Family/Spouse: Edna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. KUDER, Jennifer

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The Rev. Dr. John Henry Fred Kuder, first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea, knew early on he wanted to devote his life to the ministry. Born on October 6, 1906, in Niagara Falls, New York, he was the eldest of three children. After completing one year of high school, John Kuder enrolled at Martin Luther College and Seminary, Buffalo, New York, which was the seminary of the Lutheran Synod of Buffalo. On August 5, 1928, the Lutheran Synod of Buffalo ordained him. He received and accepted a call to serve the parish of First St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Hanover, Ontario. He served there until 1934.
Rev. Kuder became interested in serving as an American Lutheran Church (ALC) missionary after hearing an appeal from the church for persons to volunteer to serve in its New Guinea mission field. Rev. Kuder was commissioned an ALC missionary to New Guinea on February 18, 1934, and he and Mrs. Kuder began their term in New Guinea on May 17, 1934.
The Kuders served in New Guinea until World War II started. Mrs. Kuder and the children returned to the States in May 1941, but Rev. Kuder stayed on ministering to those living in the Highlands area of New Guinea. He stayed until 1943 and then returned to the States. In 1946, missionaries returned to the field and Rev. Kuder was placed in charge of mission operations. In 1953, mission operations of Germany, Canada, Australia, and the United States merged into one organization, the Lutheran Mission New Guinea (LMNG). Rev. Kuder served as its first president.
The ALC and two of its educational institutions chose to honor Rev. Kuder and his work first in 1952 when Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, granted Rev. Kuder an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree and again in 1979 when The American Lutheran Church (TALC) gave $350,000 to Trinity Lutheran Seminary to endow the John H.F. Kuder Chair of Christian Mission.
The Kuders served as ALC missionaries to Papua New Guinea until July 1973 when Rev. Kuder retired.

John married SCHWENKBECK, Louise in Nov 1928 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Louise (daughter of SCHWENKBECK, Jakob and HOSBACH, Margaretha) was born on 19 Mar 1906 in Youngstown, Town of Porter, Niagara County, NY; died on 1 Mar 2001 in Kobacker House, Columbus, OH; was buried in St Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholtz, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She and husband were Lutheran missionaries for many years in New Guinea. They were in Laichingen in 1952 and got a tour of the church by Pfarrer Laenge, the same pastor who confirmed Karlheinz Schoenfeld in ca 1951. She now lives in Columbus, OH. KH has spoken by phone with her
as well as corresponding. Nice old lady and sharp is KH's comments on 11/13/97 by email.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette
Louise Schwenkbeck Kuder
Missionary to Papua, New Guinea.
Louise Schwenkbeck Kuder, age 94, died Thursday, March 1, 2001 at Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. Born in Town of Porter, New York, she was the daughter of the late Jakob Schwenkbeck and Margaret Hosbach. She graduated from Niagara Falls High School in 1922 and worked at E.I. Dupont in Niagara Falls, New York. In 1928 she married the Rev. John H. F. Kuder who was a Lutheran pastor in Hanover, Ontario. They were missionaries in Papua, New Guinea from 1934 until their retirement in 1974. Louise is preceded in death by her husband; and sister Marie Schwenkbeck. She is survived by sons, John (Iris) of Lewiston, New York, Paul (Edna) of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, James (Susan) of Fanwood, New Jersey; daughter, Maryanne (John) Friend of Plain City, Ohio; ten grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren. Friends may call Monday, March 5, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Weir-Arend Funeral Home, 4221 North High Street (3 blocks south of Henderson Road). Service will be held Tuesday 11 a.m. at North Community Lutheran Church, 114 Morse Road, Pastor John Kindsvatter officiating. Interment St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholtz, New York to be held at a later date. Friends who wish may contribute to North Community Lutheran Church or St. Paul Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, New York.

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NF Gazette

F. E. KUDER DIES
Old and Highly Respected North End Resident Expires After Operation.
Frederick E. Kuder, 53 years old, 1814 Eighteenth street, died at 10:30 o'clock last night in Memorial hospital, following an operation. Mr. Kuder was an old and highly respected resident of the north end section of the city and had been. employed for a. number of years by the USL Battery corporation. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Kuder; two sons, the Rev. John Kuder, Hanover, Ont., and Frankling (sic), this city. and a daughter, Esther, this city.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home and at 2 :30 o'clock in the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church, Cleveland avenue and Eighteenth street, the Rev. Edward Nemeschy. pastor at the church. officiating, Burial will be in St. Paul's cemetery, Bergholtz.

Frederick married STEIGER, Louise Margartha Henriette on 20 Oct 1904 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Louise (daughter of STEIGER, Friedrich and NEMESCHY, Helene) was born on 25 Dec 1885 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 29 Dec 1956 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jakob married HOSBACH, Margaretha on 15 Sep 1903 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Margaretha (daughter of HOSBACH, George and DUCHEL, Louise) was born in 1870 in Petersburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; died after 1914 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NIAGARA FALLS GAZETTE Wednesday, May 16,1962
Mrs. Dussler Dies at 92
Mrs. Margaret A. Dussler, 92, of 121 66th St., died Tuesday (May 15, 1962) in Ransomville General Hospital after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Petersburg, Ont. and had. lived in this area for the last 47 years.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Marie Schwenkbeck, this city, and Mrs. John (Louise) Kuder, Lae, New Guinea; one step-daughter, Mrs. Anna Barron, Seattle, Wash.; two step-sons, Albert Dussler, Sharrill. N.Y., and Charles Dussler, Tidewater, Ore.; one sister, Mrs. Louis Misch, Walkerton, Ont.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Lane Funeral Home with Rev. Alvin Butz officiating.
Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. The family said that donations to the Zion Lutheran Church would be acceptable as tributes

Heinrich married GROBENGIESER, Maria Helena in 1868 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Maria (daughter of GROBENGIESER, August Wilhelm and WITTKOPP, Maria Dorothea) was born in 1848 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Friedrich + NEMESCHY, Helene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married HUOBER, Anna Maria on 22 Sep 1864 in Laichingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna (daughter of HUOBER, Jacob and BÜRKLE, Anna Maria) was born on 1 Jun 1839 in Laichingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 10 Feb 1920 in Laichingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George + DUCHEL, Louise. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]