+ OBITUARY +



   Louis H. Heider, Commissioned Minister--Teacher Emeritus, departed this
   life on June 8, 2009, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born on June 5, 1914,
   in Byron, Nebraska, to William and Alma Heidbrink Heider. On November
   26, 1950, Louis was married to Vera Eckhardt. He graduated with a B.S.
   from Concordia Teachers College (now University), Seward, in 1948, and
   received a MSSW from the Graduate School of Social Work, Lincoln, in
   1948, and after several years of supervised practice acquired his ACSW.


   Throughout his career he served as principal and teacher, St. John,
   Minnesota Lake, Minnesota (1935-1936); Zion, Jansen, Nebraska
   (1936-1939); and St. Paul, Utica, Nebraska (1940-1941). He also served
   as organist, in the choirs and other singing groups, director and youth
   worker, and on various other boards or committees in the three
   congregations mentioned. Louis served in the U.S. Army Air Force from
   1942-1946. Louis' career turned to social work in 1947. He served as a
   caseworker in Hebron (Thayer County), Nebraska, the summer of 1947; and
   Lutheran Family Services, Omaha, from 1948-1954. From there Louis
   served as executive director for Lutheran Family Services of Omaha, and
   after the merger of Lutheran agencies in Nebraska he served as acting
   executive director from 1954-1973. Louis served in counseling services
   as a Family Life Enrichment Coordinator in Omaha. He was the Director
   of Social Work Ministry Program, Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska
   starting in 1975. Community service included Nebraska Welfare
   Association, Nebraska Welfare Association, American Association of
   Social Workers-Omaha chapter, Child Welfare League of America, National
   Association of Social Workers-Omaha chapter, Personal Crisis
   Services-Omaha, Nebraska Committee for Children and Youth; Citizens
   Juvenile Court Committee-Omaha; United Community Services of Greater
   Omaha, various committees; Eastern Mental Health Committee; Citizens
   Advisory Committee of the Lutheran Medical Mental Health Center, Omaha;
   Nebraska District Family Life Committee; and Lutheran Interparish
   Ministry of Greater Omaha.


   Survivors include wife, Vera; sons and daughters-in-law, Dale and Mary,
   Roger and Marilyn; son, Arlen; daughters and sons-in-law, Jean and
   Dennis Orth, Sylvia and Morgan Kyle; grandchildren, Nick, Doug,
   Sterling, Hayley, Greg, Mitch, Alex, Andy, and Amy.

   A memorial service was held Friday, June 12, at St. Paul Lutheran
   Church, Omaha, Nebraska.


   Memorials may be given to St. Paul Lutheran Endowment Fund, Lutheran
   Family Services, or Concordia University, Seward, NE.



   Nichole Hetz
   Nebraska District LCMS
   Director of Communications
   1-888-643-2961
   [1]nicholeh@ndlcms.org
   [2]www.ndlcms.org

References

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   2. http://www.ndlcms.org/