Pastor Dr. J. D. Severinghans died yesterday after a short illness in his home 439 N. Ashland Avenue and a life rich on work and activity has ended. He was born near Severinghansen, Hannover and came to the U. S. of America at the age of 15 in 1849. He took up the study of theology at the Wittenberg Seminary in Springfield, Ohio. In 1881 he was ordained as a clergyman and acted in German Lutheran parishes in St. Paris, Urbana, Wakefield, Ohio; Richmond, Indiana; Oswego, N. Y. In 1873 he came to Chicago and functioned at the Trinity and St. Marcus congregation.

For some time he was president of the German theological seminary and edited the Lutheran Church Friend and later the Chicago Flag. His publications in German and English had much success, especially a cateshism, the "Formulary", "The Blessing," "Salvation Lessons," first and second book for Sunday Schools. "Lively Songs", Scent of the Palms. "Christian Beneficence "Dayspring.