Northwest District (LCMS) W. G. Weiss Papers

Collection

Identifier: NWD.47

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of correspondence with Northwest District officials, narratives of his experiences, official reports, clippings, photos, and an essay: Pastoral Counseling and Referral, 1966.

Dates

1943 - 1977

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for research by appointment.

Conditions Governing Use Note

The Northwest District Archives is the owner of the materials in the W. G. Weiss Collection and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Northwest District Archives before any reproduction use. Copyright resides with the creator of the documents or their heirs. The status of copyright is governed by the Copyright Law of the U. S. (Title 17, U.S.C.). In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Biographical note:

The Rev. W. George Weiss was born 1912 May 26 in Hinsdale, Illinois. He graduated Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1936. Because of the Depression, no call into the parish ministry was available to him, so he did mission work in Iowa and Connecticut (where he also taught school for a year) and found secular work. In 1943 the Northwest District called him to be a conservation worker in Seattle during World War II. He then was called to an institutional ministry/chaplaincy in Seattle where he was supported by the Lutheran Missionary Society from 1945-1969. In 1969 the Board of Directors of the Northwest District called him to a full-time chaplaincy at the Fircrest School for the Retarded in Seattle, Washington. He served there until his retirement in 1977. As an institutional chaplain, he visited people in nursing homes and hospitals, and he spent considerable time ministering to inmates at the King County Jail and other such institutions prior to coming to Fircrest. He married Emma Berger in 1946. He died 1995 July 29 in Seattle.