REV. PAUL NORDSTROM,
47, of Cedar Falls died Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Paul was born August 6, 1956 in Racine, Wisconsin, the son of Gale and Lois (Lindgren) Nordstrom. He married Julie Loftsgard on June 2, 1979 in Park River, North Dakota. Paul graduated from Washington Park High School in Racine, Wisconsin, Golden Valley Lutheran College in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He was ordained in 1983 and served churches in Clarissa, Minnesota, Nazareth Lutheran Church, in Cedar Falls, churches in Lamont and Dundee, Iowa, and was currently serving as pastor at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Evansdale, Iowa. Paul died Wednesday , June 23, 2004, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa, at the age of 47 years.
Survivors include his wife, Julie, a son Andrew (Brooke Trent) Nordstrom of Cedar Falls, Iowa, two daughters Kirsten Nordstrom of Cedar Falls and her friend, Ben Arnold of Iowa city, Iowa and Amy Nordstrom of Cedar Falls, Iowa; his mother, Lois Nordstrom of Racine, Wisconsin a brother Roger (Rose) Nordstrom of Chicago, Illinois, and a sister Carol (Roger) Tonneman of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Paul was preceded in death by his father Gale Nordstrom.
Funeral services were 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 26, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Evansdale, Iowa. Interment will be at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be directed to the church, Alternative Pregnancy Council or Riverside Bible Camp in Story City, Iowa.