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Constance Parvey, pioneer, ELCA pastor, ecumenical leader, dies

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Date Tue, 31 May 2011 09:19:47 -0500

Title: Constance Parvey, pioneer, ELCA pastor, ecumenical leader, dies
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>May 31, 2011  

Constance Parvey, pioneer, ELCA pastor, ecumenical leader, dies
11-77-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Dr. Constance F. Parvey, a retired pastor
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and one of the first
women ordained in the Lutheran Church in North America, died May 21 at
her home in Cambridge, Mass. after an illness.

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