Egbert (Eggs) Albrecht Died

Rev. Egbert Albrecht

Pastor Em. Egbert Albrecht died on Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at the Barrett House in Markesan.

He was born to Theodore and Minna Eifealdt Albrecht on Jan. 25, 1921, in East Farmington, Wis.

He grew up in Lake City, Minn., where he attended St. John's Lutheran School. He graduated from Lake City High School and enrolled at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minn.

He completed his undergraduate work at Northwestern Lutheran College in Watertown, Wis., and attended the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Thiensville, Wis.

After graduation, he taught and coached at Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac. He loved sports and played college football, basketball and baseball.

On June 29, 1948, he was united in marriage to Lois Pieper.

Egbert served for almost 60 years in the ministry at parishes in Abrams, Little Suamico, Marquette, Green Garden, Mich., Stoddard, Onalaska, and Manchester-Marquette-Markesan, where he labored for 27 of those 60 years. He also served as President of the Church of the Lutheran Confession.

Egbert was preceded in death by his wife, Lois; his parents; his son, Stephen; his sister, Dorothy Goede; and his brothers, Eugene and Curtis Albrecht.

He leaves behind, yet in this time of grace, his two daughters, Lisa and her husband Lynn Dumke of Markesan and Holly and her husband Larry Youngerberg of Waukon, Iowa; his two sons, Paul Albrecht and his wife, Valerie, of Ripon, and Jim Albrecht and his wife, Jolene, of Okabena, Minn.; his daughter-in-law, Cindy; his sister, Irmgard; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; many other relatives; and friends. He will be dearly missed and his memories cherished.


Services: Funeral services for the Rev. Egbert Albrecht will be held on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at 11:30 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church in rural Markesan. The Rev. Mark Bernthal will officiate.

Special thanks to the Barrett House for the love and care Egbert received during his time there.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast." Eph. 2:8-9

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GJ - Albrecht and his congregations were so disgusted with the CLC (sic) that they left the sect. Now the group is chasing the Church Growth Movement, so one denomination is even farther behind the learning curve than WELS/ELS.