Photo: Ordinands and commissionees at the 2016 Celebration of Ministry Service, Friday, June 10, 2016. (Left to right) Margaret Lorene Stempson, Clay Michael Lundberg, Kathleen Gail Chesney, Nicole Marie Anderson, Melissa Marie Gall. Photo by Bill O'Connell.

On Friday evening, Dakotas United Methodists remembered friends and colleagues who have died over the past year, honored clergy who are retiring, and celebrated those who were commissioned and ordained. Here are those we lift up in remembrance, recognition, and celebration:

Those who have died:

Clergy

Rev. Otto Edward "Ed" Kinzler

Rev. Theodor "Ted" Rath

Rev. Robert Neilsen

Rev. Robert Logan

Rev. Robert "Bob" Cappel

Rev. Jeanne Higgins

Rev. Richard "Dick" Salmonson

Rev. James "Jim" Pomeroy

Spouses of Clergy

Bonnie Heckathorn

Margaret Janetzki

Margaret "Peg" Ritter

Ruth Hill

The Retirement Class:

Rev. Debra Ball-Kilbourne

Rev. Judy Banwart

Rev. John Bergh

Rev. Laura Borman

Rev. Jeri Burns

Rev. Bill Gran

Rev. Julie Nygaard

Rev. Warren Rhodes

Rev. Val Rush

Rev. James Waisanen

Commissioned for work of a deacon:

Melissa Marie Gall

Commissioned for Work of an Elder:

Nicole Marie Anderson

Ordained as Elder:

Kathleen Gail Chesney

Clay Michael Lundberg

Margaret Lorene Stempson