John W. O. Brenner Explained

John W.O. Brenner
Birth Date:July 11, 1874[1]
Birth Place:Hustisford, Wisconsin
Death Date: (aged 88)
Death Place:Bay City, Michigan
Occupation:Pastor and theologian
Spouse:Anna Raether[2]
Children:John F., Dorothy

Rev. John William Otto Brenner (July 11, 1874 – September 30, 1962) was an American Lutheran minister who served as president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod from 1933 to 1953.[3]

Benner was born in Hustisford, Wisconsin. In 1896, he graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wisconsin. He served as pastor of Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, until 1958. He served on the board of Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin, and of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The History of St. John, Milwaukee . Haertel . Gary R. C. . 2011-05-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728172809/http://www.welshistory.org/files/Vol4No2pp44-60.pdf . 2011-07-28 .
  2. Web site: John W O Brenner Inventory .
  3. Web site: John W. O. Brenner. Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Nathanael Brenner . February 2015. April 10, 2016.
  4. Web site: Death of minister. John W. O. Brenner. The Milwaukee Journal. October 1, 1962. April 10, 2016.