Title: Carlson, Nottbohm, Former Lutheran Officials, Die
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

January 6, 2000
00-01-JB

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Martin E. Carlson, Roseville, Minn., a
former executive director of the Office for Administration and Finance
in the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), died Dec. 31, 1999.  Carlson,
89, died of pneumonia following surgery.
      On Dec. 23, 1999, the Rev. Hebert E. Nottbohm, Minneapolis, died
at age 90. Nottbohm was once executive assistant to the Rev. Fredrik A.
Schiotz, president of The American Lutheran Church (ALC).
     The LCA, ALC and Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
merged in 1988 to form the 5.2-million member Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA).
     Carlson, a retired ELCA pastor, served three years as executive
for administration and finance in the LCA before he retired in 1975.
From 1962 to 1972 he worked in New York as assistant to the president of
the LCA.
     From 1936 to 1949 Carlson served as pastor in three congregations
at different times.  They included Bethel Lutheran Church, Gary, Ind.;
St. Mark Lutheran Church, Chicago; and Bethesda Lutheran Church, New
Haven, Conn.  In 1952 he became director of stewardship and finance at
Augustana Lutheran Church, Minneapolis.
     During his work with the LCA, Carlson served on many Lutheran and
ecumenical boards and commissions, including the board of the National
Council of Churches and board of Lutheran Brotherhood, a fraternal
benefits organization in Minneapolis.  Carlson published several
writings, including the book, "Why People Give."
     Carlson received a doctor of divinity degree from Augustana
Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Ill., in 1954.  In 1969 he was
awarded a distinguished alumnus citation by Gustavus Adolphus College,
St. Peter, Minn.  Gustavus Adolphus is one of 28 ELCA colleges and
universities.
     Carlson is survived by his wife, Ester, to whom he was married 63
years; a daughter, Mary Ann Anderson, Lino Lakes, Minn.; and a son,
Bruce Carlson, Ann Arbor, Mich.
     Services for Carlson were held Jan. 4 at Incarnation Lutheran
Church, St. Paul, Minn.
     Before he was assistant to Schiotz, Nottbohm was assistant to the
Rev. E. C. Reinertson, president of the ALC's Southeastern Minnesota
District, St. Paul, from 1961 to 1963.  He was pastor of Faith Lutheran
Church, Portland, Ore., for 16 years prior to 1961.  Nottbohm also
served in congregations in North Star, Ohio, and Richmond, Ind.
     While he was in Portland, Nottbohm served several years as
secretary of the former American Lutheran Church, one of the predecessor
church bodies that formed the ALC in 1960.  He was also vice president
of the former Northwest District of the ALC.
     Nottbohm, a retired ELCA pastor, graduated from Capital University
and Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary, both in Columbus, Ohio.
Capital is an ELCA institution; the seminary, an ALC institution, merged
with Hamma School of Theology, an LCA seminary, and today is Trinity
Lutheran Seminary, one of eight ELCA seminaries.
     Nottbohm is survived by his wife, Mabel, to whom he was married
for 63 years; and two daughters, Ruth Funrue, Portland, Ore., and Karen
Gates, Plymouth, Minn.
     Services for Nottbohm were held Dec. 29, 1999 at Calvary Lutheran
Church, Minneapolis.

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