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Alumni Notes

The history of Concordia St. Paul is written by the lives of our alumni, so big news or small, we want to hear it all! If you have landed a promotion, welcomed a new family member, or moved to a new city, let us know by submitting an alumni note. Help us fill our future publications with the incredible things our alumni are doing.

  • Steven Flaten

    Steven Flaten, BA ’88, recently retired.

  • Kathleen Nielsen (Oatman)

    Kathleen (Oatman) Nielsen, BA ’94 is Manager of the Radiation Oncology Department at MercyOne.

  • Ronald Halverson

    Ron Halverson, BA ’74, has two daughters, Katharina and Anne (the youngest who recently passed), as well as four grandchildren (Aidan ,16; Jack, 7; Helene, 7; and Linnea, 2.5).

    Ronald Halverson
  • Donna Kuhn (Helm)

    Donna (Helm), BA ’65 and Roger Kuhn are so blessed with their first great grand baby, Roger Santiago Meinholz!

    Donna Kuhn (Helm)
  • Amanda Arens (Kuchenbecker)

    Amanda (Kuechenbecker), BA ’80 and Derek Arens were blessed with a baby girl, Evelyn Marie Arens, on September 11, 2019!

    Amanda Arens (Kuchenbecker)
  • David Preuss

    David Preuss, HS ’57, JC ’59, sent the following: “Celebrating 55th anniversary of ordination, marriage, and pastoral ministry with ‘2020 vision’ through my ‘rear view mirror’ in grace-full gratitude to God.”

  • Mark Janzen

    Mark Janzen, BA ’81, sent the following message: “Retired June 2019, moved to CO December 2019, Pandemic March 2020. I didn’t realize I’d become a shut-in this quickly!!”

  • Donald Leonard

    Don Leonard, BA ’69, sent the following updates: 1. His wife, Pam (Milbrath), ’70 died from colon cancer on 12/09/2017. 2. We have 4 married children and 13 grandchildren. 3. We served with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Asia for 37 years. I’m the founder of Project Video (http://project-video.org)

  • Reed Johnson

    Reed Johnson, BA ’15, MA ’18 couldn’t be more proud than to have the opportunity to work as an alum coaching for the football program. So blessed!

    Reed Johnson
  • David Green

    David, BA ’70 and Louella (Boomgaarden), BA ’69 Green will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, 25 July 2020.

  • Allan Hansen

    Allan Hansen, BA ’99 is an Adjunct Professor at Grand Canyon University.

  • Susanne Preuss (Petrick)

    Susanne (Petrick) Thorson, BA ’79 retired in 2019.