lost island lutheran church.
Former Pastors of Island Lutheran Church
T.H. Dahl
1872-1873
Halvard Hande
1873 - 1874
Mikel C. Holseth
1875 -1881
Christian C. Stoltz
1881 - 1888
Lars Johan Hauge
1888 - 1891
J.D. Swalestuen
1891 - 1903
Anders J. Gjevre
1903-1907
N.P. Clemensen interim
1907-1908
Sigvald O. Sande
1908 - 1924
Lars O. Wigdahl interim
1924-1926
Mikkel Mandsager
1926 - 1946
Thomas G. Wicks interim
1941-1942
J.F. Masted
1942-1946
Stanley B. Knudsen interim
1946-1947
Ernest W. Quam
1947-1952
Paul Tolo
1952 - 1957
C.T. Fjelstul
1957-1962
Harold Bestul
1962-1967
Marlan M. Johnson interim
1967-1968
Walter Rasmussen
1968-1970
Kirshen Persaud
1970-1972
Ernest Christensen, Jr.
1973-1976
William A. Smith
1976-1987
Luther Thoresen
1987-2011
S. Kim and Trudy Peterson Interim
Sept. 2011-Jan. 2014
Rev. Trudy Peterson
December 11, 1955-June 6, 2019
F. Peter Morlock
February 2014 - present
Sons of the Congregation
Chaplain (Col.) Wayne Knutson
Ordained October 4, 1985
Pastor Merlin K. Norris
Ordained June 17, 1962
Pastor Vance Knutsen
Ordained May 31, 1953
Vance Knutsen, Wayne Knutson and Merlin Norris
July 1997 Lost Island’s 125th Anniversary
In Memoriam
Rev. Vance Richard Knutsen
February 21, 1926 – March 18, 2015