The Oregonian (Portland, OR) - October 5, 2001

Thelma E. Lankow

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2001, in St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Cornelius for Thelma E. Lankow, who died Oct. 2 at age 93.

Mrs. Lankow was born Thelma E. Johnson on Dec. 16, 1907, in Broad Ripple, Ind. She lived throughout the Northwest and California before moving to Cornelius in 1956, and was a homemaker and pastor's wife. A member of the church, she was its organist, taught in its Sunday school and cared for its altar. In 1931, she married the Rev. Martin Lankow; he died in 1983.

Survivors include her daughters, Donna Calkins and Martha Sahnow; sister, Elberta Schneek; four grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Interment in the church cemetery. Remembrances to the church's Seminary Student Fund. Arrangements by Donelson Sewell.