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In 1956, there was a “School of Missions” series teacher named Frances Osthoff that was honored at St. Luke’s Methodist in Dubuque.
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==Birthand Rebirth== Edward was born around 1876 in Iowa. His parents were born in Germany, and married in Dubuque, Iowa. He served as correspondent for the [[Clayton Gospel Hall, IA]] from at least 1927 to 1943, one of the first five led to Christ presumably by Oliver Smiththru Gospel meetings, pioneer evangelist, who is credited for in Clayton during the origin winter of the Assembly there1918, followed by fifteen others.
==Marriage==
==Later years==
In 1956, there was a “School of Missions” series teacher named Frances Osthoff that was honored at St. Luke’s Methodist in Dubuque.
==Sources==
* [www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com]
* [www.newspaperarchive.com NewspaperArchive.com]
* 1936 Assembly Address Book, Light and Liberty Publishing, Fort Dodge, IA
* 1943 Assembly Address Book, Walterick Publishing, Fort Dodge, IA
* Oliver Smith's testimony concerning Clayton was originally written in 1929 entitled "Pioneering in Iowa", in a scrapbook entitled "With The Lord", compiled by Pauline Van Mill.