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Pastor Martin L. Mappes, 87 years of age, died Monday, August 19, 2013 at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany.
He was born February 23, 1926 in Norman, Oklahoma to his late parents, Henry and Wilhelmina Hansmeyer Mappes. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He attended St. John’s College in Winfield, Kansas and graduated from the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri in 1954. His dedicated vocation as a Lutheran Pastor for 60 years included St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Topeka, KS, Trinity Lutheran Church in Ramona, Kansas, Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoyleton, IL, Trinity Lutheran Church in Salina, KS, Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Knoxville, TN and lastly Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Georgetown, Indiana where he served from 1976 through his retirement in 1989.
Pastor Mappes was currently a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in New Albany, Indiana and was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Liesha and Katlyn.
We celebrate Martin’s strong and abiding faith in God, his deep love of family, his generosity to others, and his faithful service to the flock that he shepherded.
Survivors include his wife of
49 years, the former Doris M. Awe; children Brian Mappes (Lisa), Teresa Brown
(Don), and Marty Mappes (Gina); siblings Elsie (Hank), Arlene, Pauline (Roy),
Dorothy, Mary Margaret, Wilma (George), Nancy and Carolyn; 13 grandchildren
Zachary, Heidi (Kevin), Sara, Ryan, Carter, Lauren (Jason), Jordyn, Cameron,
Joshua, Samendia, Eva, Jefferson, and Zyf.
Visitation will be Tuesday, August 27, from 4pm-5pm with funeral services at
5:00 pm Tuesday in the Chapel of Havenbrook Funeral Home.
Graveside service is
10:30 am Wednesday, August 28 at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Norman.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to “Jesus in Lord”, “Kids Against
Hunger”, or Indiana District LWML Scholarship Fund for Church Workers. Checks
should be made payable to Grace Lutheran Church and designated for the
appropriate memorial.
Arrangements for Pastor Mappes and his family were placed in the care of the
Vice family at the Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman.
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