Bio: Timmerman, Howard A. Rev. (Installation at Green Grove) 

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Timmerman, Sprengler, Genge 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 07/24/1958 
 

Rev. Howard A. Timmerman Installed at Green Grove 
 

The Rev. Howard A. Timmerman was installed as pastor of St. Paul’s and St. Luke’s congregations of the Green Grove parish, Sunday, July 20, at 2:00 o’clock. 
 

The service was held at St. Paul’s church with the Rev. F. H. Sprengler of Christ Lutheran church, Abbotsford, performing the rite of ordination and installation. 
 

Rev. Timmerman is a graduate of Concordia College, Milwaukee. In 1953 he entered Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., where he received his bachelor of arts degree in 1955. Through the school year of 1956-1957, he served as vicar of Concordia Lutheran church, Jamestown, North Dakota. On June 6, 1958, Mr. Timmerman was graduated from Concordia Seminary, and accepted the call extended to him by the Green Grove parish to become their pastor. 
 

Rev. Timmerman is the first of his family to enter the ministry. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Timmerman of Chicago. His wife, the former Gloria Jean Genge, is from Milwaukee. The Timmermans will make their home in the parsonage at St. Paul’s church.