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Rev Richard Walter Schwarz

2 Jan 1923 – 19 Mar 2013

Birth2 Jan 1923
Death19 Mar 2013
CemeteryEustis East Cemetery
Eustis , Frontier County , Nebraska , USA
Added byERFliehler on 21 Jun 2023
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107038457

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Pastor Richard Walter Schwarz, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Cozad, Nebraska. Richard was born January 2, 1923, to Matthaeus and Katherine (Weisz) Schwarz, on a farm southwest of Hazen, North Dakota. Richard graduated from Wartburg College of Waverly, Iowa in 1946, and then from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, with a Master of Divinity degree in 1952. He married Vera E. Hock of Strawberry Point, Iowa in July 1951. This union was blessed with four children, Jonathan, Kathryn, Joel and Steven. Following graduation from seminary, Richard was ordained at Peace Lutheran Church, Hazen, North Dakota, July 13, 1952. He served congregations in Kulm, Jud and Fredonia, North Dakota The family then moved to Parkston, South Dakota. in 1957, where he served for 12 plus years. He then accepted a call to St. John's Lutheran Church in Eustis, Nebraska and was there for 7 years before accepting a call to Long Lake, South Dakota. He retired from full-time ministry in 1988, when he and Vera retired to Elwood, Nebraska. Since his retirement, Pastor Schwarz served as interim pastor in over 30 different parishes through the ELCA's Nebraska Synod. Sometimes the road was very rough and he learned that thus the Lord lead in the refining of his instruments. But always God's promises were a sure and faithful guide and the joys and satisfactions outweighed the disappointments. Surviving Pastor Schwarz are his wife, Vera Schwarz of Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska; sons, Jonathan (Carolyn) Schwarz of Lincoln, Nebraska; Joel (Maria) Schwarz of Layton, Utah, and Steve Schwarz of Arapahoe, Nebraska; daughter, Kathy Gundell of Eustis, Nebraska; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, Jeremy (Brooke) Schwarz and Gavin of Lincoln, Nebraska, Jennifer (Dayne) Crawford and Brooklyn of Goodyear, Arizona; Amanda (Bryant) Brockmeier and Lane, Baxter, Evan, Reid, and Jennae of Eustis, Nebraska; James (Gwen) Gundell and Turner and Jaxson of Gothenburg, Nebraska; Christopher Schwarz of Sioux Falls, S.D.; Adam (Jessica) Schwarz and Jaleigh and Reese of Suffolk, Virginia; Danielle Schwarz and fiancé, Scott Woodstock of Logan, Utah; and, Samuel Schwarz of Layton, Utah; his sisters, Pauline (Melvin) Brinkmeyer of Eureka, S.D. and Eva (Richard) Neikirk of Gahanna, Ohio; brother-in-law, Pastor A.L. (Gerda) Hock of Strawberry Point, Iowa; as well as many nieces and nephews. Richard was preceded in death by: parents; brothers, Emil, Martin, Wilhelm, and Bernhard Schwarz and sisters, Helen Zenker and Maria Scheid. Burial was in The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Eustis, NE. Published in Kearney Hub on March 21, 2013

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