Background
Hempel, Eldon Robert was born on September 6, 1932 in Hawks, Michigan, United States. Son of Walter Edwin and Lillian Caroline (Bade) Hempel.
Hempel, Eldon Robert was born on September 6, 1932 in Hawks, Michigan, United States. Son of Walter Edwin and Lillian Caroline (Bade) Hempel.
General education diploma, Delta College, 1966. Graduate, Michigan Lutheran Ministries Institute, 1987.
Chairman, zone representative, Lutheran Laymans League, Alpena, Michigan, since 1978;
chairman school board, St. Michael Lutheran Church, Rogers City, Michigan, 1978-1988;
certified church planner, Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Fellowship, Presque Isle, Michigan, since 1989. Board directors Mission Development, Ann Arbor. Area, congregation representative Church Extension Fund.
Delegate Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Synodical Convention, St. Louis, 1980, St. Michael Lutheran Church, Rogers City, also Chairman of the Board elders, 1985-1989.
President Northeast Michigan Association Life Underwriters, Alpena, 1982, state legislative chairman, 1982. Chairman Life Underwriters Political Action Committee, 1984. Corporal United States Army, 1953-1955.
Member Lions, Sportsman Club.
Married Ann Beatrice Claus, September 19, 1964. Children: Chris, Susan, David.