Rev. F.A. Willman served the Ebenezer German Congregational Church in Portland, Oregon, from 1914 to 1918. He was born in Germany about 1852 and immigrated to the United States in 1855. In 1900 he was pastor of an Evangelical Church in Lorain, Ohio; in 1905 he was in Ackley, Iowa and in 1910 he was in McPherson County, South Dakota.
Father Woitkewitsch was a Vincentian priest. He served the Kamenka Parish from 1827 to 1828. Sources: Joseph Schnurr, Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen, Katholischer Teil (Stuttgart, 1980), p. 248.
The Rev. Karl Heinrich Rambach served the congregation in Yagodnaya Polyana from 1804-1820.
Father Franz Rau, son of Peter Rau, was born in 1886 in Rothammel (some sources record that he was born in 1888 in Neu-Kolonie).
He studied theology at the Catholic Seminary in Saratov and was ordained in 1911. He was a teacher in the German colony of Karlsruhe in the Kherson region.
The Rev. Paul Reichert was born 27 June 1875 in Bettinger [some sources indicate that he was born in Kamyshin]. He studied theology at the University of Dorpat [Estonia] and was ordained on 8 September 1902.
From 1902-1904, he taught in the seminary in Dorpat. He served the parish in Volga German colony of Balzer from 1904-1922, in Neu-Saratovka (near St. Petersburg) from 1922-1932, and the congregation of Saints Peter & Paul in St. Petersburg from 1932-1937.
Pastor Renz served Ebenezer German Congregational Church in Portland, Oregon, from 1933-1935. The records for the Pacific Conference of Congregational Churches do not indicate that he served other churches.
George Repp was born 28 January 1886 in Norka, the son of Konrad Repp (16 April 1857 - 13 August 1916) and Anna Maria Weidenkeller (23 May 1856 - 26 June 1949). Shortly after his birth, the Repp family left for America, arriving in New York City aboard the SS Suevia on 1 July 1886. The family originally settled in the Hastings, Nebraska, area before moving to Portland, Oregon. George and his brothers owned Repp Brothers Meats at 774 Union Avenue.
George married on 3 June 1905 to Katharine Miller (29 August 1882 - 22 November 1964).
The Rev. Emil Reusch was born 30 August 1893 in Bettinger and died 23 November 1944. He served the congregation in Taganrog-Jeisk from 1919-1925, Annenfeld (Caucasus) from 1927-1934, and in Tiflis from 1934-1936.
Father Riedel was born in 1880 in Herzog. He began his seminary training in Saratov and graduated from the Theological Academy in St. Petersburg. He was ordained as a subdeacon on 23 December 1901 in Grosswerder and ordained a priest in 1903.
He served from 3 July 1903 to 8 September 1906 as vicar in Katharinenstadt. He served in Marienfeld from 1911 to 1914. In 1928, he became parish priest in Schönchen.
The Rev. Johann Georg Rieger is from Ötisheim (Württemberg). He served the parish in Rosenheim.