Wednesday, September 28, 2011

William Tabor (WELS) Update:
Working in Texas, Lost a Son

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Tabor&GSiman=1&GRid=74404759&df=30&


Birth: Oct. 24, 1956
Bedford
Lawrence County
Indiana, USA
Death: Jul. 31, 2011
San Antonio
Bexar County
Texas, USA

Anthony Jay Tabor Was born in Bedford, Indiana on October 24, 1956 to William and Janice (Brown) Tabor. He passed from this life Sunday, July 31, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas at age 54. Along with his father Jay ran the family business, Cleaning Professionals, Inc., in San Antonio for the past 20 years. Jay leaves behind to cherish his memories, sons Jeff, Adam and Chris Tabor, father William Tabor and his wife Betty; sister Debbie Frick and husband Michael, brother Bill Tabor and wife Jill, step sister Teresa Cairo, nieces Janice Miles, Julia Curtis and Kailee Cairo, nephews Josh and Matt Frick and Jeremy Tabor. Jay was preceded in death by his sister Belinda Tabor and his mother Janice Tabor.
Service Wednesday, August 3, 2011 1:00 pm Porter Loring Mortuary North Chapel 2102 N. Loop 1604 E.
Pastor Michael Frick will officiate. Jay will be buried at Beech Grove Cemetery in Bedford, Indiana at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 5.
You are invited to sign the Guestbook at www.porterloring.com
Arrangements with Porter Loring Mortuary North 2102 North Loop 1604 East San Antonio, TX 78232 - (210) 495-8221

Published in Houston Chronicle from August 4 to August 5, 2011 


William Tabor was the pastor who suddenly decided to join WELS with a group of his members from Scriptural Lutheran (then LCR, now ELS). Tabor joined the WELS ministerium even though circuit pastor Roger Zehms and various WELS leaders knew Tabor was a philanderer. Tabor received a call to Salem Milwaukee, where his mistress was jailed for killing Tabor's wife.

Tabor had a call to Escanaba at the time, they tell me, and off he went to serve his new call. WELS pastors - that is how to get a better call. The WELS leaders did everything possible to keep Tabor out of the hoosegow, and they succeeded. They followed the same pattern with Al Just, who got a short sentence for knifing his wife to death in their bed. Al Just claimed she rolled over the steak knife in bed, and WELS clergy to this day believe his story. A busload of deceived WELS Lutherans came to his trial to support poor ol' Al. I have been told never to mention this again.

The father of the current First VP of WELS, the Dr. Martin Luther College president, spoke on behalf of Al Just at the murder trial.

Let's talk about forgiveness without repentance, without remorse, without truthfulness.