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Past Deaconesses

and Deaconess Supporters

Profiles of Past Deaconesses

  • Srs. Julianne Holt and Signe Ness
  • Sr. Anna Bergeland, 1891-1979
  • Sr. Elizabeth Fedde's Diary, 1888
  • Sr. Martha Pretzlaff, 1884-1978
  • Sr. Olette Berntsen, 1882-1974
  • Sr. Mary Cassel, 1879-1951
  • Srs. Ingeborg Sponland and Caroline Williams
  • Sr. Marie S. Anderson, 1872-1962
  • Sr. Jennie Christ, 1872-1950
  • Sr. Elizabeth Anderson, 1869-1971
  • Sr. Anna Baumgarten, 1859-1944
  • Sr. Emma Carlson, 1859-1933
  • Sr. Cecilia Nelson, ca. 1861 - 1940
  • Four Deaconesses from Emanuel Church, Minneapolis

Profiles of Deaconess Supporters

  • John D. Lankenau, The Greatest Lutheran Layman in 19th Century America
  • Carl August Hultkrans, Founder of the Bethesda Deaconess Home in St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Theodor Fliedner, Founder of the German Deaconess Movement

Other Information
Gravesites of Deaconesses of German Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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