Remembering Lois Breimeier
Written by Dr. Stephanie J. Jass Longtime Cottage Colony resident and former staff member Lois (Klitzing) Breimeier passed away in February at the age of 97, and her long life impacted many, including me. My first summer on staff at Camp Arcadia was in 1989. Lois’ husband Ken Breimeier had agreed to serve as Interim […]
Remembering Rev. Dr. Paul L. Maier
Rev. Dr. Paul L. Maier, Camp Arcadia’s longest continuously-serving dean, was called home to heaven on February 27, 2025. We rejoice in the promise of eternal life through Christ, our Lord, even as we mourn this loss with his friends and family. Son of Rev. Dr. Walther A. Maier, one of Camp Arcadia’s founders and […]
The Gift of Arcadia: An Open Letter from Dr. Tinetti to Chip May
In the early ’40s, Dr. Richard R. Caemmerer wrote open letters to Chief Weihermann, which were featured in The Walther League Messenger. (You can find copies of these letters in Chapter Seven of “Camp Arcadia – The First Sixty Years by Frank W. Miller.) At that time, Dr. Caemmerer was teaching at Concordia Seminary St. […]
A Piece of Heaven on Earth
Dale and Beth Durfey first came to Camp because of an invitation of friends from church (Trinity Lutheran – Lisle, IL) over 30 years ago. Beth recalls, “The moment we walked up the sidewalk in front of the Inn, we ran into another couple who had attended our church, but moved Ohio a few years […]
More Than A Great View: The Brunes’ Camp Arcadia Story
In the days leading up to their first trip to Camp Arcadia, Allison and John Brune were starting to question their decision to spend the week. Though a good friend of theirs had been telling them how great Camp was, she couldn’t describe exactly what it was about Arcadia that was so awesome. They found […]