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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.

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  • Yvonne Petersen (Thom)

    Class of 1958

    Yvonne (Thom) Petersen, JC ’58, passed away on June 20, 2020.

  • Kim Bestian (Marxhausen)

    Class of 1981

    Kim (Marxhausen) Bestian, BA ’81, had her first book, “Blueprints for Children’s Ministry”, published by Concordia Publishing House. This November, 2020, her second book a children’s book, “Alive Before You Were Born” will be available from CPH.

    Kim Bestian (Marxhausen)

  • Sara Pimental (Sather)

    Class of 2011

    Sara (Sather) Pimental, BA ’10, launched a new business–We Adventure Well LLC–which provides an iconic travel trailer rental service in the Twin Cities metro area. You can reserve this brand new Airstream for your next adventure at weadventurewell.com. Our motto is simple: Travel Far, Travel Well.

    Sara Pimental (Sather)

  • Stephen Lammers

    Class of 1998

    Stephen Lammers, BA ’97, passed away suddenly of a ruptured brain aneurysm on May 3, 2020.

  • Cindy Denman (Freitag)

    Class of 1983

    Cindy (Frietag) Denman, BA ’83, passed away unexpectedly on July 21, 2020.

  • Beverly Tipton Hammond

    Class of 2018

    Beverly Tipton Hammond, MBA ’18, was selected to serve on the Board of Directors for National Lutheran Choir. She will serve a three year term on the board. Beverly is an artist and an ordained elder, currently serving as Worship Leader at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minn.

  • Norita Kath (Willner)

    Class of 1958

    Since graduation, Norita (Willner) Kath, AA ’58, has joined fellow classmates Arlene (Rieppel) Anderson, Joanne (Singstock) Luther, Marilyn (Kruckenberg) Luebbe and Peggy (Walberg) Vance in a lifelong friendship. Following graduation these alumnae created a round robin letter that lasted for 12 years. In 1970 they began meeting each summer in the home of one of…

    Norita Kath (Willner)

  • Eric Cannedy

    Class of 2005

    Eric Cannedy, BA ’05, died unexpectedly on July 22, 2020. Eric was a graphic designer with ShelfGenie of Atlanta, GA and resided n Marietta, GA.

  • Nancy Pieper (Kuehne)

    Class of 1974

    Nancy (Kuehne) Pieper, BA ’74, retired from full-time ministry in June 2017.

  • Gregory Tyler

    Class of 1983

    Gregory Tyler, BA ’83, passed away on February 28, 2020.

  • Thomas Sendecky

    Class of 2004

    Thomas Sendecky, BA ’04, has passed away.

  • Megan Bergman

    Class of 2019

    Megan Bergman, MA ’19, has been named the new Isanti County Court Administrator, effective June 17, 2020.

    Megan Bergman