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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