Reverand Otto A. Borchelt

1903 - 1992  (89 years)

• Name	Otto A. Borchelt
  Title	Reverand
  Born	11 May 1903	Saint Peter, Fayette Co, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Dec 1992	Sherman, Sangamon, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Buried	Aft 12 Dec 1992	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois, USA
  	Block 44
  Person ID	I7125	Blum Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	August Frederick Borchelt,   b. 1866,   d. 1954  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Louise Lissetta Whilhelmina Bahde,   b. 30 Jan 1867,   d. 13 Mar 1938  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Dorothy Neuendorf,   b. 31 Jul 1904, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA ,   d. 13 Aug 2002, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Married	1926  [2]
  Children	1. B.L. Borchelt   2. A. Borchelt   3. D. Borchelt   4. D. Borchelt
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F2570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Rev. Otto A. Borchelt, 89, of Springfield died at 11:34 p.m. Saturday at Villa Healthcare East, Sherman. He was born May 11, 1903, in St. Peter, the son of August and Louise Bahde Borchelt. He married Lucinda D. Neuendorf in 1926. Preceding him in death were a great-grandchild; a brother; and two sisters. The Rev. Borchelt was a minister and chaplain for Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. He entered Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1917. He attended Concordia College from 1917-1920. In 1920 he entered Concordia Seminary in Springfield, graduating in 1926. He first served as a missionary to Mount Olive, San Antonio, Texas, from 1926-1927. From 1927-1944 he served St. Lukes in Okawville, and in the years 1945-1954 was pastor of St. Paul's in Manito. In the fall of 1954 he accepted a call from Central Illinois District of the Missouri Synod as chaplain of both Lincoln State School and Jacksonville State Hospital. From 1958 to his retirement in 1972, the Rev. Borchelt served Jacksonville State Hospital, and later exclusively while retired. He moved to Decatur, where he served as visitation pastor to the elderly and shut-ins at St. John's Lutheran Church. A resident of Springfield since 1984, the Rev. Borchelt was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Laymen's League. Surviving are his wife, Lucinda D.; three daughters; a son; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be at Concordia Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Charles Olander and Dr. Lewis Niemoeller officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery. State Journal-Register(Springfield, IL) - December 14, 1992

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Headstone/Gravestone (entire date). [S79] Obituary.