabama to Eric and Olive Danielson. Eric was a Covenant pastor and […]

Dorothy “Dotty” Moir Anderson, the wife of Craig E. Anderson, died August 5 in Plantation, Florida.

Marcia Friedman, wife of Covenant minister and Covenant Companion news editor Stan Friedman, died Monday, July 20, of pancreatic cancer.

By Bob Smietana NORTHBROOK, IL (June 6, 2020) – Robert S. Thornbloom, retired Covenant missionary engineer whose life was devoted to the work of the church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died Wednesday, June 3, from complications of […]

By Nilwona Nowlin (June 10, 2020) — Ben James Chuol, son of Rev. James Chuol Tang, Covenant global personnel, died on May 30. He was 17. Born on September 19, 2002, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, to James Chuol Tang and […]

By Hannah Hawkinson SOUTH BEND, IN (June 6, 2020) – Elizabeth “Betty” Carlson, wife of the late Covenant pastor John Carlson and champion of women’s ministry with a decades-long legacy of service to the Evangelical Covenant Church, died on May […]

(June 5, 2020) – Nancy (Kristoffersen) Dahlberg, wife of the late executive secretary of Covenant World Mission Raymond Dahlberg, died on May 31 in Northbrook, Illinois. She was 86. Born on June 28, 1933, in Chicago to Karl and Sigfrid […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (June 5, 2020) – Kenneth E. Wicklund, former missionary to DR Congo and Japan, died Wednesday, May 20. He was 96. Born February 10, 1924, to Iver and Ruth (Newquist) Wicklund in Junction City, Wisconsin, he attended […]

SAN ANTONIO, TX (June 3, 2020) – Retired pastor and chaplain Raymond (Rocky) A. Cook died Friday, May 29. He was 71. He was born May 17, 1949, to Ray and Gloria Cook in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from […]

CAROL STREAM, IL (May 12, 2020) — Nancy Bergmans Reed, former missionary to Ecuador, Mexico, and Spain, and former director for Latin America for Serve Globally, died May 11. She was 81. She was born February 17, 1939, in Palo […]

Wilmer (Bill) Oudal, former Covenant missionary to Alaska who served Covenant High School in Unalakleet for 16 years, died February 2. He was 88.

CAROL STREAM, IL (April 29, 2020) – Retired Covenant missionary Marlys (Peterson) Johnson died Sunday, April 26, at the age of 82. She was born on August 30, 1937, to Hjalmer and Violet Peterson and spent most of her life […]

NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA (April 17, 2020) – Retired Covenant pastor Donald Ray Husband died Saturday, March 28. He was 83. Ray was born Born November 12, 1936, In Oakville, Ontario. He attended North Bay Teachers College, earned a bachelor’s degree […]

S. Sue Horner, former associate professor of women’s studies at North Park University a […]

CHICAGO (April 6, 2020) – Retired minister Melvin Dillard Sr., who along with his wife, Vergie, were the first African American commissioned missionaries in the Covenant, died Friday. He was 85. Melvin was born February 27, 1935, in Chicago, to […]

ROCKFORD, IL (February 28, 2020) – Retired Covenant pastor Thomas K. Gundersen died Saturday, Feb. 22. He was 88. Tom was born January 3, 1932, in Negaunee, Mich., to Carl and Signe (Fond) Gundersen. He graduated from Bethel Seminary in […]

GRAND HAVEN, MI (February 11, 2020) Rita White, wife of the late Covenant pastor Roland White, died January 2 in Grand Haven, Michigan. She was 99. She was born March 7, 1920, in Carlstad, Ontario, to Edward and Nancy Jean […]

RACINE, WISCONSIN (January 31, 2020) – Marilyn Louise Nelson, wife of Covenant chaplain Roger Nelson, died November 4. She was 85. She was born Oct. 28, 1934, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Joel and Martha Peterson. When she was in fourth […]

ST. PAUL, MINN (Jan. 23, 2020) – Covenant minister Jerold “Jerry” Rice, who pastored churches in the United States and helped launch the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan and Ethiopia, died Saturday, Jan. 18. He was 80. Jerry was […]

SPRING VALLEY, CALIF. (Jan. 22, 2020) – Wayne Weld, the first Covenant missionary to Colombia and North Park Theological Seminary emeritus professor of missions, died Friday, Jan. 17. He was 85. Wayne was born on Nov. 28, 1934, in Yakima, […]

PUYALLUP, WASH (Jan. 22, 2020) – Retired pastor Paul Mann died Friday, Jan. 3. He was 84.   Paul was born Nov. 17, 1935, in Brooklyn, to William and Minette Mann. His father died when Paul was three years old, […]

Grace (Nordstrom) Vennberg, wife of retired Covenant […]

A memorial service for Daniel “Dan” Tepke, former senior vice-president […]

A celebration of life service for T. David Beck […]

(November 21, 2019) – Richard E. Olson, retired Covenant pastor, died November 13. He was 81. He was born September 9, 1938, in Concordia, Kansas, to Edward and Helen (Lundquist) Olson and grew up attending Brantford Covenant Church. Even though […]

(November 8, 2019) – Michael Roy “Mike” Borden, husband of Covenant minister Diane Borden, died unexpectedly on Friday, November 1, in Manchester, Conn. He was 55. Mike was born on February 10, 1964, in Brainerd, Minnesota. He earned a bachelor’s […]

Betty Nelson, retired dean of North Park Academy and College […]

WYOMING, MN (October 28, 2019) – Daniel Anton Schwabe, husband of Covenant pastor Toni Schwabe, died Thursday on the couple’s 43rd anniversary. He was 68. Dan was born on June 3, 1951, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Raymond and Mildred Schwabe. […]

CHICAGO, IL (October 24, 2019) – Betty Jean (Carlson) Holmgren, wife of North Park Seminary professor emeritus Fredrick Holmgren, died Sunday, October 13. She was 94. Betty was born on March 1, 1925, in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, to Hilding Gustaf […]

Allison developed the Covenant’s Schools of Prayer and Bringing My World to Christ. […]

A celebration of life service for retired Covenant pastor Rick Larson was held […]

BATAVIA, IL (September 4, 2019) — Charlotte Earldine “Deanie” (Ottoson) Youngman, widow of Covenant pastor Ralph Youngman, died Monday, September 2, at the age of 90. She was born in Wausa, Nebraska, in 1928. After graduating in the top of […]

OTSEGO, MI (August 28, 2019) – A funeral service for Geraldine “Gerry” (Deater) Peterson, widow of Covenant minister Norris Peterson, was held Thursday, August 22, at the First Congregational Church in Otsego, Michigan. She died Sunday, August 18, at the […]

SPRING VALLEY, CA (July 15, 2019) – Former Covenant missionary Mary Anne Weld died Thursday, July 4. She was 84. She was born on June 7, 1935, to Arthur and Edith Bergman in Helena, Montana. She attended Eastern Montana College […]

FARGO, ND (June 19, 2019) – Kurt Lindquist, former medical missionary to Democratic Republic of Congo, died Saturday, June 15, 2019. He was 68. He was born March 1, 1951, to Franklin and Margaret Lindquist. He was raised in what […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (June 21, 2019) – Ivie Folden, widow of Covenant minister Albin Folden, died Monday, June 17, 2019, at the age of 102. She was born January 20, 1917, to Alfred and Clara Elseth. She and Albin were […]

TULSA, OK (June 19, 2019) – Retired Covenant missionary to Alaska Ralph Vernon Fondell died Monday, June 10. He was 95. He was born on October 9, 1923, in Maxwell Township, rural Dawson, Minnesota. He graduated from Dawson High School […]

Janice Mae Eppard, wife of retired Covenant pastor Marvin Eppard, died Wednesday, June 5, 2019. She was 87.

Retired Covenant minister Larry D. Dieckman died Friday, May 24. He was 79.

Retired Covenant pastor Burdette “Bud” Palmberg died Tuesday, May 21, while on a mission trip in Bali. He was 83.

Retired missionary Geneva M. (Noren) Christensen died Saturday, April 27, at the age of 93.

Retired Covenant minister Diana Lynn Wymore died Thursday, April 18. She was 59.

Alene S. Hunt, widow of Covenant pastor R. Stanley Hunt […]

Retired Covenant pastor Russell “Russ” Carlson died Thursday, April 4, at the age of 63.

MAPLEWOOD, MN (April 5, 2019) – Former Covenant minister George Wold died Tuesday, March 26, at the age of 98. George was born September 26, 1920, in Trail, Minnesota, to Benhard and Palma Wold. He graduated from Lutheran Brethren Seminary […]

PRINCETON, MN (March 26, 2019) – A memorial service for Dorothea Berggren, widow of pastor Willard L. Berggren, was conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, at the Karmel Covenant Church. Dorothea died Monday, March 18, at the age […]

Former Covenant missionary to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean (LeVahn) Larson died Sunday, March 10. She was 91.

A memorial service for Nancy (Selin) Ramgren, wife […]

Services are pending for Gertrude “Gert” (Franklin) Fondell, who served as a missionary to Alaska, where her ministry included a daily radio program on KICY radio. She died February 14 at the age of 92.

Carole Johnson, wife of Covenant minister and president emeritus of Covenant Trust Company LeRoy Johnson, died Sunday, February 17. She was 81.

Retired Covenant pastor Thomas Gene Klasen died Friday, February 15. He was 74.

Carol Sands, widow of Covenant pastor Dewey Sands, died Wednesday, February 6. She was 84.

Maxine A. Schermer, widow of Covenant minister George H. Schermer, died Saturday, December 29, 2018. She was 97. 

A memorial service for retired Covenant missionary Iris Jensen will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 16, at Arbor Oaks Bible Chapel.

A memorial service for Lillian May Johnson, widow of […]

CHICAGO, IL (December 4, 2018) – Retired Covenant missionary Janet Thornbloom, who ministered to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo for 44 years, died Monday evening. She was 79. In addition to serving Congo, she also worked 18 […]

Shirley (Palmer) Hamblen, wife of retired Covenant pastor John Hamblen died Thursday, November 15. She was 72.

Retired Covenant minister Edwin (Ed) Ansgar Hallsten Jr. died Thursday, November 1. He was 87.

MARINE ON ST. CROIX, MN (November 15, 2018) – Retired Covenant minister Wallace (Wally) Pratt died Friday, November 9. He was 91. Wally was born November 12, 1926, in Minneapolis to Lawrence and Alice Pratt. He served in WWII before […]

Covenant minister Dan Fullerton, died Tuesday, October 30 […]

Ordained Covenant minister Geoffrey Twigg, 64, died Saturday, October 27 […]

DENVER, CO (October 29, 2018) – George Peter Magnuson, who served multiple Covenant congregations and the Central Conference, died Thursday, October 18. He was 84. George was born October 8, 1934, in Chicago to Raymond and Astrid Magnuson. He attended […]

The memorial service for S. Elaine (Larson) Johnson, widow of Covenant minister […]

JAMESTOWN, NY (September 11, 2018) – Retired Covenant minister James R. Swan died Thursday, September 6, at the age of 78.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (September 6, 2018) – Gunvor ‘Gunnie’ (Holmquist) Sparrman, widow of retired Covenant minister Paul Sparrman, died Thursday, August 30, at the age of 85.

June Metcalf, who served for 36 years in Japan as a Covenant missionary

MINNETONKA, MN (July 25, 2018) — Don Lundquist, retired missionary to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died Wednesday, July 17, at the age of 93. Don was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 5, 1924, to Axel and Hazel […]

BATAVIA, IL (July 16, 2018) – Marguerite “Peg” Anna (Gundersen) Johnson, former missionary to Ecuador and widow of Covenant pastor and missionary Larry Johnson, died Sunday, July 8 at the age of 94. Peg was born on July 22, 1923, […]

TURLOCK, CA (July 9, 2018) – Retired Covenant pastor and chaplain Luther Englund died June 29. He was 95. Luther was born at home on November 11, 1922, to Howard and Hilma Englund in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He earned an associate’s […]

PLANTATION, FL (July 9, 2018) – Memorial services for retired Covenant pastor and chaplain Paul J. Everts will be held July 17 in Plantation, and on September 22 in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Paul, 91, died June 17. He was born […]

NORTHBROOK, IL (July 5, 2018)—M. Jeanette Anderson, widow of former North Park Theological Seminary professor and dean Glenn Anderson, died June 15. She was ninety-one. A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 8, at 4 p.m. at North Park […]

TURLOCK, CA (June 23, 2018) – A memorial service for Margaret (Palmquist) Grant, who co-led a national children’s ministry, will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 2, at Turlock Covenant Church. She died June 10, 2018. Margaret, 91, […]

TURLOCK, CA (June 5, 2018) – Elna Jean (Peterson) Foss, widow of Covenant minister Francis Foss, died May 24. She was 93. Jean was born January 17, 1925, in Calgary, Alberta. She attended Covenant Bible College in Canada and North […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (May 24, 2018) – Linnea (Sandberg) Johnson, widow of retired Covenant minister Earl Johnson, died Wednesday, May 23. She was 87. Linnea was born in Chicago on November 29, 1930, to Thorsten and Edith Sandberg. She married […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (May 25, 2018) – Retired Covenant minister Maynard Anderson died Monday, May 21. He was 97. He was born February 11, 1921, in Dawson, Minnesota. He married Virginia Moxon in 1951. Maynard served on the aircraft carrier […]

DULUTH, MN (May 24, 2018) – Ann Judith (Kulberg) Carlson, one of the last Covenant missionaries to serve in China, died Wednesday, May 9. She was 95. Ann was born April 10, 1923, to August and Judith Kulberg in Beverly, […]

BATAVIA, IL (May 15, 2018) – Janice (Hultman) Swanson, widow of Covenant pastor and Midwest Conference superintendent Warren Swanson, died Friday, May 11. She was 93. Janice was born October 26, 1924, in Tonawanda, New York. She earned an associate’s […]

SHAWNEE, KS (May 14, 2018) – A funeral service for Ernestine (Agnew) “Ernie” Olson, wife of retired Covenant minister Richard Olson, was held Thursday, May 10, at Hillcrest Covenant Church. She died Monday, May 7, at the age of 77. […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (April 24, 2018) – Retired Covenant minister Paul Sparrman died Wednesday, April 18. He was 84. Paul was born February 23, 1934, in Jamestown, New York, to Ernest and Ruth Sparrman. He earned his associate’s degree at […]

NORTHBROOK, IL (April 24, 2018) – Retired Covenant missionary Robert Peterson, who served in Congo for nearly 40 years, died Sunday. He was 92. Bob was born on December 21, 1925, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He earned an associate’s degree […]

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA (April 17, 2018) – Retired Covenant minister Michael FitzGerald died Sunday. He was 65. Mike was born August 24, 1952, in Bremerton, Washington, to John and Patricia FitzGerald. He attended the University of Washington and then graduated […]

Gaderlund and several other pastors decided in 1997 to start a spiritual […]

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Cape Cod […]

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (April 6, 2018) – Retired Covenant missionary Gordon John Christensen, who wrote a three-volume New Testament commentary for Congolese Christians in Lingala, died this morning at the age of 92. He was born in Seattle, Washington, to […]

LaVerne, 88, was born December 5, 1929, in Minneapolis […]

SEATTLE, WA (March 26, 2018) — Donna (Freeman) Swanberg, widow of Covenant pastor Harold Swanberg, died February 25 in Seattle. She was 85. Donna was born January 12, 1933, in Rapid City, South Dakota, and grew up in Seattle. She […]

A memorial service for Lois (Englund) Hirsch, wife of retired Covenant minister […]

NEW SMYRNA, FL (March 20, 2018) — Retired Covenant minister, James Swanson, who helped guide the Covenant’s ministries to people with disabilities, died Sunday. He was 80. Jim was born on July 17, 1937, in Bellevue, Washington. He married Beverly […]

J. Paul Thompson, pastor of Hope Covenant Church in Chandler […]

Retired Covenant minister Charles “Chuck” Duey Sr. died March 7 […]

Retired Covenant minister Earl Johnson, 90, died Monday […]

They started dozens of house fellowships throughout the surrounding areas […]

A funeral service for Mary Frances (Frankie) Henderson, the widow of […]

Services for Marian (Swanson) Carlson, wife of retired Covenant minister David E. […}

Retired Covenant Pastor Ronald L. Magnuson, 86, died Tuesday, February 6 […]

Jerome M. Maleski, husband of retired Covenant minister Ann (Carlson) Maleski […]

Catherine “Kitty” (Christopher) Salo, wife of retired Covenant pastor […]

A memorial service for retired Covenant pastor Bennie Simmons, who also guided several […]

“The entire Covenant owes a deep debt of gratitude for Don,” said President Gary Walter. […]

OLYMPIA, WA (October 17, 2017) – Retired Covenant pastor Howard Johnson, 91, died Saturday, September 30, in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. He was born October 11, 1925, in Foley, Minnesota. He graduated from North Park College and North Park Theological Seminary. […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (September 15, 2017) – Retired Covenant minister Vernon Kenneth Lund died peacefully at home at Covenant Village of Golden Valley on September 13. He was ninety-one. Vern (“Putt”) was born May 11, 1926, in Mount Vernon, Washington, […]

ROSLYN PARK, NY (September 5, 2017) – Retired Covenant minister Lars Silverness died August 30. He was 92 years old. He was born on July 14, 1925, on a rural dairy farm in Oak Park, Minnesota, to Inberth and Sophie […]

DASSEL, MN (August 29, 2017) — K. Wesley Olson, retired superintendent of the Midwest Conference, died Monday, August 28. He was 87. Wes was born February 10, 1930, in the dining room of the family farm in Bird Island, Minnesota, […]

TEHACHAPI, CA (August 28, 2017) – Retired Covenant minister James “Jim” Dinsmore died Tuesday, August 15. He was 82. Jim was born November 16, 1934, in Des Moines, Iowa. He married Lily Jolene Cox on June 22, 1957. He earned […]

CHATHAM, IL (July 31, 2017) – Retired Covenant minister Harold Eugene Nelson, 95, died Saturday, July 29. He was born September 21, 1921, in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, to H. Leonard and Amalia (Gellin) Nelson. He married Edith E. Almborg of Boston, […]

Retired Covenant pastor DuWayne V. Winters, 78, died Saturday, July 8 […]

LOVELAND, OH (July 3, 2017) – Covenant minister James Chester, 49, died Tuesday, June 27, after an extended illness. Jim was born August 3, 1967, in Willmar, Minnesota. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bethel College and […]

SCITUATE, MA (May 17, 2017) – A memorial service for Ethel Svedlund Cedarleaf, widow of Covenant minister Wallace “Wally” Cedarleaf, will be conducted at 10 a.m. on June 3 at First Trinitarian Congregational Church in Scituate. Ethel, 96, died March […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (May 12, 2017) – A memorial service was conducted April 30 for Harriett “Toots” Swanson, widow of Covenant pastor Berner V. Swanson. She died April 22 at the age of 92. Harriett was born January 3, 1925, […]

VENICE, FL (May 1, 2017) – A celebration of life service for Jon Erickson, husband of retired Covenant pastor Rebecca Erickson, was held Saturday, April 29, at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Venice Isle. He was 77. Jon was born […]

BATAVIA, IL (April 3, 2017) — Memorial services for E. Jeanette (Landholm) Dieckman, wife of retired Covenant pastor Larry Dieckman, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, at Country Evangelical Covenant Church in Campton Hills, Illinois. She […]

PATTERSON, CA (March 29, 2017) – A celebration of life service for retired Covenant pastor Mary Nella McLaughlin, 69, will be conducted at 2 p.m. on April 1 at Patterson Covenant Church. She died February 11 after a battle with […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (March 24, 2017) – Retired Covenant pastor and chaplain William “Bill” Sandstrom, 89, died Wednesday, March 22. He was born January 10, 1928, in Chicago. He earned an associate’s degree from North Park College, a bachelor’s degree […]

NEW BRIGHTON, MN (March 24, 2017) — Retired Covenant pastor Glen Wiberg, 91, who has been described as “a pastor’s pastor, a preacher’s preacher,” died Thursday, March 23. Glen was born on May 1, 1925, in Kansas City, Missouri. He earned […]

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (March 13, 2017) — Former Northwest Conference superintendent Stan Henderson, 84, died Friday. He was born August 16, 1932, in Yakima, Washington. He earned a bachelor of arts in English Bible and a master of arts in […]

PLANTATION, FL (March 8, 2017) – Retired Covenant minister Göte Bringerud died Friday, March 3. He was 95. He was born February 24, 1922, in Varnamo, Småland, Sweden. He earned the equivalent of an MDiv while studying at the Swedish […]

NORTHBROOK, IL (March 7, 2017) – Retired Covenant minister Edmund “Ed” Train, 97, died Sunday, March 5. He was born June 18, 1919, in Lindsborg, Kansas, to Fritz and Freda Train. He attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Bethany […]

DES MOINES, WA (March 3, 2017) – Memorial services for Marilyn Peterson, wife of retired Covenant pastor Gary K. Peterson, will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, at Midway Covenant Church. She died Friday, February 17. Marilyn, […]

Covenant minister John A. Wood died February 12 at the age of 62 […]

Retired Covenant minister Carold Anderson, 94,

RIDGWAY, PA (January 6, 2017) – Craig Duffield, pastor of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Ridgway, died Thursday, January 5, 2017, after an extended illness. He was 61. Craig was born on December 18, 1955, in Sycamore, Illinois, to Dale […]

Retired Covenant pastor Paul H. Erickson, 76, died Tuesday, December 20. […]

Retired Covenant pastor Gary Ridout died Sunday, November 27. He was 82. […]

Bernice (Carlson) Stohlberg, 96, widow of Covenant pastor Paul Stohlberg, died Tuesday, October 25.[…]

A memorial service for Henry “Hank” Wallace Pearson, former ECC field director for Alaska and pastor […]

A graveside service former Covenant pastor Dwight M. Carlson, 83, was held September 10, 2016. […]

A memorial service for Anna Josephson, widow of Covenant pastor and superintendent Albert Josephson […]

WALKER, MN (October 13, 2016) – Delores “Sue” Alger, widow of retired Covenant minister Gerald Alger, died Tuesday, October 11. She was 81.

LOUISVILLE, KY (October 11, 2016) — A memorial service for retired Covenant pastor Robert “Bob” W. Nelson, 79, was held Thursday, September 22, at Okolona Christian Church. He died Monday, September 19.

Dr. Roger Thorpe, who served for 30 years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died […]

Retired Covenant pastor Carl Helgerson, 94, died Friday, September 30. […]

LEONARDVILLE, KS (September 30, 2016) – Retired Covenant pastor Dolan Paul Rundquist, age 87, died Monday, September 26, 2016.

Janet Marie Lungren, 68, died on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.[…]

Luella Mae (Tegge) Hubbling, 88, widow of Covenant minister Harry Hubbling, died […]

Retired Covenant pastor Merle Van Heuveln died Sunday […]

Retired Covenant pastor William Herbert Liljegren died Saturday […]

Retired Covenant pastor Chester (Chet) Lyle Nelson, 84, died Saturday, August 21. […]

Carolyn Mildred (Ekstam) Cedarleaf, widow of former Covenant pastor Douglas Cedarleaf […]

Retired Covenant missionary Melbourne “Mel” Metcalf, 94, died Sunday, August 6. […]

Pastor Robert Wood, 78, died Saturday, July 30.[…]

Rebecca (Helzer) Barnes, wife of Covenant minister Paul Barnes, died […]

Retired Covenant missionary Virginia (Carlson) Rigmark died Monday […]

Retired missionary June (Peterson) Pearson died Friday, June 17[…]

Retired missionary and former North Park University professor and administrator Quentin Nelson died […]

WESTMINSTER, CO (May 23, 2016) – Retired Covenant pastor Ray Anderson, 87, died May 18. Services are pending.

Ellen I. Harris-Wallo, widow of Covenant pastor Perl Harris, died April 17 […]

Ernie Hansen, 82, retired Covenant pastor, peacefully went home to be with the Lord […]

A memorial service for retired minister Raymond Nyquist, 84, will be held […]

Covenant minister Nathan Toots died Friday, March 18. He was 79. […]

A memorial service for Roland Tabell, who had a major impact on Covenant hymnody, will be held […]

CALGARY, AB (March 18, 2016) – Lorraine (Johnson) Morris, widow of former Covenant pastor Wes Morris, died Thursday, March 10. She was 88.

Norman Swensen, longtime pastor of Trinity Covenant Church in Manchester, Connecticut, died […]

A memorial service for retired Covenant missionary Robert Verme Sr. was conducted […]

Retired Covenant pastor Charles “Chuck” Johnson died Friday […]

WESTMINSTER, CO (January 8, 2016) — Retired Covenant missionary Alene (Collini) Anderson, 94, died this morning. Services are pending.

A celebration of life service for former Covenant missionary […]

Retired pastor and chaplain Wilbur (Bill) John Solie, 84, died Sunday, December 20. […]

Jim Persson, former director of the Department of Church Growth and Evangelism, died Sunday morning. […]

Grace A. Nelson, a retired medical missionary to Congo, died Tuesday, December 15. She was 91 […]

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (December 17, 2015) — Marian Johnson, retired missionary to Congo and Central Africa Republic, died Monday, December 14. She was 88.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (December 4, 2015) — Jerome Johnson, retired Covenant pastor and former superintendent of the Canada Conference, died this morning. He was 84. Services are pending.

CHICAGO, IL (November 25, 2015) — L. Grace Nelson, 90, widow of Covenant minister and professor F. Burton Nelson, died November 21.

BATAVIA, IL (November 6, 2015) — Patricia “Pat” (Howard) Ridout, wife of Covenant pastor Gary Ridout, died October 28. She was 79.

KEENE, NH (October 28, 2015) — The funeral service for retired Covenant minister Richard (Dick) J. Nelson, 77, will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, at the Monadnock Covenant Church. Burial will follow.

BATTLE GROUND, WA (October 16, 2015) — Covenanter John R. Kohlenberger III was perhaps best known for developing and editing The NIV Exhaustive Bible Concordance and writing The Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament, but the youth group he helped lead […]

BEVERLY, MA (October 2, 2015) Former Covenant pastor Peter McKay, 72, died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

TURLOCK, CA (September 21, 2015) — Martha (Eastman) Dwight, longtime missionary to Taiwan, died Saturday. She was 92.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (September 17, 2015) – Retired Covenant pastor Dwight E. Elving, 99, died Thursday. A memorial service will be conducted at Covenant Shores Retirement Community in Mercer Island at 2 p.m. October 11, what would have been his […]

SPOKANE, WA (September 3, 2015) — Retired Covenant pastor Carl Joseph King, 86, died Wednesday. He was born on December 29, 1929, to Walter and Anna King in Green City, Missouri.

BATAVIA, IL (September 2, 2015) — Isabella Sandquist, widow of Covenant minister Richard (Dick) Sandquist, died August 23. She was 103.

SAN ANTONIO, TX (August 24, 2015) — Sherron Hughes-Tremper, one of the first two women to be ordained in the Covenant, died this morning. Services are pending.

BROOMFIELD, CO (August 3, 2015) — Delmar Anderson, former superintendent of the Pacific Northwest Conference and director of the Department of Church Growth and Evangelism (CGE), died Saturday. He was 84.

OAKLAND, CA (July 10, 2015) – The memorial service for Bryan Jeffery Leech, one of the Covenant’s most prolific hymn writers, will be conducted at First Covenant Church of Oakland at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 15. He died June 30.

WALNUT CREEK, CA (July 2, 2015) — Anyone who has sung from a Covenant Hymnal in the last 40 years quite likely sang songs written by Covenant minister Bryan Jeffery Leech, who died Tuesday at the age of 84.

LEONARDVILLE, KS (June 23, 2015) – Barbara Ann Rundquist, 83, of Leonardville, passed away Monday, June 8, 2015, at her home. She was the wife of retired Covenant pastor Dolan Rundquist.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 11, 2015) — Retired Covenant missionary Ruth Noren, 90, died Wednesday night. Ruth was born on April 30, 1925 to Albert and Signe Lundber in Red Oak, Iowa, where her father was pastor of the Covenant church. […]

CLACKAMAS, OR (May 4, 2015) — Darlene (Robb) Carlson, wife of Kurt Carlson, the Pacific Northwest Conference director of church planting, died Friday after a long battle with cancer.

MONDOVI, WI (April 17, 2015) – Covenant minister Clifford Eugene Biel died Sunday, April 12. He was 78.

PLANTATION, FL (April 13, 2015) — Carol Louise Bringerud, former missionary to Japan, died April 1, 2015, at Covenant Village of Florida. She was 91.

TURLOCK, CA (April 9, 2015) — Barbara (Lundell) Strom, the widow of Covenant pastor C. Milton Strom, died March 30. She was 95. Barbara was born in May 1919. In 1941, she earned a degree in elementary education from San Jose […]

SAN DIEGO, CA (March 10, 2015) – Retired Pacific Southwest Conference Superintendent Luverne Sands, 88, died Monday. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Clairemont Covenant Church.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (February 23, 2015) — Memorial services for Genevie (Sheppard) Hodgin, widow of Covenant minister Worth Hodgin, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at Covenant Shores Retirement Community. She died January 15, one week before […]

REDFORD, MI (February 19, 2015) — Kathleen Kleinert, founding physician of Covenant Community Care, a faith-based health center in Detroit, died February 11 after suffering a heart attack. She was sixty.

CHICAGO, IL (February 13, 2015) — Joy Lynn Champion, a bi-vocational pastor with Modesto Covenant Church and a former Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC) executive board member, died on February 12 after a long battle with breast cancer.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (January 31, 2015) – A memorial service for retired Covenant minister Eric Josephson, 87, was conducted December 30, 2014, at Covenant Shores Retirement Community. A Graveside service also was held that day.

WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN (January 30, 2015) – Alyce (Larson) Hawkinson, widow of Covenant minister and administrator Jim Hawkinson, died Wednesday. She was 81.

BATAVIA, IL (January 14, 2015) — Retired Covenant pastor Ralph Youngman, 84, died Tuesday. He was born February 6, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from North Park College and earned a bachelor of arts degree in education and English […]

PENFIELD, NE (January 13, 2015) — A memorial service was held Saturday, January 10, at the Penfield Presbyterian Church for Marilyn L. (Danielson) Dirksen, wife of retired Covenant minister Ralph Dirksen.

LOVELAND, CO (December 3, 2014) — A memorial service for retired Covenant minister Loyd Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. today at LifeSpring Covenant Church in Loveland. Loyd, 90, died November 23.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (November 5, 2014) — Retired Covenant pastor and North Park University professor Elder M. Lindahl died Monday. He was 88.

DASSEL, MN (October 23, 2014) — Helen (Johnson) Anderson, widow of Covenant pastor Gilbert Anderson, died Thursday, October 16. She was 100.

MINNETONKA, MN (October 22, 2014) — Retired Covenant missionary Joy (Moberg) Lundquist, 88, died Friday.

OSAGE CITY, KS (October 22, 2014) — Retired Covenant pastor and missionary Homer Melgren, 90, died Monday, October 20.

LENEXA, KS (October 21, 2014) — A funeral service for Maynette (Sellin) Lindell, 93, widow of Covenant minister Glenn Lindell, was held October 13 at Hillcrest Covenant Church. She died October 8.

LAKE GENEVA, WI (October 18, 2014) — Retired president of Covenant Trust Company Charles “Chuck” Walles, 76, died this morning. He had been in hospice care. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 2, in Anderson Chapel […]

CHICAGO, IL (October 10, 2014) — If you were ever overwhelmed by the amount of posters, bulletins, information packets, appeals—anything printed on paper—from Covenant Offices, it was always Jan Gray who was overwhelmed first.

BATAVIA, IL (September 19, 2014) — A public memorial service for Fernly Johnson, who helped guide the medical work at Swedish Covenant Hospital and form the Paul Carlson Medical Group, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 19, at […]

SPRING VALLEY, CA (September 17, 2014) — Retired Covenant pastor and missionary Dean Erickson, 89, died Monday morning. Memorial services at Mount Miguel Covenant Village will be at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 27 in the Bailey Center.

REDWOOD CITY, CA (August 26, 2014) — A memorial service for former Covenant minister Marc Segal, 59, was held August 2 at Peninsula Covenant Church. He died July 8.

CHICAGO, IL (August 5, 2014) — Philip Eugene Johnson, husband of Covenant executive minister Evelyn Johnson, died Monday after a long illness. He was 83.

LENEXA, KS (August 1, 2014) — Retired Covenant minister Glenn LeRoy Lindell, 94, died on Wednesday, July 30.

CROMWELL, CT (July 31, 2014) — C. Ernest Harman, 97, died on Tuesday, July 29. He was preceded in death by his wife, Grayce (Bortner) Harman.

BEMUS POINT, NY (June 30, 2014) — Rosemary E. Johnson, 89, widow of Covenant pastor Eldon H. Johnson, died Thursday.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (June 26, 2014) – Retired Covenant minister Gary Willard Downing, 67, died Wednesday. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church of Minnehaha Falls. Visitation will be an hour prior. Congregations he […]

QUITO, ECUADOR (May 20, 2014) — Retired Covenant missionary Helen (Peterson) Yepez died Monday.

SAN DIEGO, CA (May 19, 2014) — Russell Camp, who helped guide the Covenant’s early missionary work in Ecuador, died Saturday.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 16, 2014) — A funeral service for retired parish minister Alice Anna (Kramer) Danielson, 95, was held April 15 at Augustana Care Center in Minneapolis.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (May 14, 2014) — Gladys (Dickson) White, widow of Al White, died Wednesday. Services will be Saturday, but a time is pending.

SAN JOSE, CA (MAY 8, 2014) — The funeral service for Covenant pastor William Waters, 58, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Alum Rock Church. He died April 12.

SPRING VALLEY, CA (May 7, 2014) — Retired Covenant pastor Alton Peterson, 85, died Monday, May 5. The service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 16 at Mount Miguel Covenant Village Bailey Center.

BATAVIA, IL (May 2, 2014) — A funeral service for Gary Pierce, the husband of Covenant Chaplain Sally Pierce, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Batavia United Methodist Church.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (April 17, 2014) — Muriel Rocene, 87, who worked in the Covenant Offices accounting department for 40 years, died April 10.

PARKSTON, SD (April 15, 2014) — Ruth Barram, 97, a Covenant missionary and widow of Covenant minister Norm Barram, died Saturday.

CHICAGO, IL (April 15, 2014) — Ida Dawn Mortimer, 80, one of the founding members and a pastor of Jesus People USA Covenant Church, died Thursday, March 27, after an extended illness.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 2, 2014) — Former Covenant missionary Joyce (Anderson) Lundell, 89, widow of former Covenant minister Ken Lundell, died Monday. Services are pending.

BOSTON, MA (March 17, 2014) — Virginia “Ginny” (Lagh) Johnson, wife of retired Covenant pastor Alden Johnson, died Wednesday.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (March 10, 2014) — Al White, who served Covenant High School in Alaska for more than two decades as a missionary, died Sunday. He was 92.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (March 10, 2014) — Al White, who served Covenant High School in Alaska for more than two decades as a missionary, died Sunday. He was 92.

GREENSBORO, NC (February 12, 2014) — David Bowden, 47, associate pastor at Trinity Covenant Church, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.

ELLSWORTH, WI (February 4, 2014) — Retired Covenant pastor David McDowell,  62, died Saturday. McDowell was born September 7, 1951, in Iron Mountain, Michigan. He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Northern Michigan University and a master of divinity […]

DES MOINES, IA (January 31, 2014) — A memorial service for Margaret Linnea (Dahlstrom) Swanson, 102, widow of Covenant pastor Milton Swanson, was conducted Sunday at Valley View Village, where she had lived. She died January 23.

NASHVILLE, TN (January 24, 2014) — Robert Dawson, 86, pastor of the first predominantly African American church in the Covenant, died Sunday.

WILMETTE, IL (January 9, 2014) — Retired Covenant missionary Carl “Cully” Edstrom died Wednesday at the age of 95. 

CAMBRIDGE, NY (January 2, 2014) — A celebration of life service with military honors was held Sunday for retired Covenant pastor Richard “Dick” Clarke Brookes, who died December 23. He was 69.

MOUNT VERNON, WA (December 31, 2013) — The memorial service for retired Covenant pastor John Wilkens will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bethany Covenant Church. Wilkens, 90, died December 21.

TURLOCK, CA (December 23, 2013) – Clarice Stark, 86, widow of Covenant minister Wayne Stark, died Thursday.

MOUNT VERNON, WA (December 23, 2013) – Retired Covenant pastor John C. Wilkens passed away on December 21, 2013, at the age of 90. He was active through the last day of his life, and died peacefully in his home […]

VANCOUVER, BC (November 22, 2013)—When Patricia Olson was in her forties, she went to college to earn a degree in early childhood education with a focus on children with special needs. When she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she participated […]

MERCER ISLAND, WA (November 22, 2013)—Earl M. VanDerVeer, retired Covenant pastor and the denomination’s first executive secretary of the Board of the Ministry, died this morning.

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN (November 6, 2013) — Marjorie (Sill) Anderson, 94, widow of Covenant pastor C. Reuben Anderson, died November 1.

CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA (October 30, 2013) — Virginia (Hauser) Glucklich, 66, wife of retired Covenant pastor Walter Glucklich, died October 26 after battling cancer for more than four years.

TURLOCK, CA (October 2, 2013) – Lloyd Ahlem, a psychologist who became the first lay president of North Park College and Theological Seminary and the administrator of Covenant Village of Turlock, died Sunday morning following an extended illness.

SACRAMENTO, CA (October 1, 2013) — The funeral service for Covenant pastor Sherwood Carthen will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Capital Christian Center in Sacramento. Interment will follow immediately after at Sacramento Memorial Lawn.

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (September 30, 2013) — Arthur W. Anderson, retired Covenant pastor and former administrator of Minnehaha Academy, died Saturday.

TURLOCK, CA (September 29, 2013) – Lloyd H. Ahlem, the first layperson to serve as president of North Park University and a former director of Covenant Village of Turlock, died  this morning. Ahlem served North Park from 1970 to 1979, […]

SACRAMENTO, CA (September 25, 2013) – Sherwood C. Carthen, founding pastor of Bayside of South Sacramento and chaplain for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, died at 2 p.m. today of a heart attack. He was 54.

JAMESTOWN, NY (September 5, 2013) – Retired Covenant pastor Eldon H. Johnson, who served Zion Covenant Church here for 31 years, died Wednesday. A celebration of life service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church.

LINCOLN, CA (September 4, 2013) – Covenant minister Karen (Van Steenwyk) Hearl, wife of retired Covenant pastor Alan Hearl and a strong advocate of leadership training for women, died Monday following a long battle with cancer. She was 74.

PORTLAND, OR (August 14, 2013) – Marian Adele (Kirk) Newton, wife of retired Covenant pastor Ed Newton, died August 7, less than a week after learning she had acute cancer.

CORNUCOPIA, WI (August 9, 2013) – Retired Covenant pastor Jerome (Jerry) Engseth, 82, died Sunday. A memorial service was held Thursday at the Luther Manor Chapel.

CHICAGO, IL (August 7, 2013)—The memorial service for Richard Carlson, professor emeritus of North Park Theological Seminary and former pastor, will be live-streamed at CovChurch.tv/live.

CHICAGO, IL (July 29, 2013) – A memorial service for Richard Carlson, professor emeritus of ministry at North Park Theological Seminary and a former Covenant pastor, will be conducted on Sunday, August 11, at 2:30 p.m. in Anderson Chapel on […]

By Stan Friedman CHICAGO, IL (July 27, 2013) – Richard Carlson, professor emeritus of ministry at North Park Theological Seminary and a former pastor, died early this morning after a long battle with esophageal cancer.

BOURBONNAIS, IL (July 18, 2013) – Marion V. (Peterson) Franklin, widow of Covenant pastor Theodore Franklin, died June 6. She was 92.

Dorothy J. Train, Covenant pastor Edmund Train’s wife and former teacher at North Park Academy, died Thursday, July 11. She was ninety-three.

NORTHBROOK, IL (June 24, 2013) – Visitation will be observed this evening (Monday) for Ray Dahlberg, executive director emeritus of world mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church, who died Friday evening.

NORTHBROOK, IL (June 22, 2013) – A memorial service will be conducted this coming Tuesday evening for Ray Dahlberg, executive director emeritus of world mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church, who died Friday evening.

ANCHORAGE, AK (June 21, 2013) – A service for Isabelle (Hill) Toots, wife of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Nathan Toots, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Covenant Church. She died June 17.

ANCHORAGE, AK (June 18, 2013) – Isabelle Toots, wife of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Nathan Toots, died Monday. Services are pending.

NORTHBROOK, IL (June 17, 2013) – Funeral services for Lois Axelson, widow of Nils G. Axelson, were held at Northbrook Covenant Church on Friday. She died June 9.

TURLOCK, CA (May 14, 2013) – A memorial service for Doris (Reymerth) Derby, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor L. Jackson Derby, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Covenant Village of Turlock. Derby, 98, died May 1.

RIDGEFIELD, WA (May 13, 2013) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Charles Edward Nelson, 84, will be conducted at 2 p.m. June 8 at the Cascades Camp and Conference Center in Yelm, Washington. He died May […]

DETROIT, MI (May 8, 2013) – A Celebration of Life service will be conducted this coming Saturday, May 11, for Larry Sherman, associate superintendent of the Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), who died Tuesday aboard a […]

SURREY, BC (May 2, 2013) – A Celebration of Life memorial service will be conducted Friday, May 10, for Albert Josephson, 88, who died Tuesday. The date and time of the service reflects a change – the original published notice […]

SURREY, BC (May 1, 2013) – Albert Josephson is being remembered today as one of the “pillars” of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada, where he served as pastor and superintendent.

MIDDLEVILLE, MI (April 24, 2013) – Services are pending for Dave Korsen, 57, pastor of Morning Star Covenant Church, who died Tuesday night.

SANTA ROSA, CA (April 15, 2013) – A memorial service was conducted earlier this year for John Strong who passed away on January 21 at age 66 following a battle with cancer.

MOLINE, IL (April 4, 2013) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Norris Peterson, 85, will be conducted at First Covenant Church on April 27. He died Tuesday.

PLANTATION, FL (March 11, 2013) – A memorial service is pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Anne (Busk) Ericson. She died Friday.

MOUNT VERNON, WA (March 2, 2013) – A memorial service for Ruth S. Wilkens, wife of retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor John C. Wilkens, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Bethany Covenant Church. She died Thursday.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (February 14, 2013) – A memorial service for Ruth N. (Cheramy) Erickson, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Roy Erickson, will be conducted at 2 p.m. February 23 at Covenant Shores Retirement Community.

LONGVIEW, WA (February 4, 2013) – A memorial service was conducted for retired Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Lars Edward “Ed” Nelson on January 12 at Calvary Community Church. Nelson died December 30, 2012.

CHICAGO, IL (January 29, 2013) – A funeral service for Teofisto Nelson C. Gaurano, pastor of Community Evangelical Covenant Church, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Covenant Church.

SAN DIEGO, CA (January 11, 2013) – A memorial service for Sue Enns, 88, wife of retired Evangelical Covenant missionary Marlan Enns, was conducted January 5 at Mount Miguel Covenant Village. She died January 2.

LOVELAND, CO (December 4, 2012) – Funeral services for Ann J. Carlson, 94, wife of retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Irving Carlson, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday , December 5, in Loveland. She died November 26.

PLANTATION, FL (November 20, 2012) – Retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Marie Elizabeth (Cottrell) Rojas, 92, will be remembered during the quarterly Memorial Service at Covenant Village of Florida on January 20.

WOODLAND, CA (November 12, 2012) – A memorial service for John Withem, 58, senior pastor of Bayside Woodland Covenant, will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Woodland Community Center. He died November 4.

WOODLAND, CA (November 8, 2012) – Services are pending for John Withem, 58, senior pastor of Bayside Woodland Covenant Church, who died Sunday following a lengthy battle with cancer.

OMAHA, NE (November 7, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Robert Kronberg will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. next Tuesday, November 13, at Swedeburg Covenant Church in Swedeburg, Nebraska. He died last Sunday.

BATAVIA, IL (October 16, 2012) – A memorial service for Edith (Nelson) Larson, wife of retired pastor Robert A. Larson, was conducted October 7 in Michealsen Chapel on the campus of the Holmstad Retirement Community. Larson, 84, died October 4.

CHICAGO, IL (September 12, 2012) – Helen B. Swanson, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Richard J. Swanson, died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Chicago. She was three days shy of her ninety-first birthday.

BATAVIA, IL (August 3, 2012) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister and administrator Harry Ekstam, 94, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 18, at Batavia Covenant Church. Pastor Mark Nilson will officiate. Ekstam died […]

SUN CITY WEST, AZ (July 10, 2012) – A memorial service was conducted Friday for former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Morland Adell, 86, who died June 28. The service was held at Desert Garden United Church of Christ.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 18, 2012) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor and missionary Edwin D. Noren will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Covenant Church. Noren, 88, died Sunday.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (May 31, 2012) – A memorial service was conducted today for Lillian (Rendahl) Hanson, widow of Ralph Hanson, executive secretary emeritus of the Department of World Mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC).

MERCER ISLAND, WA (May 31, 2012) – A memorial service for Margaret (Anderson) Larson, 91, is tentatively planned for July 21 at Covenant Shores retirement community in Mercer Island.

FREEPORT, IL (May 29, 2012) – An ecumenical memorial worship service for Evangelical Covenant Church Chaplain Donald Swanson, 55, will be conducted at 11 a.m. June 1 at Bethany United Church of Christ, 2341 West Stephenson Street in Freeport.

MOUNT VERNON, WA (May 23, 2012) – A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, May 26, for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Roger W. Wiganosky who died May 13 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon.

NORTHBROOK, IL (May 22, 2012) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor C. LaVerne Erickson, 101, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Covenant Village of Northbrook. He died Friday, May 18.

CROMWELL, CT (May 22, 2012) – A memorial service was conducted today for June (Meyers) Rask, 91, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor K. Ejnar Rask.

KENT, WASHINGTON (May 14, 2012) – A memorial service was conducted May 6 for R. Marlys ( Challgren) Carlson, 86, widow of former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Wally Carlson. She died May 5.

NORTHBROOK, IL (May 10, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary and pastor George Welch, 100, will be conducted in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday. He died Monday at Brandel Care Center in Northbrook, Illinois.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (May 9, 2012) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Donald Pearson, 85, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday (tomorrow) at Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, Minnesota. He died Monday.

CALGARY, AB (May 7, 2012) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Wesley Morris, 86, was conducted Saturday at Foothills Alliance Church. He died April 29.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (May 4, 2012) – A memorial service is being conducted today at Covenant Shores Health Care Center for Beatrice (Johnson) Bjorklund, 94, widow of former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Paul Bjorklund. She died April 16.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 1, 2012) – A memorial service is pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Ken Lundell, 89, who died Friday. A military service and burial will be at Fort Snelling on Wednesday. Tentative plans are for a […]

SAN ANGELO, TX (April 12, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor James Curtis Jennings, 92, was conducted April 5 in San Angelo, Texas. He died April 2.

MARSHFIELD, WI (April 5, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister Ernest Matson, 83, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion United Methodist Church. He died Monday.

NORTHBROOK, IL (March 26, 2012) – A memorial service will be conducted in April for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Howard H. Carlstrom, 88, who died Saturday at Covenant Village of Northbrook where he had lived for 13 years.

BATAVIA, IL (March 21, 2012) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Pembroke Taylor, 83, will be held at Batavia Covenant Church at 11 a.m. March 31. Taylor died March 13.

BANGOR, ME (March 20, 2012) – A memorial observance to honor retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Donald L. Olson, who died last Thursday, will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 24 at Brooking-Smith Funeral Home.

GLENBURN, MN (March 16, 2012) – Funeral services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Donald L. Olson, 85, who died Thursday night.

LIBERTYVILLE, IL (February 26, 2012) – A funeral service for Rollie Carlson, former president of Covenant Ministries of Benevolence (CMB) of the Evangelical Covenant Church, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at Libertyville Covenant Church, 250 South […]

GRANTSBURG, WI (February 21, 2012) – A funeral service for Beth (Cole) Swanson, 97, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church minister Earl Swanson, will be conducted at 11 a.m. April 7 at Calvary Covenant Church. She died February 13 in Ft. […]

WESTMINSTER, CO (February 20, 2012) – A memorial service will be conducted for retired Evangelical Covenant Church medical missionary Clitus Olson, 95, at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Covenant Village of Colorado.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 14, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister Donald B. Krause, 86, will be conducted at 2 p.m. on February 25 at Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, Minnesota. He died February 7.

BARNES, WI (February 13, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church chaplain Earl Towner, 70, was conducted at Barnes Community Church on Saturday. He died Wednesday.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (February 8, 2012) – Funeral services will be conducted for former Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Irene (Johnson) Anderson, 88, at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Covenant Village of Golden Valley. She died last Friday.

NORTHBROOK, IL (January 24, 2012) – A memorial service for June (Tournell) Bjorklund will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, at Northbrook Covenant Church.

MILWAUKIE, OR (January 19, 2012) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Allan C. Johnson, 75, will be conducted at 6 p.m. January 25 at Milwaukie Covenant Church. He died Tuesday.

NORTHBROOK, IL (January 13, 2012) – A memorial service is pending for June (Tournell) Bjorklund, 90, who died Thursday. She was the widow of Clifford Bjorklund, whose ministry included serving as Secretary of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

PLANTATION, FL (January 10, 2011) – A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor and missionary L. Daniel Ericson, 89, who died last Saturday.

WESTMINSTER, CO (December 8, 2011) – A memorial service for Dory (Anderson) Anderson, 87, who died this morning, will be conducted at 10 a.m. January 7 at Covenant Village of Colorado.

TURLOCK, CA (November 11, 2011) – A memorial service for retired missionary Norman Dwight, 86, will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15  at Hilmar Covenant Church.

TURLOCK, CA (November 10, 2011) – Services are pending for retired Covenant missionary Norman Dwight, 86, who died yesterday. He was a resident of Covenant Village in Turlock, California.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (October 27, 2011) – A memorial service was conducted Monday for Hazel L. Dokken, 94, who died October 18. She was the widow of retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Justin Dokken.

ROSEAU, MN (October 15, 2011) – Covenant News Service has learned of the death of Margaret (Gustafson) Lindholm, 98, widow of two Evangelical Covenant Church pastors, C. Gustav Anderson and Leonard Lindholm. She died September 18.

RED WING, MN (October 13, 2011) – A funeral service for Ingeborg (Langager) Skurdal, 99, widow of former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Sverre Skurdal, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Covenant Church. She died Tuesday.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA (September 6, 2011) – Covenant News Service has learned of the death of former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Burton Swardstrom, 76, who died in June.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (August 25, 2011) – Two services have been scheduled for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Worth Vernon Hodgin who died last Saturday, August 20, in Mercer Island.

ROCKFORD, IL (August 24, 2011) – A funeral service will be conducted on Friday for Sigrid Nelson, widow of deceased Evangelical Covenant pastor Robert H. Nelson, who died Monday at The Holmstad in Batavia.

ALBERTA, CA (August 22, 2011) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Evangeline “Vangie” (Ericson) Dennis will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Malmo Mission Covenant Church.

CHICAGO, IL (July 28, 2011) – Evangelical Covenant Church ministers are expressing their appreciation for the life and writing of John Stott, considered one of the most influential evangelical scholars of the past 100 years. Stott, 90, died Wednesday.

CALUMET PARK, IL (July 26, 2011) – A funeral service for M. Randolph Thompson, 55, senior pastor of Community Covenant Church, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.

BRONX, NY (July 21, 2011) – A funeral service for Sandra (Smalls) Mosby, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Jerry Mosby, was conducted Tuesday evening at Fellowship Covenant Church. She died July 14.

SPRING VALLEY, CA (July 18, 2011) – A memorial service is being planned for Elaine (Lundstrom) Ahlstedt, 91, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church minister Jerome Ahlstedt. No date has been set.

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HIGHLAND, MI (July 12, 2011) – A funeral service was conducted Monday for Bonnie (Loop) Gelaude, 60, wife of Ronald C. Gelaude, pastor of Connexions Covenant Church in Dexter, Michigan.

DEXTER, MI (July 8, 2011) – Services are pending for Bonnie Gelaude, wife of Connexions Covenant Church Pastor Ron Gelaude. She died Thursday night.

CHICAGO, IL (June 7, 2011) – A funeral service for Dr. Willie B. Jemison, 81, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oakdale Covenant Church, where he was pastor emeritus. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. on […]

CHICAGO, IL (June 5, 2011) – Services are pending for Dr. Willie B. Jemison, retired senior pastor of Oakdale Covenant Church, who died this morning (Sunday).

By Don Meyer CHICAGO, IL (May 27, 2011) – Expressions of sympathy and affirmations of a life well lived continue to flow in the aftermath of the death of James R. Hawkinson, who died Tuesday from complications following surgery May […]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 25, 2011) – A funeral service for Gladys Fryhling Wickman, 93, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Paul Fryhling, will be conducted at 7 p.m. June 2 at First Covenant Church in Minneapolis. Wickman, 93, died Tuesday.

WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN (May 24, 2011) – Two services are planned for James R. Hawkinson who died this morning in a St. Paul hospital from complications following surgery on May 5.

DASSEL, MN (May 2, 2011) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Gerald Alger, 74, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Church in Walker, Minnesota. He died April 26.

MERCER ISLAND (April 13, 2011) – Retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Paul Bjorklund, 94, died March 23.

SAN DIEGO, CA (April 12, 2011) – Two memorial services for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Jerry Reed, 73, have been announced – one to take place later this month and one in May. Reed died early Sunday morning.

PORTLAND, OR (April 7, 2011) – A memorial service for former Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Frank Ashley, 60, was conducted March 20 at Sunnyside Methodist Church. He died March 17.

MERCER ISLAND, WA (April 6, 2011) – A memorial service for Margaret (Gusarson) Markuson, 94, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church minister Aaron Markuson, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Covenant Shores Retirement Community. She died April 1.

JAMESTOWN, NY (April 6, 2011) – A memorial service for Elaine (Ringbloom) Swanson, 89, widow of former Great Lakes Superintendent Harry Swanson, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Covenant Church. She died Saturday.

RICHMOND, VA (March 24, 2011) – A memorial service for Dorothy (Mulholland) Lake, 78, will be conducted at 11 a.m. on April 9 at Lakeside United Methodist Church here.

VANCOUVER, WA (March 21, 2011) – A private memorial service for Margaret Zylstra Davidson, 84, retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary, will be conducted April 2 in Vancouver. She died March 15.

AUBURN, WA (March 9, 2011) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Dan Dungan, 66, will be conducted at 2 p.m. March 19 at Midway Community Covenant Church in Des Moines, Washington.

SHOREVIEW, MN (February 28, 2011) – A memorial service was conducted Friday for former Evangelical Covenant Church minister Jon Collins, 60, who died last Tuesday.

CROMWELL, CT (February 16, 2011) – A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday for David Peterson, 83, an Evangelical Covenant Church retired pastor who died this morning. The service will be at Hilltop Covenant Church in Cromwell.

VENICE, FL (February 16, 2011) – Services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Franklin G. Hagberg, 84, who died Saturday night.

COLUMBIA, MD (January 31, 2011) – A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, February 12, for Sally Olsson, 97, who died January 23 at her home at Vantage House in Columbia.

FARGO, ND (January 25, 2011) – A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday for Franklin D. Lindquist, Sr., a former Evangelical Covenant Church missionary who died last Sunday following a brief illness.

CHICAGO, IL (January 24, 2011) – Word has been received of the death of Sally Olsson, wife of the late Karl A. Olsson.

BATAVIA, IL (January 14, 2011) – A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, January 29, for retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister E. Lincoln Pearson, 93, who died January 8.

BATAVIA, IL (January 10, 2011) – Services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister E. Lincoln Pearson, 93, who died Saturday.

SALEM, OR (December 17, 2010) – A memorial service for Marilyn (Skytte) Lundgren, 83, the wife of retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Richard Lundgren, will be conducted at 4 p.m. January 8 at Emmanuel Bible Church in Salem. She died […]