Sunday was confirmation Sunday at the Lutheran Church in Seward. Eleanor had read the church bulletin and listened to the sermon on the tape before I visited last night. She noted that her friend Lois Gieselman's grand son had been confirmed and she noted that she hadn't seen Lois's daughters much since their mother had died. Lois and Eleanor were neighbors at Heartland when mom lived on the independent living side, they enjoyed each others company and enjoyed pizza and beer several times a month.
Eleanor remembered her own confirmation and noted that it is a time when you renew the vow's of Baptism for yourself. Mom's baptismal sponsors were August and Matilda Bennett, her aunt and uncle. The Rev. Theodore E. Cook was the confirmation pastor; "a very rigid and strict man" recalls Eleanor. "Be thou faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life" was her confirmation Bible verse. She received a Lutheran hymnal from her sponsors.
When Fred died in Mississippi, Eleanor used the memorial money for a stained glass window at Our Savior Lutheran Church. She selected a cross and crown design for the window, as her confirmation verse was referred to as the "cross and crown" . We recalled confirmations in Wyoming, Okinawa, and Nebraska, and I was quizzed on if I remembered my confirmation verse, I passed that test. Barb and Mary Ann?
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