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Rev. Paul F. Kuehl
1919 - 2003
Evelyn L. Kuehl
1920 - 2005
The
Rev. Paul F. Kuehl, 84, of Watertown, fell asleep in Jesus on Sunday evening, Oct
5, 2003, at Wisconsin Lutheran Care Center in Milwaukee.
Funeral
services will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Watertown with the Rev. James Mattek
officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Family
and friends may pay their respects at the Hafemeister
Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. and at the church on Thursday from
10 a.m. until the time of the service.
Memorials
may be directed to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church or the charity of one's
choice.
Pastor
Kuehl was born July 14, 1919, in Neenah, son of William and Dorothea (Schmidt)
Kuehl. He married the former Evelyn L.
Knick on June 16, 1944, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Watertown.
Paul
was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Neenah and graduated
from its grade school in 1933. Later
that year, he came to Watertown to attend the prep department of the former Northwestern
College. He graduated from
Northwestern College in 1941. In 1944 he
graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon.
Following
their marriage, Paul and Evelyn moved to North Dakota to serve parishes in
Reeder and Hettinger from 1944 to 1946.
Later he accepted a call to Mandan, N.D., where he served from 1946 to
1956.
Paul
served as pastor in Cudahy from 1956 to 1961, when he accepted a call to
Northwestern College in Watertown. He
taught Greek in the college department and Latin in the prep department. During his tenure, the two departments became
independent schools on the same campus.
He retired from the active ministry in 1984.
During
his ministry, Paul also served the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod as a
member of the Dakota-Montana Mission Board, the Board of Control of Mobridge
Academy in South Dakota, General Synodical Council, Board of Trustees and as
chairman of the Spiritual Welfare Committee.
Surviving
are his wife, Evelyn Kuehl of Milwaukee; eight children, John (Tami) Kuehl of
Phoenix, Ariz., Kathleen (the Rev. Harold) Hagedorn of Wauwatosa, Mary (David)
Meer of Rochester, Minn., the Rev. James (Carol) Kuehl of Hartford, Paul Kuehl
of Whiteriver, Ariz., the Rev. David (Susan) Kuehl of
Muskego, Mark Kuehl of Watertown and Elizabeth (the Rev.Eric)
Goldschmidt of Milwaukee; 22 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was
the last member of his immediate family.
He was preceded in death by a son, Timothy, his parents and six
brothers, John, Robert, William, Thomas, Daniel and Philip.
Evelyn L. Kuehl
1920 - 2005
Evelyn
Louise Kuehl, 84, Watertown, fell asleep in Jesus on
Funeral
services were held Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Watertown with the
Rev. James Mattek officiating.
Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evelyn
was born on
Evelyn
and Paul were married on
In
1961, they returned to Watertown after Paul accepted a call to teach at
Northwestern College. They remained in
Watertown following Paul's retirement from the active ministry in 1984. Evelyn never retired from the ministry of
making a house a home. She continued
with her many interests that included written correspondence with family and
friends, genealogy research and a special capacity for making meaningful gifts
out of little for her family and friends.
After
Paul entered Wisconsin Lutheran Care Center in Milwaukee in March 2002, Evelyn
lived with her daughter Beth and her husband Eric Goldschmidt and their family,
also in Milwaukee. It was from this
special home that she was gathered to life everlasting.
Surviving
are eight children, John (Tami) of Phoenix, Ariz., Kathleen (the Rev. Harold)
Hagedorn of Wauwatosa, Mary (David) Meer of Rochester, Minn., the Rev. James
(Carol) of Hartford, Paul of Whiteriver, Ariz., the
Rev. David (Susan) of Muskego, Mark of Watertown, and Elizabeth (the Rev. Eric)
Goldschmidt of Milwaukee; 22 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a brother,
Donald (Cynthia) of Springstead.
Evelyn
was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, in October 2003, and a son,
Timothy, in December 2001.
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