John Alvin Rueter ⁸⁷

  General Notes:

John Rueter was pastor at Peace Lutheran Church, Sterling, Colorado then moved to Wauneta, Nebraska. He began his ministry about 1914 in Earl Grey, Sask, Canada. After 4 years or so, he moved to Orange Grove, Texas for his wife's health. (The 1920 Texas census shows his address as 304 Nanis, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas) He was there for a few years until his wife died in the Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, San Antonio, Texas. He served for a brief time as interim pastor at Emanuel Lutheran Church, Seguin, Texas where he met Pauline Grenier. Before marrying, he and the 2 children (from the marriage to his first wife) moved to the Ozarks where he seems to have had something to do with a lumber mill. Then he married Pauline, and moved to Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. Then he became pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Goodland, Kansas. About 1933-36 he served Grace Lutheran Church, Englewood, Colorado. Then he moved to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rosalie, Nebraska. About 1940 he came to American Lutheran Church, Enid, Oklahoma. Around 1944 he became pastor of Salem Lutheran Church, Superior, Nebraska. His farewell service there was on June 29, 1952. That afternoon after the reception, he and Pauline were driving to his new parish near Wilber, Nebraska, when there was an accident with another car and he died.

Sources:
copy of a letter written by Alvin Charles Rueter to the Reverend Dennis A. Kastens, Pastor, 411 Chapel Dr. , Collinsville, Illinois 62234

Peace Lutheran - ask for Jennifer
1404 South 9th Avenue
Sterling, Colorado 80751
970-522-3408

Cause of Death: Killed in auto accident
Comment 1: June 29, 1952, Fairwell Service for him at Salem Lutheran Church, Superior, Nebraska; after reception, while driving with his wife to new parish in Wilber, Nebraska, he was killed in auto accident
Education 1: Business College, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Education 2: Luther Seminary, (Ohio Synod), Phalen Park Region, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Occupation 1: June 21, 1900, Farm Laborer, Friedensau, near Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska
Occupation 2: Bet. 1906 - 1913, Student Pastor & then Pastor, Earl Grey, Saskatchewan, Canada; built 5 churches in Saskatchewan
Occupation 3: Bet. 1914 - 1919, Pastor, Orange Grove, Jim Wells County, Texas; he moved there for the health of his first wife
Occupation 4: Bet. 1919 - 1920, Interim Pastor, Emanuel Lutheran Church, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas
Occupation 5: Bet. 1920 - 1921, Associated with Lumber Mill, Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri
Occupation 6: Bet. 1922 - 1924, Pastor, St. John's Lutheran Church, Parkers Prarie, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Occupation 7: Bet. 1925 - 1930, Pastor, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas
Occupation 8: Bet. 1930 - 1934, Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church, Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Occupation 9: Bet. 1934 - 1936, Pastor, Peace Lutheran Church, Sterling, Logan County, Colorado
Occupation 10: Bet. 1936 - 1940, Pastor, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rosalie, Thurston County, Nebraska
Occupation 11: Bet. 1940 - 1944, Pastor, American Lutheran Church, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Occupation 12: Bet. 1944 - 1952, Pastor, Salem Lutheran Church, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Ordination: April 12, 1908, Graduate of Luther Seminary, (Ohio Synod), Phalen Park Region, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Residence 1: January 1880, Russell, Otoe County, Nebraska
Residence 2: Bet. 1883 - 1908, Friedensau, near Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska
Residence 3: Bet. 1919 - 1920, 304 Nanis, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas
Residence 4: Bet. February - December 1920, Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri
Residence 5: Bet. December 1920 - December 1924, Parkers Prarie, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Residence 6: Bet. January 1925 - August 1930, 220 West 13th Street, Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas
Residence 7: Bet. 1930 - 1934, 3464 South Sherman, Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Residence 8: Bet. 1934 - 1936, 117 North 7th Street, Sterling, Logan County, Colorado
Residence 9: Bet. 1936 - 1940, Rosalie, Thurston County, Nebraska
Residence 10: Bet. 1940 - 1944, 820 East Maple Street; then 1202 West Pine; then 1016 East Broadway; all in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Residence 11: Bet. 1944 - 1952, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska

John married Friederika Beyer, daughter of Living and Living, on 20 Apr 1908 in Holloway, Minnesota.⁸⁶ (Friederika Beyer died about 1920 in Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, San Antonio, Texas ⁵⁵.)

John next married Pauline Greiner, daughter of Charles A. Greiner and Lydia Ermel, in Nov 1920.⁸⁶ (Pauline Greiner was born on 8 Jul 1894 in Seguin, Texas ^55,88,89 and died in Aug 1972 in Enid, Oklahoma ⁸⁸.)