Background
Lieske, Henry Louis was born on October 21, 1911 in Henderson, Minnesota, United States. Son of Henry Friedrich and Clara Margaretha (Blaesing) Lieske.
Lieske, Henry Louis was born on October 21, 1911 in Henderson, Minnesota, United States. Son of Henry Friedrich and Clara Margaretha (Blaesing) Lieske.
Student, Concordia Junior College, St. Paul, 1931. Bachelor's Degree, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1935. Master of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1971.
Postgraduate, Graduate School Theology, Oberlin College, 1953. Postgraduate, Cleveland College, Western Reserve University, 1949. Postgraduate, Portland State College, 1961.
Secretary, assistant to secretary Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, Kendallville, Indiana, 1935-1938. Pastor, mission developer new Lutheran congregations Warsaw and Plymouth, Indiana, 1938-1943. Pastor St. John's Lutheran Church, Elyria, Ohio, 1943-1955.
Founder, pastor, mission developer St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon, 1955-1967. Pastor Redeemer Lutheran Church, Burnsville, Minnesota, 1967-1976, Prairie Lutheran Church, Eden Prairie, 1979, Mount Hope Lutheran Church, Bloomington, 1985-1986. Chairman board regents Concordia College, Portland, 1958-1967.
Chairman, co-founder All-Lutheran Welfare Association Oregon (now Lutheran Family Service), Portland, 1957-1961.
Chairman East Portland chapter American Field Service student exchange program, E. Portland and Gresham, Oregon, 1959-1962. Member, chairman Elyria Community Welfare Council, 1951-1955, delegate national conference, 1955. Member American Philatelic Society (life), Postal History Society Minnesota (writer, distributor postal history resource books).
Married Marguerite Virginia Jones, June 7, 1939. Children: Jeanne Lieske Kirkpatrick, Jay, Joy Lieske Skelton, Janice (deceased), Jacquelyn Lieske Copeland, Judy Lieske Wabrek.