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Obituary for Reverend Horst G. "Gary" Kugler

Reverend Horst G. "Gary" Kugler
The Reverend Horst Gerhardt “Gary” Kugler, 76, died May 15, 2015 at Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack. Born May 21, 1938, in Somerville, New Jersey, the son of Reverend Heinz W. Kugler and Dore M. Dittmann Kugler, he attended public schools in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Rutgers University, Temple University, and The Lutheran Seminary of Philadelphia. He was ordained and installed as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Union City, in 1966 and faithfully served the congregation for 49 years until his death. His ministry reached well beyond his congregation to those in the community who brought housing, food, and health needs. Early in his ministry, in cooperation with the Community Action Program of North Hudson, Pastor Kugler and St. John church welcomed a pre-natal clinic into the church. With the mass influx of Cuban refugees in 1980 Pastor Kugler began the work of the St. John Homeless Shelter in the fellowship hall, later to be reorganized and relocated as the Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation.

Reverend Kugler was an active member of the Hispanic Pastors Association of Hudson County, the Family Policy Council of New Jersey, and the Hudson Cluster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

He is survived by his daughter Greta of Hawaii, Christa of Ohio, and Susanna and Joanna of West Milford, New Jersey. He is also survived by three sisters, Margaret of Orange Park, Florida, Eva of Florida, New York, and Dorothea of Mt. Vernon, New York, as well as many nieces and nephews, cousins, and other relatives in the United States and Germany.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 21, at 7:00 PM at St. John Lutheran Church 3511 Palisade Avenue, Union City . In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. John Lutheran Church, Union City.
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The Reverend Horst Gerhardt “Gary” Kugler, 76, died May 15, 2015 at Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack. Born May 21, 1938, in Somerville, New Jersey, the son of Reverend Heinz W. Kugler and Dore M. Dittmann Kugler, he attended public schools in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Rutgers University, Temple University, and The Lutheran Seminary of Philadelphia. He was ordained and installed as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Union City, in 1966 and faithfully served the congregation for 49 years until his death. His ministry reached well beyond his congregation to those in the community who brought housing, food, and health needs. Early in his ministry, in cooperation with the Community Action Program of North Hudson, Pastor Kugler and St. John church welcomed a pre-natal clinic into the church. With the mass influx of Cuban refugees in 1980 Pastor Kugler began the work of the St. John Homeless Shelter in the fellowship hall, later to be reorganized and relocated as the Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation.

Reverend Kugler was an active member of the Hispanic Pastors Association of Hudson County, the Family Policy Council of New Jersey, and the Hudson Cluster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

He is survived by his daughter Greta of Hawaii, Christa of Ohio, and Susanna and Joanna of West Milford, New Jersey. He is also survived by three sisters, Margaret of Orange Park, Florida, Eva of Florida, New York, and Dorothea of Mt. Vernon, New York, as well as many nieces and nephews, cousins, and other relatives in the United States and Germany.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 21, at 7:00 PM at St. John Lutheran Church 3511 Palisade Avenue, Union City . In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. John Lutheran Church, Union City.
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