1873–1964

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 26, 1873, Gran­ville, Wis­con­sin.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 7, 1964, Oco­no­mo­woc, Wis­con­sin.

Buried: Saint Johns Lu­ther­an Ce­me­te­ry, Wil­low Creek, Min­ne­so­ta.

Biography

Czamanske gra­du­at­ed from Con­cor­dia Col­lege, Mil­wau­kee, Wis­con­sin (1894) and Con­cor­dia Se­mi­na­ry, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri (1898).

Ordained in 1898, he served Lu­ther­an church­es near Ma­del­ia, Min­ne­so­ta (1898–1902); West Hen­ri­et­ta, New York (1902–04); Ro­ches­ter, New York (1904–10); and She­boy­gan, Wis­con­sin (1910–51).

He con­tri­but­ed po­ems to the Lu­ther­an Wit­ness, Sun­day School Times, Etude, Ex­po­si­tor, and North­west­ern Lu­ther­an. He was a mem­ber of the sub­comm­ittee of the Com­mit­tee on Hym­no­lo­gy and Li­tur­gics for the Sy­nod­ical Con­fer­ence of North Am­eri­ca, which ed­it­ed The Lu­ther­an Hymn­al.

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