On April 18, 2016, Rev. Morris Vold passed away at the age of 95 at the Veterans Home in Fegus Falls, Minnesota. Rev. Vold was born in Osseo Wisconsin on March 11, 1921. He was raised on a dairy farm.
Following two years in the Civilian Conservation Corps, Morris joined the Army Air Force in September of 1941. After graduation from the Air Corps School in Denver, Colorado he was stationed at Napier Field, Alabama and Elgin Field, Florida. In December 1943, Morris was transferred to the 303rd Bomb Group in England where he served until the end of World War II. Upon returning to the United States he married Lorraine Olson in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
In September of 1952 Morris enrolled at Lutheran Brethren Seminary. He was ordained in the ministry in 1956. He served as the first administrator and chaplain at Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He also served Lutheran Brethren congregations in Osakis, MN; Blue Earth, MN; Westby, WI; Lake Mills and Joice, IA; Eau Claire, WI. He retired from full-time parish ministry in 1986.