Title: ELCA Pastor Carl Segerammar Dies ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEFS December 9, 1996 CARL SEGERHAMMAR DIED The Rev. Carl W. Segerhammar, 89, a retired bishop of the former Lutheran Church in America and a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, died Oct. 22 of massive heart failure in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Segerhammar was bishop of the LCA's Pacific Southwest Synod from 1963 until his retirement in 1975. From 1950 to 1963 he was president of the California Conference, a similar position in the former Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church -- one of four church bodies that formed the LCA. Segerhammar was born in Axtell, Kan., and married Ruth E. Gustafson. He earned degrees from Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., and Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Ill. Ordained in 1932, Segerhammar served as pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1932-35; First Lutheran Church, Longmont, Colo., 1935-46; and Angelica Lutheran Church, Los Angeles, 1946-55. Designated "Ecumenical Minister of Los Angeles" in 1970, Segerhammar was a member of the National Council of Churches' general board, board member of the LCA's Division for World Mission and Ecumenism, president of the Council of Churches in Southern California, president of the Inter-Religious Council of Southern California, and a board member of the (Methodist) School of Theology at Claremont, Calif. He is survived by his wife, and four children -- Kathleen Hurty, Kathryn Swanson, Karen Parker and Kemp Segerhammar, 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held Oct. 28 at the Samuelson Chapel on the campus of California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955 or [log in to unmask]; Melissa Ramirez, Assist. Dir., (312) 380-2956 or [log in to unmask]