The Rev. Adolf M. Bickel, 86, of Napoleon, Ohio passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 25, 2007 at the Fulton Manor, Wauseon, Ohio. He was born July 14, 1920 in Birch Run, to the late Rev. Fred and Lydia (Hetzner) Bickel. On July 29, 1948, he married Irene E. Goertz and she preceded him in death Nov. 27, 1999.
On March 25, 1934, the Rev. Bickel publicly confessed his faith in the rite of confirmation in the St. John Lutheran Church where his father was pastor. He attended high school at the Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw. Later he attended Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Ind. and graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Jan. 17, 1945. His first call was to Emmaus Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church of Sexsmith and Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. He was ordained and installed as pastor there in April 1945.
In 1948, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Shelby and Our Savior Lutheran Church of Hart. In 1956, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Kilmanagh. In 1965, he accepted the call to St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio. In April 1979, he retired as pastor but continued in visitation of the shut-ins. During his last year of life, he resided at Country View Haven Nursing Home, rural Napoleon, Ohio where he served as chaplain.
He was a founding member of the German Lutheran Heritage Association. He held several Ohio District Church offices and also authored two books, "The Emigrant" and "Our Founding Father."
He is survived by three sons, Jim (Paula) Bickel of Waukesha, Wis., Brian (Lori) Bickel of Napoleon, Ohio, and Ken (Gail) Bickel of St. Louis, Mo.; and daughter, Sharon (Carey) Damman of Napoleon, Ohio; three brothers Herman (Helen) Bickel of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Eldor (Dorothy) Bickel of Lansing, and Kurt (Betty) Bickel of Convoy, Ohio; one sister, Elvira (Walter) Neumeyer of Lapeer; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of more than 50 years of marriage; and three brothers Victor, Ottomar and Lester Bickel.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007 at St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio with the Rev. Stephen Niermann, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home, Napoleon, Ohio and from 12:30 p.m. until the time of services Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church Building Fund, LCMS Joint Seminary Fund or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Published in Huron Daily Tribune on Feb. 28, 2007
On March 25, 1934, the Rev. Bickel publicly confessed his faith in the rite of confirmation in the St. John Lutheran Church where his father was pastor. He attended high school at the Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw. Later he attended Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Ind. and graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Jan. 17, 1945. His first call was to Emmaus Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church of Sexsmith and Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. He was ordained and installed as pastor there in April 1945.
In 1948, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Shelby and Our Savior Lutheran Church of Hart. In 1956, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Kilmanagh. In 1965, he accepted the call to St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio. In April 1979, he retired as pastor but continued in visitation of the shut-ins. During his last year of life, he resided at Country View Haven Nursing Home, rural Napoleon, Ohio where he served as chaplain.
He was a founding member of the German Lutheran Heritage Association. He held several Ohio District Church offices and also authored two books, "The Emigrant" and "Our Founding Father."
He is survived by three sons, Jim (Paula) Bickel of Waukesha, Wis., Brian (Lori) Bickel of Napoleon, Ohio, and Ken (Gail) Bickel of St. Louis, Mo.; and daughter, Sharon (Carey) Damman of Napoleon, Ohio; three brothers Herman (Helen) Bickel of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Eldor (Dorothy) Bickel of Lansing, and Kurt (Betty) Bickel of Convoy, Ohio; one sister, Elvira (Walter) Neumeyer of Lapeer; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of more than 50 years of marriage; and three brothers Victor, Ottomar and Lester Bickel.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007 at St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio with the Rev. Stephen Niermann, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home, Napoleon, Ohio and from 12:30 p.m. until the time of services Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church Building Fund, LCMS Joint Seminary Fund or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Published in Huron Daily Tribune on Feb. 28, 2007
The Rev. Adolf M. Bickel, 86, of Napoleon, Ohio passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 25, 2007 at the Fulton Manor, Wauseon, Ohio. He was born July 14, 1920 in Birch Run, to the late Rev. Fred and Lydia (Hetzner) Bickel. On July 29, 1948, he married Irene E. Goertz and she preceded him in death Nov. 27, 1999.
On March 25, 1934, the Rev. Bickel publicly confessed his faith in the rite of confirmation in the St. John Lutheran Church where his father was pastor. He attended high school at the Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw. Later he attended Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Ind. and graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Jan. 17, 1945. His first call was to Emmaus Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church of Sexsmith and Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. He was ordained and installed as pastor there in April 1945.
In 1948, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Shelby and Our Savior Lutheran Church of Hart. In 1956, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Kilmanagh. In 1965, he accepted the call to St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio. In April 1979, he retired as pastor but continued in visitation of the shut-ins. During his last year of life, he resided at Country View Haven Nursing Home, rural Napoleon, Ohio where he served as chaplain.
He was a founding member of the German Lutheran Heritage Association. He held several Ohio District Church offices and also authored two books, "The Emigrant" and "Our Founding Father."
He is survived by three sons, Jim (Paula) Bickel of Waukesha, Wis., Brian (Lori) Bickel of Napoleon, Ohio, and Ken (Gail) Bickel of St. Louis, Mo.; and daughter, Sharon (Carey) Damman of Napoleon, Ohio; three brothers Herman (Helen) Bickel of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Eldor (Dorothy) Bickel of Lansing, and Kurt (Betty) Bickel of Convoy, Ohio; one sister, Elvira (Walter) Neumeyer of Lapeer; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of more than 50 years of marriage; and three brothers Victor, Ottomar and Lester Bickel.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007 at St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio with the Rev. Stephen Niermann, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home, Napoleon, Ohio and from 12:30 p.m. until the time of services Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church Building Fund, LCMS Joint Seminary Fund or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Published in Huron Daily Tribune on Feb. 28, 2007
On March 25, 1934, the Rev. Bickel publicly confessed his faith in the rite of confirmation in the St. John Lutheran Church where his father was pastor. He attended high school at the Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw. Later he attended Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Ind. and graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Jan. 17, 1945. His first call was to Emmaus Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church of Sexsmith and Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. He was ordained and installed as pastor there in April 1945.
In 1948, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Shelby and Our Savior Lutheran Church of Hart. In 1956, he accepted a call to be pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Kilmanagh. In 1965, he accepted the call to St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio. In April 1979, he retired as pastor but continued in visitation of the shut-ins. During his last year of life, he resided at Country View Haven Nursing Home, rural Napoleon, Ohio where he served as chaplain.
He was a founding member of the German Lutheran Heritage Association. He held several Ohio District Church offices and also authored two books, "The Emigrant" and "Our Founding Father."
He is survived by three sons, Jim (Paula) Bickel of Waukesha, Wis., Brian (Lori) Bickel of Napoleon, Ohio, and Ken (Gail) Bickel of St. Louis, Mo.; and daughter, Sharon (Carey) Damman of Napoleon, Ohio; three brothers Herman (Helen) Bickel of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Eldor (Dorothy) Bickel of Lansing, and Kurt (Betty) Bickel of Convoy, Ohio; one sister, Elvira (Walter) Neumeyer of Lapeer; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of more than 50 years of marriage; and three brothers Victor, Ottomar and Lester Bickel.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007 at St. John Lutheran Church, Freedom Township, Henry County, Ohio with the Rev. Stephen Niermann, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home, Napoleon, Ohio and from 12:30 p.m. until the time of services Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church Building Fund, LCMS Joint Seminary Fund or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Published in Huron Daily Tribune on Feb. 28, 2007
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