St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Waverly - Pastors

Pastor	Dates	Notes
Paul Bredow	May 9, 1872	organizational meeting, joining the Iowa Synod
M. Gerlach	Aug 25, 1872	ordained and installed as St Paul's first regularly called pastor
Martin Eberhard	Apr 1876 - Winter,1877
D.M. Ficken	Jan 1878 - 1879
Prof. F. Eichler	1879 - 1884	joint pastor and teacher at Wartburg
Pastor Lutz		teacher and pastor; $175 as P-T pastor and teacher for the school; also professor at Wartburg
F. Zimmerman	1886 - 1903	pastor and teacher; $400, teach for 10 mo. each year; no employment with Wartburg
John Weyrauch	Sep 1903 - 1908	resigned due to ill health
E.H. Rausch	Sep 1908 - 1932
Roland Schlueter	Jun 5, 1932 - Jan 1943
Otto Fangmeyer	Nov 9, 1941 - 1948	joint ministry with Pastor Schlueter; parish workers hired after Pastor Schlueter resigned.
Irma Knock	1944	parish worker
Elsie Mueller	1945	principal of school and parish worker
William F. Schmidt	Oct 1948 - Sep 1, 1963
Dean Kilgust	Apr 1951 - Oct 1952	first associate pastor
William Weiblen	1953	parish minister; son of the congregation
Wayne Stumme		intern during Pastor Weiblen's leave of absence
Glen Gronlund		intern
Loren Bliese		intern
Herman Diers		third pastor and chaplain at Wartburg
Gerald Nerenhausen	May 1959 - Mar 1961
Sigmund Sandrock	1966	visitation pastor
Donald Oberdorfer		assistant to Pastor Schmidt
Emeritus A. Engelbrchet	1963	interim pastor
Richard Rehfeldt	Jun 28, 1964 - Sep 15, 1969	resigned to pursue grad studies
Glen Gronlund	Feb 1962 - May 1968	Associate Pastor; Pastor
Wayne Stumme	Sep 1966 - Jan 1968
Durwood Buchheim	Jul 07, 1968
George Hanusa	Jul 28, 1968
Larry Trachte	Jul 1970	reintroduced occasional German services
Robert Salge	Jan 1970	son of the congregation; special interim assignment

~ Contributed by Karlyn Armstrong, Jun 2008