HISTORIES OF CHURCHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY

GJPEREN CHURCH

Site Gjerpen Evangelical Lutheran Church Founded 1850 Pastors H.A. Stub 1850-1852 J.A Otteson 1852-1860 L.M. Biorn 1862-1872 A.O. Alfsen 1872-1917 A.O. White 1917-1930 E.A. Fretheim 1931-1940 Martin Trygstad 1940-1945 Norman Berntson 1946-1952 Alvin Holland 1952-1957 Jerry Moe 1957-1959 Robert Onkka 1960- First Church Erected 1956 Second Church Erected 1876 Merged with Valders Evangelical Lutheran Chruch and our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church to form Faith Lutheran Chruch. January 1, 1961