Class photographs · 1945–2016

Confirmation
through the years.

These photographs and captions record confirmation classes at Our Redeemer from 1945 to 2016. Select a year to view the class and read the names preserved in the church’s display.

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17 class records · A growing archive

1945View class ↗

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James Anthony Baker
Elsa Jean Baker
Willie Charles Eberenz
Carolyn Joyce Gersch
John Frederick Hickman
Paul Hugh Metzger
Laurence Gordon Soderholm
Vertie Marie Daggs
Diane Elizabeth Gammill
Joan Marilyn Gammil

From the archive1947Partial photograph

1947View class ↗

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James Paul Hjelmseth
Stuart Donald Kringer
Marie Louise McElreath
Thomas Edwin Rankin
Charles Wm. Schmalzried
Patricia Ann Stehr
Robert Jay Swan

1949View class ↗

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Paula McFarland
Dan VanMeter
Phyllis Dathe
William Janowski
Sandra Janowski
Ann Larson
Patty Jo Rellahan
Mary Helen Sterner

1950View class ↗

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Mary Albert
Barbara Lang
Barbara Ricketson
Robert Viets

From the archive1951Caption only

1951View class ↗

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The display says “picture not available.” The bottom of its caption is outside the supplied photograph, so the names shown here are an incomplete record.

Juanelle Arrington
Sandra Butters
Joseph Lumsden
Donald Meyer

1962View class ↗

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Two surnames are too soft in the photograph to transcribe confidently. The original caption is preserved below for verification.

Franklin John [surname unclear]
Caroline Sloan [surname unclear]
John Thomas Lindner
Linda Louise Magee
Lawrence Edward Metzger
Marlene Esther Meyer
Bruce Duane Muller
Karl Douglas Woodling

1982View class ↗

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Cary Elizabeth Albert
Robert Donald Arnett III
Mark Arthur Brunworth
Mark Louis Dusza
Arthur Eric Goudy
Jeanine Joy Goudy
William Brett Marshall
Christopher A. Martin
Sarah Rebecca Pickett
Shannon Kathleen Sampson
Kristine Elaine Schneider
Chall Christian Shumate
Eric Steven Simmons
Edward Murray Smith II
Mary Joan Titus
Raymond M. J. [surname unclear]

1985View class ↗

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Louis Paul Ferguson,Jr.
Carrie Lyn Gordon
Brooke McKenzie Hilliard
Ashley Anne Lasiter
Scott Lynn Mitschke
Steven Kent Mitschke
Kristopher Erick Schneider
Mandy Kay Waller

1986View class ↗

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Stephanie Shaye Benton
Cotton D. Mendenhall

From the archive2001Partial photograph

2001View class ↗

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Top Row L-R:Rev. David Joeckel, Jack Hartley, Max Johnson, Andy Brill

Bottom Row L-R:James Evans, Josh Peterson, Nathan Frischmann

2002View class ↗

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Top Row, L-R:Andy Brill (DYCE), Adam Metzger, Doug Klembara, Pastor Kenneth Klaus

Middle Row L-R:Alexander Schwarze, Abby Klein, Natalie Smith, Jacob Matthews

Lower Row L-R:Stewart Freeman, Jenae Krause, Cody Gunz.

(Not Pictured):Rusty Gates

2003View class ↗

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Top Row, L-R:Laura Schluckebier, Rachel Walther, Amy Klembara, Mandy McMurrey, Rachel Terry

Bottom Row, L-R:Rev. Martin Teske (Interim Pastor); Nathan Chase, Senai Andai, Ben Klein, Andy Brill (Youth Director).

2004View class ↗

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Conrad Smith, Delanie Stickle, Pastor Mark Cattau, Deri Foster, Amelia Walker

2012View class ↗

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Pastor Michael Schuermann, Nathaniel Smith, Claire Schmidt, Pastor Brent McGuire

2013View class ↗

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Andrew Niemtschk, Kevin Lieb, Pastor Brent McGuire, Haley Harman, William Watts, Katie Bone

2015View class ↗

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Front Row:Pastor Adam Douthwaite, Gillian Swearingen, Austin Niemtschk, Jack Swearingen, Max Halwas.

Back Row:Alexander Anderson, Robby Freimuth, Melynda Sylvester, Pastor Brent McGuire.

2016View class ↗

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Front Row:Pastor Adam Douthwaite, Mary Katherine Futrell, Ava Crofford, Lauren DeWitte, Elle Nies, Pastor Brent McGuire.

Back Row:Jonathan Gregorich, John Frank, Riley Bone, Drew Harman, Liam McLaughlin, Aaron Frieling.

This is a growing archive, beginning with the photographs preserved here. Some class years are still missing, and a few photographs or captions are incomplete. Select a class to read its caption and explore the original record.

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Confirmationthrough the years.

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Confirmationat Our Redeemer

Class of 1945

Class of 1947

Class of 1949

Class of 1950

Class of 1951

Class of 1962

Class of 1982

Class of 1985

Class of 1986

Class of 2001

Class of 2002

Class of 2003

Class of 2004

Class of 2012

Class of 2013

Class of 2015

Class of 2016

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Confirmation
through the years.

Confirmation
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