The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 3, 1988, page 14

DAVID E. STECKMANN

     David E. Steckmann, a former pastor at Grace Baptist Church in White Salmon, died following a coronary by-pass surgery on February 25, in Chula Vista, Calif., at the age of 69.
     Pastor Steckmann was born May 13, 1989, in Blakley, Minn., to Mathilda Bauman and Emil Steckmann. He attended school in Henderson, Minn., where he participated in sports and music. He graduated in 1936. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and was stationed in North Africa. While serving at Fort George Wright in Spokane, he met and married Mary Margaret Lightfoot on Nov. 6, 1943. He served as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for 15 years.
     The Lord called him into the ministry to Morgan Acres Community Church in 1956. He served as pastor there until 1965 when he was called to the Calvary Baptist Church in Sandpoint, Idaho. He accepted the call of Grace Baptist Church in White Salmon in 1970. He retired as a pastor from the Grace Baptist Church in 1983. He began to minister at Tecate Community Church in December 1984, where he served until his homegoing.
     He is survived by his wife, Mary, Tecate, Calif.; sons, Philip, Portland, Mark, Salem, and Joseph, Portland; brother, Frank, Louisiana; sisters, Ona Wiese, Minnesota, and Florence Lehnert, Minnesota; and 10 grandchildren.
     Funeral services were held Monday at 11 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church in White Salmon. Interment was in the White Salmon Cemetery.
     Contributions may be made to the Grace Baptist Building Fund.

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