St. Johns Lutheran Church

     "On March 30, 1873, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized with five men and eight women as charter members. They were: Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Garver, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Diehl, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Stimmel, Mr. and Mrs. John Gebhart, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tressin, Miss Ida Tressin, Miss Elizabeth Young, and Miss Josie Young.

The first services were held over C. W. Tressin's store which was located at the corner of Santa Fe Avenue and Ash Streets.... The first Communion was held May 11, 1873.

...In April 1874 the congregation rented the old Methodist Church building on North Seventh Street for $15.00 a month."

1873-1973 Centennial Book, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salina, Kansas, page 13.
     
     Robert Henry Dihle was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, Mar 30, 1873, in Salina, Saline Co, KS.^1,2,3,4
     Benjamin Allen Strickler was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, after 1903, in Salina, Saline Co, KS, (an unknown value.)⁵
     George Washington Dihle was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, Mar, 1925, in Salina, Saline Co, KS.^6,7
     Amelia was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, Sep, 1931, in Salina, Saline Co, KS.⁸
     Ida was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, before 1936, in Salina, Saline Co, KS; St. John's Lutheran church.⁹
     Everett Adam Langel and Jeannette Elizabeth Strickler were married on Feb 1, 1936.^{10,11,12,13,14}
     Olive was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, in Salina, Saline Co, KS.¹⁵
     Henrietta Moreen was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, before 1979, in Salina, Saline Co, KS.¹⁶
     Fred was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church, in Salina, Saline Co, KS.¹⁷