Rev. Fred Kramer
Rev. Martin Rothe

Anniversary
service set at
city church

. A special anniversary
service will be held at 11
a.m. Sunday at Trinity Lu-
theran Church, honoring the
Rev. Fred Kramer and the
Rev. Martin Rothe.

Kramer is celebrating his
55th anniversary and Rothe
his 50th anniversary of work
in the Lutheran Church, Mis-
souri Synod.

Services will be conducted
by the Rev. Jacob A.O.
Preus, who served as presi-
dent of Concordia Seminary,
Springfield, from 1962 to
1969.

Kramer was graduated
from St. Louis Seminary in
1927, received his masters
degree from the University
of Michigan in 1951, and an
honorary doctorate from
Concordia, St. Louis, in 1960.
He served several. parishes
in Kansas prior to teaching
at St. John's College, Win-
field, Kan., and Concordia.
Seminary, Springfield. He re-
tired in 1976.

Rothe was graduated from
Concordia Seminary, Spring-
field, in 1932. He took post-
graduate work at St. Louis
and Springfield seminaries.
He served several parishes
in Arkansas, Kentucky, Illi-
nois, and Indiana before re-
tiring from the active
ministry in 1973, to become
visiting pastor of Trinity Lu-
theran Church. He still
serves in that capacity.