Rev. Paul G. Madson
November 3, 1927 — March 21, 2018
Rev. Paul G. Madson
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.” (Revelation 14:13)
The Rev. Paul G. Madson, age 90, died with faith in his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 21st, 2018, and has entered into that eternal rest for believers. Funeral services will be held on at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 26th at Peace Lutheran Church in North Mankato. Pastors Tim Hartwig and Matt Moldstad will officiate. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:30-11 on the day of the funeral. There will be a noon luncheon at the church following the service. Burial will be at the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery following the luncheon. Northview – North Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. www.mankatomortuary.com
Paul Gerhardt Madson was born on November 3rd, 1927 at rural Princeton, MN, the fourth child of Norman & Elsie (Haakenson) Madson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith by his father at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, rural Princeton. He attended Our Saviour’s Christian day school for his grade school education. He attended Bethany Lutheran High School and College in Mankato, MN, Northwestern Lutheran College, Watertown, WI, and Bethany Theological Lutheran Seminary in Mankato.
He was ordained into the Lutheran ministry at Jerico Lutheran Church, Lawler, IA on September 7th, 1952. During his active ministry of 48 years he served parishes in the following locations: Saudi & Jerico, IA; Tacoma, WA; Thompson and Forest City, Iowa; Burlington, MA; Fertile & Ulen, MN; Sioux Falls, SD; and Waterville, IA. He retired from the active ministry in the year 2,000, and moved to his newly purchased home in Upper North Mankato, MN.
The Rev. Paul G. Madson, age 90, died with faith in his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 21st, 2018, and has entered into that eternal rest for believers. Funeral services will be held on at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 26th at Peace Lutheran Church in North Mankato. Pastors Tim Hartwig and Matt Moldstad will officiate. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:30-11 on the day of the funeral. There will be a noon luncheon at the church following the service. Burial will be at the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery following the luncheon. Northview – North Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. www.mankatomortuary.com
Paul Gerhardt Madson was born on November 3rd, 1927 at rural Princeton, MN, the fourth child of Norman & Elsie (Haakenson) Madson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith by his father at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, rural Princeton. He attended Our Saviour’s Christian day school for his grade school education. He attended Bethany Lutheran High School and College in Mankato, MN, Northwestern Lutheran College, Watertown, WI, and Bethany Theological Lutheran Seminary in Mankato.
He was ordained into the Lutheran ministry at Jerico Lutheran Church, Lawler, IA on September 7th, 1952. During his active ministry of 48 years he served parishes in the following locations: Saudi & Jerico, IA; Tacoma, WA; Thompson and Forest City, Iowa; Burlington, MA; Fertile & Ulen, MN; Sioux Falls, SD; and Waterville, IA. He retired from the active ministry in the year 2,000, and moved to his newly purchased home in Upper North Mankato, MN.
Paul was a gifted writer, and for 14 years served as the editor of the LUTHERAN SENTINEL, the official religious periodical of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. After retiring from the editorship, he continued to author a popular page in the periodical entitled – CROSS CURRENTS. In this column he treated some of the religious issues of the day, and did so in layman’s language. It was not uncommon for regular readers of the SENTINEL to remark: “When a new issue of the SENTINEL comes, the first page I turn to is CROSS CURRENTS.” In his retirement years he served as archivist of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and after retiring from that position a couple of years ago, he continued to help out the new archivist on a volunteer basis.
Paul never married, but he had many nephews and nieces and grand-nephews and grand-nieces. They were to him like sons and daughters. He loved them, and they loved him.
Paul had been in good health for most of his 90 years (he celebrated his 90th birthday on November 3rd, 2017). In the latter part of January of this year he entered the hospital in Mankato, having not felt good for several days, and it was discovered, after many tests, that he had a blood infection that had settled in a heart valve and base of the spine. Antibiotics were not able to knock out the infection. He was admitted to the Oaklawn nursing home in Mankato in early February under the hospice program.
Paul was preceded in death by his parents, brother Juul, and sisters Vivian Dashcund, Gudrun Moldstad and Naomi Petersen.
Left to mourn his passing are brothers, Norman & wife, Amanda, Andrew and wife, Margaret, brothers-in-law, Rev. Wilhelm Petersen, Rev. John Moldstad, Sr. (June), and sister-in-law, Clarice Madson, and many nephews and nieces and grand-nephews and grand-nieces.
A verse in one of his many poems sums up part of his philosophy of life: “Today began as yesterday And thousand times before, Through danger’s night your sleep He watched, And brought you one day more. You gave no thought that yesterday Might’ve been your last on earth, Except that He deemed otherwise. (It’s been that way since birth.) The seconds, minutes, hours pass While you go on your way, Unmindful of His faithfulness - O Christian, thank your God today!”
As Paul reminded his parishioners Sunday after Sunday, during his active ministry, of the basic truth of God’s Word, so he also died, trusting in that basic truth, which the apostle Paul expresses so nicely in Ephesians 2:8-9: “For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
Memorials are preferred to Peace Lutheran Church.
Blessed be his memory!
Paul never married, but he had many nephews and nieces and grand-nephews and grand-nieces. They were to him like sons and daughters. He loved them, and they loved him.
Paul had been in good health for most of his 90 years (he celebrated his 90th birthday on November 3rd, 2017). In the latter part of January of this year he entered the hospital in Mankato, having not felt good for several days, and it was discovered, after many tests, that he had a blood infection that had settled in a heart valve and base of the spine. Antibiotics were not able to knock out the infection. He was admitted to the Oaklawn nursing home in Mankato in early February under the hospice program.
Paul was preceded in death by his parents, brother Juul, and sisters Vivian Dashcund, Gudrun Moldstad and Naomi Petersen.
Left to mourn his passing are brothers, Norman & wife, Amanda, Andrew and wife, Margaret, brothers-in-law, Rev. Wilhelm Petersen, Rev. John Moldstad, Sr. (June), and sister-in-law, Clarice Madson, and many nephews and nieces and grand-nephews and grand-nieces.
A verse in one of his many poems sums up part of his philosophy of life: “Today began as yesterday And thousand times before, Through danger’s night your sleep He watched, And brought you one day more. You gave no thought that yesterday Might’ve been your last on earth, Except that He deemed otherwise. (It’s been that way since birth.) The seconds, minutes, hours pass While you go on your way, Unmindful of His faithfulness - O Christian, thank your God today!”
As Paul reminded his parishioners Sunday after Sunday, during his active ministry, of the basic truth of God’s Word, so he also died, trusting in that basic truth, which the apostle Paul expresses so nicely in Ephesians 2:8-9: “For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
Memorials are preferred to Peace Lutheran Church.
Blessed be his memory!
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