Duane Addison

MINNEAPOLIS — Services for Duane Leroy Addison, 88, of Minneapolis will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Nativity Lutheran Church, 3312 Silver Lake Rd. NE, St. Anthony. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Lunch reception to follow.

He died April 18, 2019.

He was born Dec. 27, 1930, in Tracy. He graduated as valedictorian form Marshall High School, then received a bachelor’s degree from the University Minnesota-Minneapolis in 1953, a master of divinity degree from Luther Seminary in 1960, a master of arts degree from Yale in 1962, and a doctor of philosophy degree from Yale in 1966. HE served 1953-1956 in the U.S. Navy as a LTJG supply officer. Duane was ordained a pastor in the American Lutheran Church in 1963 and served as the Lutheran campus minister at the University of Iowa, 1963-67, and Professor of Religion at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., 1967-1993. His primary areas of research and teaching were Native American studies, Christian ethics and world religions. He was the founder of the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center and a past president of the Center for Western Studies. After his retirement from Augustana, Duane moved to Minneapolis and served as an adjunct professor of religion at Augsburg College. He was also a frequent teacher and bible study leader at his congregation, Nativity Lutheran Church in St. Anthony, and was active on several national boards and committees in the Lutheran Church. He was a gentle but passionate advocate for justice and equality for all. He was married to and survived by Carol Lynne Alberts 1960-92, and to Eva (Johnson, then Erickson), from 1992 until his death.

He is also survived by his brother, Curtis (Joyce) Addision; three children, Richard (Michele) Addison-Wood, Roy (Lauretta) Addison and Linnea (Steve) Fonnest; one grandchild, Finn Fonnest; three stepchildren, Stephen (Karen) Erickson, Andy Erickson, and Paul (Lynn) Erickson; and four step-grandchildren, Hayley, Ethan, David and Sarah.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Virtis and Frances (Swanson) Addison and his sister, Lois (Addison) Chalupsky.