Schweppe, William

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William Herman Schweppe

b. March 29, 1907; St. James, Minnesota, U.S.A.

d. July 15, 1968, near Mazabuka, Zambia, buried Lusaka Cemetery, Lusaka, Zambia

Spouse/Family

Wife/Husband: Leola Bertha (nee Roesler), b. June 14,1910, Dale, Wisconsin, U. S. A.; m. February 14, 1937; d. December 19, 2000, New London, WI

Children: Dorothy Ann (Opal), 1943; David Earl, 1946; Rev. Paul Edward, 1947

Service

Dates of Service	Field	Call Assignment
1933-36	Osceola & St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.A.	Pastor
1937-59	Nigeria	Evangelistic Missionary & Field Superintendent
1959–61	Ghana	Evangelistic Missionary
1961-68	Zambia	Evangelistic Missionary

Biographical Summary

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Nota Bene

On June 5, 1958 William Schweppe was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., in recognition of the leading role he played in the development and growth of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Nigeria, West Africa, which is now the independent Lutheran Church of Nigeria.

Phase 2 Information

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Phase 3 Information

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Interview Questions:

1. Full name, date and place of birth

1. Date and place of death, if interviewing a family member of a deceased missionary
2. Spouse or spouses’ name, date and place of birth, date of marriage, date of death if applicable
3. Children’s full names, including any married names, and years of birth (and death, if applicable)
4. Dates of service, field, assignment(s) during service
5. Biographical summary of mission work (focusing on time spent in mission, although other relevant biographical details are encouraged)
6. Nota bene: publications, special service
7. What was the biggest issue - the biggest problem, or the issue you encountered most often - while you were serving in foreign missions?
8. What was your most significant contribution (to the people served, other missionaries, the mission field, mission work as a whole, etc.) during your time in missions?
9. What is the connection between your mission and today’s mission? Are there structures, publications or practices that you helped found or maintain that remain today? How did your work help to create or maintain ties between the mission field (or independent national church) and the LCMS? Did your work influence mission work today beyond the field to which you were called, and how?
10. What were the most important lessons you learned during your foreign mission service?
11. What were some of your best practices - the things you and others did that “worked” for your mission of spreading the Gospel and caring for God’s people? What should be emulated by missionaries to come?
12. How were you inspired or called to enter foreign missions?
13. Any particular quotations or anecdotes you would like to share from your time in missions. Any important, poignant or funny stories that should be shared. Spouses can share quotations about each other, or children about their parents.