Rev. Elton H. Temme September 17, 1932 to July 1, 2018

Rev. Elton H. Temme, age 85, of Blue Hill, entered his heavenly home on July 1, 2018, at the Blue Hill Care Center. 
Elton Herbert Temme was born on Sept. 17, 1932,  near Barnes, Kansas, where his father was serving as pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. He attended Christian Day Schools in Barnes and Independence, KS, and attended high school in Warrenton, MO. He completed his preparatory work for the ministry at St. John’s College in Winfield, Kansas before graduating with a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, in 1958. He recently celebrated his 60th year in the ministry after serving as Pastor at the following parishes:
St. John’s Church in Tyler, ND and First English Church in Fairmont, ND from 1958-1960, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Barnes, KS from 1960-1962, Reformation Lutheran Church in Charlotte, NC from 1962-1965, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Oberlin, KS, from 1965-1974, Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Hill, from 1974-1978, Grace Lutheran Church in Larned, KS from 1978-1986, and Zion Lutheran Church in Farmington, NM from 1986-1992. He retired in Hastings to be close to family.  Pastor Temme occasionally assisted on Sundays at Zion Lutheran Church.
Rev. Temme served as Circuit Counselor during his ministry in Oberlin, KS. requiring him during that time period to fill in as vacancy pastor in every church in this circuit. During his time in Larned, KS, he served as Chairman of the Kansas District Pastoral Conferences and was District LWML Advisor for two terms. He loved teaching confirmation classes and interacting with the youth group and often organized such activities as baseball games, summer picnics and homemade pizza dinners.
Rev. Temme met his wife, Virgina, during his vicarage at Calvary Lutheran Church in Kansas City, MO, where she was teaching at the Day School. They were married on Sept. 3, 1958, in Birch Run, MI. They enjoyed 59 years of marriage. They had three daughters, Ann, Lori and Teresa.
Rev. Temme shared his love of fly-fishing, gardening, and playing baseball with his daughters. He could often be seen hunting pheasant with his daughters and his faithful dog Pepper.
Rev. Temme is survived by his wife, Virginia; daughter, Ann, and her husband, Greg Auten, and their three children, Tim, Lindsey and Tyler of Blue Hill, Lori and her husband, Evan Halsey, of Jacksonville, FL, and Teresa and her daughters, Annalise and Alayna of Annapolis, MD. He is also survived by three sisters, Carol Bryant and her husband Ron of Charlotte, NC, Lois Frick of Warrenton, MO, and Anita Carter of Georgetown, TX; brother, Harold Temme, of Warrenton, MO; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services  were held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Blue Hill, with Interment following at the Blue Hill cemetery .