Pastor David Dean Lundgren died on July 29, 2011 at the age of 80.
Lundgren was born on Jan. 8, 1930 in Minneapolis Minn. He studied at Gustavus Adolphus College and the University of Minnesota before receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Augsburg College in 1953. That year he married Jean Palmquist, and they remained very happily married until her death in 2006.
Jean worked to put David through seminary, and he received the equivalent of a Master’s of Divinity from Augustana Theological Seminary in 1957. David was ordained as a Lutheran minister of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1957. He thereafter served in parishes in Lafayette, Minn.; Warren, Oregon; Enumclaw, Wash.; Clovis and Fresno, Calif. He worked to combine his final parishes, First English, St. Paul and Our Saviors, all ELCA congregations in Fresno, into a single church, Our Saviors, which continues to thrive and serve the Fresno Community. He devoted considerable time to assisting the mentally ill and the elderly. Pastor Lundgren was beloved of many and will be missed greatly by his friends, family and parishioners.
Pastor Lundgren is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Mark, Steven and Debbie, and Craig and Karen. He has five grandchildren, Nick, Tate, Katy, Matt and Grace. He is also survived by his brother Bob and his wife Audrey, and many loving nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held on Aug. 20, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Davis Community Church, 412 C Street, Davis., Calif.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Belfry (the Episcopal/Lutheran Campus Ministry at UC Davis), the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, or Lutheran World Relief. Donations may be made by checks made payable to the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation in Davis, Calif., designating any of these organizations in the memo line.

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