Lutheran Welfare Society (Formerly Lutheran Inner Mission)

Represented the Norwegian Lutheran Church and eight other Lutheran synods in Minnesota. The Lutheran Welfare Society was multifaceted….

S.H. Holstad served as the executive secretary; Rev. Geo. C. Hansler, Rev. H.P. Grimsby, and Rev. Hugo Thorsen served as hospital pastors; H.B. Feldhammer, general case supervisor; Evelyn Hovdesven and Bernice Larson as field representatives; Helen Wass as boarding home supervisor; Ann Skutley as girls’ advisory. 

Other locations included:

Children’s Receiving Home

1245 N. Hamline Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Matron: Louise Bentley

Children’s Summer Camp

Deer Lake, Wisconsin

Director: Prof. Adrian L. Christenson

The Luther House

828 S. 6th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Matron: Rena W. Wilson

Trabert Hall

625 E. 14th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

This served as a residence club for young women. 

Superintendent: Edna R. Hanson

"Lutheran Inner Mission Society of Minneapolis" article, undated, P0683, Box 3, Folder 5, Mission Institutions, Norw. Amer. Encyclopedia, Norwegian-American Historical Association, naha.stolaf.edu.