1882–1957
Carl Friedrichs Pfatteicher

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 22, 1882, Eas­ton, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 29, 1957, Phi­la­del­phia Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: East­on Ce­me­te­ry, East­on, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

Carl was the son of Phil­ipp Pfat­teich­er and Em­ma Spaeth, and hus­band of Lil­li­an Roc­ke­fell­er.

He was edu­cat­ed at La­fay­ette Col­lege (AB 1903); Lu­ther­an Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (1906); post-gra­du­ate work in Hei­del­berg and Tüb­ing­en, Ger­ma­ny (1908–10); Har­vard (AM 1913, ThD 1922); and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Frei­burg (PhD 1931).

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Bless Us, Sav­ior, Thine We Are
  2. Christ Child’s Cra­dle Song, The
  3. Now, Ho­ly Spir­it, We Pray to Thee

Translations

  1. Praise Thou the Lord, O My Soul

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Pfat­teich­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),