Welcome! This sharing forum is an ongoing dialogue between classmates. Please post your prayer requests for healing, thanksgiving, peace of mind, visitation, special needs, etc. We want to support you in your times of need.

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Regina Shull (Hahn)

Maurie and I would like to thank you for including us in your prayers. Last week was a difficult one for Maurie but he seems to be doing better today. We continue to pray for faith and courage for all of our classmates.

Nancy Doctor (Wheeler)

Hi Regina and Maurie!  I just wanted you to know that I am thinking about you!  I know this has been a difficult time for you both!  You are in my prayers and in my heart!  May God give you strength and courage in the days ahead!  God Bless You!  Nancy

Mark Gerberding

Dear Classmates, hale and hearty and/or winged a bit,

         A big thank you to those who have been keeping this forum going.  Busyness, or is that some of the old laziness, has kept me from adding words of comfort to those who are hurting.  Gift with words has never been my long suite but thoughts of love and encouragement are extended from here in the Valley Of The Little Raccoon to Concordia classmates around the world. 

                                    Love,   Debra and Mark Gerberding

Kathryn Walle (Eggold)

Asking continued prayers for Jim Hitzeman as he is still in the treatment stage of cancer. Kathy Walle Eggold.

Steven Kammeyer

Please keep David Egts in your prayers.  He has just completed another chemo treatment and should bounce back in a few days.  He has one more scheduled in late July and after that another evalation will be made.

Dave has lung cancer and also cancer of the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are inoperable.

Novelle Doehrmann (Weiss)

Cart  and  I  are  Keeping  David  and  Jim  In  out  Prayers.

God  Bless  them  and  their  famly's  and  care  givers.

Novelle

Novelle Doehrmann (Weiss)

Hi  to  all  the  class.

I am  very  sad  to  report  that  Cart  had  a  stroke  on  Sept. 1,15  and  is  now  in  rehab.

Things  are  not  going  to  well.  Age  is  also  a  big  factor. His  right  side  does  not  walk  to  well  and  he  can  not  walk  right  now. Cart  could  be  wheel chair  bound.  Please  keep  us  in  your  prayers. Just  give  me  the  strength  from  day  to  day. I  know  there  is  a  lot  of  us  in  the  same  boat  so  how  about  one  prayer  for  all  who  are  in  need  of  physical  or  mental  needs.

Thank  you  one  and  all

NoVelle

Beverly Belles (Neilson)

Novelle,

So sorry to hear about Cart. Keeping you both in our prayers.

Bev

Sandra Kruse (Gobrogge)

Dear Novelle,  I am sorry to hear of your husband's stroke and what is ahead of both of you.  You will be his salt and light with the Spirit's guidance.  You always have the most positive attitude.

Praying for comple restoration of health.

Sandy Gobrogge 

Thomas Huge

Dear Novelle, Very sorry to hear of your family's struggle. Thinking of you and praying for you.

Sara Baals (Hewes)

Novelle,

So sorry to hear about Cart.  Will keep you both in my prayers.  It was a blessing that he was able to visit

family and  friends with you so recently in Fort Wayne.

Sara

Steven Hans

Novelle, Sorry to hear about Cart.  We will keep you  and hime in our prayers. 

Steve

Marilyn Rodenbeck (Van Dolah)

Novelle,

   I am sorry to hear your husband had a stroke.  Keep strong during this difficult time.  I truly believe the struggles in life make us stronger people. I will keep both of you in my prayers.

Marilyn Van Dolah

Margaret Poling (Braun)

Hi, Novelle,  I pray that by now Cart is showing some improvement and that through prayer and therapy, he will become more mobile.  You have always been a strong person and your faith and trust in the Lord will see you through this ordeal.  May God bless the doctors and therapists with the right knowledge to help Cart get well.

Love,  Marge

Beverly Belles (Neilson)

Sending condolences and prayers of comfort to the Gerberding family on the death of Mark's brother Miles Gerberding.

Novelle Doehrmann (Weiss)

Dear  Mark  and  Family

Cart  and  I  are  so  sorry  for  your  loss.  I  lost  my  brother  10  years  ago and  the  hurt  never  leaves.  It  just  stays  in  our  memories.  Always  good  memories.

You  and  your  family  are  in  our  prayers.  God  bless  you  always.

Cart  and  NoVelle  Franklin

Beverly Belles (Neilson)

Praying for a full recovery for Martha Bowers Grush as she continues to recover at home from back surgery.

Mark Gerberding

Dear Classmates:   This is a second try at thanking you who feel sympathetic for our family's loss of the eldest sibling, Miles.  He had 85 great years of living.  We lost a sister, Charlotte, in 2013.  It is now down to three of us.  Death seems to be such a waste; shouldn't it be outlawed?  

        Best wishes and Christian love to  each of you.

                                                                                             Debra and Mark Gerberding

Steven Kammeyer

NoVelle Doehrmann Franklin & husband Cart Franklin

Last evening I talked with NoVelle and she asked for prayers for Carts recovery and prayers to help her with the medical issues.  This past Monday Cart fell and broke his hip.  It was "fixed" on Monday evening and now the healing and recover process has started .Cart is a wonderful young man at age 95 and in good spirits.  He will probably be moved in a few days to a recovery center.  A few months ago he suffered a stroke and was recovering with the help of a walker.  When we visited him in September he was lifting his legs and doing rather good. Then he progressed on to a walker for assistance.  Their computer crashed, to add to NoVelle's challenges and she will not be emailing or on this website untill the new computer arrives and all the necessary items are loaded in.  So, be patient in trying to contact her for several days and she will be calling some of her friends when she has the time.  Keep them in your prayers.

Beverly Belles (Neilson)

Sending condolence and prayers to the Tom Lewis family, brother of Steve Lewis.

TOM LEWIS, 84, died peacefully on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at Cornerstone Hospice, Tavares, Fla., surrounded by his family. Born Aug. 31, 1931, in Fort Wayne, he spent most of his life in Indiana where he and Ruth enjoyed many enduring friendships, including their beloved bridge club. Tom was a graduate of Concordia Lutheran High School and Valparaiso University. He was a founding member of the Concordia Educational Foundation. Tom served Stateside in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was President of Lewis & Christen Office Supply Co. Inc. in Fort Wayne. Tom was a devout Christian and active in the Lutheran Church. He served as an Elder and on stewardship committees, sang in the choir, and volunteered for other church events. Since becoming Florida residents over 20 ago, Ruth and Tom divided their time between Florida and Indiana. Tom had a lifelong love affair with the family cottage in Indiana. He was an avid reader, golfer, boater and fisherman - always looking forward to putting the dock in the water every spring. Tom is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ruth; brother, Stephen (Elaine); and sister, Cynthia (Richard). He was the loving father of four children, Martin (Diane), Karla (Michael), Krista (Fritz), and Marcus (Mariana); and grandfather of eight grandchildren, Kirsten, Michaela, Broderick, Johanna, Anneliese, Fritz Thomas, Katharina, and Madison. He was preceded in death by his parents, Velma and Robert Lewis. Service is 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14,2015, at Faith Lutheran Church, 2727 S. Grove St., Eustis, Fla. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Concordia Educational Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or Peace Lutheran Church Fremont, Ind. For information and guestbook, contact Page-Theus Funeral Home,www.PageTheus.com or (352)787-5511.

Stephen Lewis

Thanks for posting notice about the death of my brother Tom.  He was a mentor and friend.

Thomas Huge

Steve, I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my sincerest sympathies for you and your family. 

Beverly Belles (Neilson)

Facebook request from the family of Steve Lewis ...

Sarah Lewis is with Steve Lewis and Elaine Korte Lewis.

We are going through a very, very rough time right now. Please, no questions or details, but I am asking that you all keep my mom, Elaine, my dad, Stephen (Steve), my brother, Matt, and myself in your thought and prayers.

Dr. John Johnson

Thank you for letting us know about your family. I was in Steve's class and sat next to Elaine in a Latin class. Both are very precious people and I will offer my heartfelt prayers for them and you and Matt. John Johnson

Beverly Belles (Neilson)

I received this message from Carol. Fishers is in central Indiana northeast of Indianapolis. Please post any requests here or give Carol a call.

I am Carol McConnell Campbell and would like to be placed on the list of caregivers.  As a Stephen Leader in our church I am aware of the needs of others.  I live in Fishers, IN, and my cell phone # is 317, 432-7889.

Blessings to you,
Carol