Services Held for Carl L. Isaacson

The 93-year-old Isaacson served a number of Covenant congregations during three decades of ministry. Alert Covenant Church was Isaacson's first pastorate. Alert Covenant Church pastor Dwight Diller officiated at the service.

Born August 7, 1908, in Mustang, Colorado, Isaacson attended North Park Junior College and Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He eventually completed his ministry education requirements at North Park Theological Seminary and became an ordained Covenant pastor in 1954.

Isaacson began full-time ministry at Svea Dahl Covenant Church in Brady, Nebraska, serving from 1952 to 1955. By then, he had married Lenore Lund, whom he met while he was a pastoral intern at Alert Covenant. Following a brief tenure at Fairfield Covenant Church, Haxtun, Colorado, he served at Lund Covenant Church in Dresden, Kansas, from 1956 to 1962.

He served at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Centerville, Iowa, from 1962 to 1967 and Komstad Covenant Church, Beresford, South Dakota, from 1967 to 1973. He retired in December 1973, but later served for a time at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Odebolt, Iowa.

"Thirty five years ago, when I was serving at Covenant Caravan, I met Carl," said Ken Carlson, superintendent of the Midwest Conference. "He was a strong, quiet man, but he was passionate about his faith and that showed in his teaching and preaching. He was one of those pastors who fulfilled his duty for the Lord in town and country churches and he was an encouragement to me."

Isaacson was preceded in death by his wife, Lenore, who died December 15, 1985. He is survived by a daughter, Barbara Thompson, and two grandsons.

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