Don Wright

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I was born May 30, 1960 in New Haven, Connecticut. My father was attending Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut and after graduating in 1961 the family moved to Milton, Washington

I was baptized September 19, 1961 at Grandview Methodist Church in Grandview, Washington by my maternal grandfather, Ritchie Don Ocheltree. I was named after him, but my parents opted for Richard instead of Ritchie

I attended kindergarten at the Charles Wright Academy

My brother Rob was born in 1964

The family moved to Sierra Madre, California in 1966 so my father could work on his Ph.D. in Psychology from Fuller Seminary while serving as minister of a Methodist church in Sierra Madre

I attended first grade at an elementary school Sierra Madre. It was condemned for earthquake safety

I attended second grade at Sierra Mesa school (now closed).

I attended third grade at Don Benito school.

I attended fourth grade back at Sierra Madre elementary in a temporary bungalow

My brother Randall was born in 1968

In 1969 we moved to Burbank. My father served the First United Methodist Church of Burbank

I attended fifth and sixth grade at Thomas Jefferson elementary

I attended seventh and eighth grade at John Muir junior high school

My parents were divorced in 1974

I attended ninth grade at Malibu Junior high school AND Daniel Webster Junior high in West Los Angeles

In March 5, 1975 my father married Ailene Oak

My father and step-mother moved to Northern Idaho, south of Sandpoint, and I and my youngest brother Randall went along leaving my mother and middle brother in West Los Angeles. That was very hard

I attended 10th through 12th grade and graduated from Sandpoint Senior high school in 1978

In the fall of 1978 I attended my freshman year of college at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho

In October 1979 I dropped out of college my sophomore year of college and followed my heart which was in love and moved to Moorpark, California

In April 1980 I moved to Simi Park, California. Heart break in progress

Later in 1980 I moved back in with my mother in Palms/Culver City, California

In 1981 I got my own apartment in Beverly Hills, California

On January 7, 1984 I married Donna M. Hale and moved into her apartment in Santa Monica, California.

In June 1988 Donna and I moved to Berkeley, California to attend Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

In August 1990 we moved to Renton, Washington to begin our year of internship

Our daughter Marica E Wright was born January 28, 1991

We returned to Berkeley, California in August 1991 to finish our last year of seminary

In 1992 my wife and I graduated from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

With no work, we stayed for a time in a friend's RV in West Los Angeles, and then moved to Dover, New Jersey to stay with my mother

We moved to Scribner, Nebraska November 16, 1992

My wife and I were called to serve as pastors of United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Scribner, rural St. John's "Ridgeley" Lutheran Church, and Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Snyder, and were ordained December 6, 1992

In 1999 we accepted a call to serve Lord of Love Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska

I served First Lutheran Church of Avoca temporarily for one year from 2007-2008

We moved to Richlandtown, Pennsylvania in August 2008

Our daughter Marica returned to Omaha after completing High School in 2009. Those were unhappy times

I served Christ Lutheran Church of Springtown temporarily in 2008-2009

We moved to Telford in 2009

I served St. John's Lutheran Church of Hatboro temporarily in 2009-2010

We moved to Cheltenham, Pennsylvania in 2010

I served Living Word Lutheran Church of Roslyn temporarily from July 2011 to July 2012

I served Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burholme, Philadelphia, from July 2011 to November 11, 2018

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Richard Don Wright at registration.