Background
Venzke, Ray Frank was born on September 7, 1933 in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Herman A. and Christina (Sojka) Venzke.
Venzke, Ray Frank was born on September 7, 1933 in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Herman A. and Christina (Sojka) Venzke.
Bachelor in Educational Psychology, Wartburg College, 1955. Master of Divinity, Trinity Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, 1959. Master of Arts in Psychology, University North Dakota, 1974.
Pastor, Bearlake Lutheran Parish, Twin Lakes, Minnesota, 1959-1963; missionary, Thailand Lutheran Mission, 1963-1964; pastor, First Lutheran Parish, Washburn, North Dakota, 1965-1967; addiction counselor, Heartview Foundation, Mandan, North Dakota, 1971-1974; therapist, program evaluator, Badlands Human Svc. Center, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1975-1985; psychotherapist, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1985-1987; psychotherapist, Chrysalis Counseling Superior vena cava syndrome, Helena, Montana, since 1988. Consultant New Beginnings in Wellness, since 1997, Lewis and Clark County Law Enforcement Chaplains, Helena, 1988-1995.
Narrator Montana Talking Book Libraries, Helena, since 1990. Chair task force CISM Montana Department Disaster, 1994-1997. Member Montana Governor's Task Force on Mental Health Medicaid, Helena, 1993-1997, State Manage Care Oversight Committee, since 1997.
Member American Counselors Association, American Mental Health Counselors, Montana Clinical Mental Health Counselors (treasurer 1992-1994, counselor of year award 1996), Montana Counselors Association, Lions (District Governor 5NW award 1983), American Philatelic Society.
Married Dawn Woltman, June 14, 1953 (divorced February 1972). 1 child, Diane W. Doersch. Married Joy Leadbetter, June 21, 1972 (divorced November 1985).
Married DeMaris Hafner Unruh, May 31, 1986.