A Poem for Dad

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Today is the anniversary of my Dad’s birthday, March 15, 1918. In recognition of this, I decided to publish a poem written upon his death in 2005 by Lois Guhr. Lois and her husband George were members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Muskego where Dad was the visitation pastor during his semi-retirement. Dad never actually completely retired since he was still teaching Bible classes until just the week before his death. The Guhrs were active members of the OWLS group at St. Paul’s and the superintendents of Stoney Creek where my parents lived. I hope you will enjoy it!

THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF

PASTOR MARTIN LOPAHS

 

A.   Angels, he believed were always watching over him

B.   Believer in the Bible in its entirety

C.   Cubs & Bears favorite teams, Chocolate favorite treat

D.   Directed his life to serving the LORD

E.   Eternity with his savior – his greatest desire

F.   Family, next to God, was foremost in his life

G.   God’s grace was sufficient to him

H.   His home was his castle wherever he lived

I.   Individually, he led people to Jesus

J.   Jesus, Jesus, Jesus only

K.   Kids, grandkids and great-grandkids are special

L.   Love for life was always evident

M.   Martin Luther was his namesake and his mentor

N.   Never a dull moment when he was around

O.   OWLS, he found joy in his organization of OWLS

P.   Played the piano, golf and loved to bowl

Q.   Quick with his “comebacks” when he was teased

R.   Reading & searching the scriptures always enjoyed

S.   Stoney Creek was very special to him

T.   Ties that he loved to wear were bright & bold

        & beautiful

U.   Understood & was compassionate to friends when

        grieving or rejoicing

V.   Verona was the love of his life for over 60 years

W.   Wonderful preacher & teacher of God’s Word

X.   X-ray vision was his to discover what others needed

Y.   Yearned to be with the LORD

Z.   Zealous teacher & preacher

         He was always loved by all and now missed by all

                                                                        By Lois Guhr

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