In Memory Of

We give thanks for the life of Paul David Hanson, a longtime member of University Lutheran Church, who died on June 9, 2023. Paul was the Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School; the former co-master of Harvard’s Winthrop House (with his wife, Cynthia Rosenberger); and the author of several influential books, including A…

We give thanks for the life of Harry Rothmann, a beloved member of the UniLu community, who died on March 28, 2023. He was two days away from his 88th birthday. Harry was a longtime member and congregational leader at University Lutheran, serving on the Church Council in the 1960s and 1970s, on the Board of Education from 1978 to 1980, on the Endowment Committee from 2007…

We give thanks for the life of Lillian Habinowski, a beloved member of the UniLu community, who died on December 25, 2021 at age 92. Lillian was a professional artist who studied at Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts for five years, receiving a Certificate in Art in Painting with highest honors. Her portrait of Bishop Krister Stendahl hung in the halls of…

The UniLu community gives thanks for the life of David N. Beyer, a longtime member and the church’s organist and music director from 1968 to 1991. He died on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at the age of 90. David was born in Bennington, Vermont on October 14, 1930 to Hazel Scott Beyer and the Rev. Richard Beyer, a minister in the United Church of Christ. He began playing…

We give thanks for the life of our beloved longtime member Gisela Krause, who died on June 11, 2021 at the age of 93. Gisela Krause was a classical musician who earned her diploma at the Hocheschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany, and received her master’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.  She performed regularly on harpsichord, recorder, and piano…