Background
Holmer, Mark Edwin was born on July 21, 1942 in Creston, Iowa, United States. Son of J. Erik and Anita Rae (Wahlen) Holmer.
Holmer, Mark Edwin was born on July 21, 1942 in Creston, Iowa, United States. Son of J. Erik and Anita Rae (Wahlen) Holmer.
Bachelor, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1964. Master of Divinity, Lutheran School Theological Chicago, 1968.
Pastor, All Saints Lutheran Church, Fox Lake, Illinois, 1968-1973;
pastor, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa., since 1973. Dean Eastern Center district Iowa Synod, Lutheran Church American, 1982-1988. Board directors Manor Scott County, Inc., Bettendorf, Iowa.
Teacher Geneva Summer School Missions, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1969-1972. President parish life county Iowa Synod, Lutheran Church American, Des Moines, 1984, 85, delegate 13th biennial convention, Milwaukee, 1986.
Member institutional review board Palmer College Chiropractic, Davenport, since 1983. Member of advisory board Salvation Army, Davenport, since 1987. Member Kiwanis (president Davenport chapter 1985-1986, lieutenant governor Illinois-Eastern Iowa district 1986-1987, chair spiritual aims committee 1988-1989).
Married Linnea Louise Allen, July 2, 1966. Children: Krista, Kaia.