Robert Ahrens Utke

Background

Utke, Robert Ahrens was born on March 15, 1933 in Milwaukee. Son of Gustave Peter and Beth E. (Ahrens) University.

Education

Bachelor, Elmhurst College, 1955; Bachelor's Degree, Eden Theological Seminary, 1959.

Career

Minister Zion-St. John United Church of Christ, Waterloo and Fults, Illinois, 1957-1959, Immanuel United Church of Christ, Milwaukee, 1959-1964. Minister, initiator, administrator Fellowship Community Church, 1965-1967. Initiator, coordinator Milwaukee Associates In Urban Ministries, 1967-1969.

Administrator, property manager Lenore St. Garden Homes, Robert's Park Apartments, Nashville, 1969-1990. Minister St. John's United Church Christ, Johannisburg, Illinois, 1982—2002, St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Stone Church, since 1982. Vice president, treasurer United Campus Christian Fellowship, Milwaukee, 1959-1964.

Director laboratory school Wisconsin Conference United Church of Christ, Green Lake, 1962, Urban Seminar for Wisconsin Council Churches, 1964-1967.

Achievements

• Robert Ahrens Utke has been listed as a noteworthy minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chaplain Cosmopolitan International conversations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, 1955-1967. Member steering committee American Friends Svc. Committee Weekend Workcamp, Milwaukee, 1959-1964.

Chairman Milwaukee Planned Parenthood Clergy Committee, Milwaukee, 1963-1964. President Metropolitan Milwaukee Civic Alliance, 1966. Secretary St. Clair Pastor's Circuit, since 1995.

Board directors Uni-Pres Kindercottage Child Care Center, East St. Louis, Illinois, since 1994. Chair Building Fund Raising for Uni-President for Illinois South Conference, United Church of Christ, since 1994. Member Washington County Ministerial Alliance, St. Clair Pastor's Circuit, Uni-President Kindercottage Chilc Care Center.

Connections

Married Doris Lucille Gissenaas, September 17, 1960. Children: Robert John, William Gissenaas, Richard David.

Father:

Gustave Peter University

Mother:

Beth E. (Ahrens) University

Spouse:

Doris Lucille Gissenaas

child:

William Gissenaas Utke

child:

Robert John Utke

child:

Richard David Utke