Oliver Daniel Baltzly

Background

Baltzly, Oliver Daniel was born on October 14, 1871 in on farm near Ponca, Nebraska, United States. Son of Simon Peter and Elizabeth (Stough) Baltzly.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1893, Doctor of Philosophy, 1901. Mount Airy (Philadelphia) Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1893-1894. Master of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, Hamma Division School, Springfield, O., 1896.

Doctor of Divinity, Wittenberg, 1915.

Doctor of Laws, Midland College, Fremont, Nebraska, 1920.

Career

B. Ordained ministry Lutheran Church, 1896. Assistant pastor Fifth Lutheran Church, Springfield, 1895-1896, pastor, 1896-1899. Pastor Saint Luke’s Church, Mansfield, O., 1899-1911, Kountz Memorial Church, Omaha, Nebraska, 1911-1931, now emeritus.

Trustee Wittenberg College, 1902-1910.

President Wittenberg Synod, 1906-1908. President Lutheran Synod Nebraska, 1920-1922.

Delegate to convention organizing the United Lutheran Church in America, New York, 1919. Member Examining Committee for the Ministry for many years.

Special lecturer General All Lutheran Conference, Seattle, 1929.

Special lecturer in Catechetical Evangelization,” Lutheran Churches, 1933-1941. Special Lenten preacher among Lutheran Churches, 1942-1945.

Achievements

• Oliver Daniel Baltzly has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Library Board, Omaha, 1922-1930. Member Alpha Tau Omega. Clubs: Omaha Commercial, Omaha Athletic.

Connections

Father:

Simon Peter Baltzly

Mother:

Elizabeth (Stough) Baltzly