Who Am I?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id18_m.htm#pastoral_positions" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Who Am I?">Pastoral Positions</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18_m.htm#other_responsibilities" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Who Am I?">Other Responsibilities</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18_m.htm#family" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Who Am I?">Family</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18_m.htm#teaching_experince" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Who Am I?">Teaching Experience</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18_m.htm#community_service" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Who Am I?">Community Service</A></div> <bR> <div> October 13 , 1930 -- a notable Day!!   My birth.</div> <div> March 25, 1953 -- the day Vivian Guengerich and I were married.</div> <div> March 1962-- I begin my ministry as a pastor in Louisiana.</div> <div> January 21, 1970-- Masters Degree in English</div> <div> May 21, 1974  Passed the flight check for my private pilot's license</div> <div> June 20, 1999-- retired as pastor of Des Allemands Mennonite chuirch.</div> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Bayou Des Allemands Robert O. Zehr</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bayou Des Allemands Robert O. 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born in 1941 and Alessandro Farnese was elected Pope in      1534.  He took      the name Paul III.</div> <div> I was a farmer until 32 years old.  I have been an English and Speech teacher at both high School and college.  During the days of court ordered integration in the 1960's, I taught 7th grade in an all Black school in the deep South.  Some other things I have done are  dairy farming, working construction with Brown and Root  Construction, building houses,  installing septic tanks, driving 18 wheelers transporting gravel and sand, flying airplanes, marrying , burying and being with the hurting as they faced tough decisions.</div> <div>  <A NAME="pastoral_positions"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Pastoral Positions:</div> <div>      Madisonville Mennonite Church, Madisonville LA 1962-1970</div> <div>      Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church, Harper, KS 1970-1977</div> <div>      Crystal Springs Mennonite Church, Crystal Springs, KS 1973-1977</div> <div>      Des Allemands Mennonite Church, Des Allemands, LA 1977-1999</div> <div>      Open Door Mennonite Church, Jackson, MS  May 2001-    (Part time)</div> <div>  <A NAME="other_responsibilities"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Other Responsibilities</div> <div>      Unit Worship Leader, I-W Unit at Middletown, CT 1953-1955</div> <div>      Gulf States Mennonite Conference Conference Minister</div> <div>      Moderator of South Central Conference and Gulf States Mennonite Conference</div> <div>      General Board member of the Mennonite Church</div> <div>      Leadership Commission of Gulf States Mennonite Conference</div> <div>      Gulf States Mennonite Conference Historian</div> <div>  <A NAME="teaching_experince"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Teaching Experience                           </div> <div>      English Instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University</div> <div>      Seventh Grade Teacher at Covington Rosenwald Middle School, Covington,      LA</div> <div>      English and Speech Teacher, Covington High School, Covington,LA</div> <div>  <A NAME="community_service"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Community Service</div> <div>      Board of Directors and Advisory board of local Council on Aging</div> <div>      Advisory Panel for The River Parishes Chemical Plants and Industries</div> <div>      Board of Directors for River Parishes Associated Catholic Charities</div> <div>      Board of Directors of St. Charles Parish Social Concerns Committee</div> <div>      President of St. Charles Parish Social Concerns Committee</div> <div>  <A NAME="family"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Family</div> <div>      Six Grown children: Lynn Allen married to Judith Pack</div> <div>                                         Gayle Diane married to MichaelTriay</div> <div>                                         Robert Leon married to Narcisa (Narcy) Castellanos</div> <div>                                         Sheila Michelle married to Frank Robert</div> <div>                                         Michael Grant</div> <div>                                         Viviene  Stephanie</div> <div>      Eight grandchildren:</div> <div>               Jeremey Zehr                February  6, 1975</div> <div>               Lauren Zehr                   July 8, 1983</div> <div>               Christian Triay               June 12, 1990</div> <div>               Zachary Triay                 April 15, 1993</div> <div>              Rachel Triay                   October 17, 1995</div> <div>              John Zehr                        December 12, 1996</div> <div>              Matthew Zehr                  March 16,  1999</div> <div>              Brynna Robert               November 7, 2000</div> <div>      </div> </td> </tr></table></body>