In Memory of Lewis Gudmundsen

Lewis Gudmundsen

Spouse: Hildegard Eisenhut
Children: Sigfried
DOB: December 16, 1948
Blessing Date: January 6, 1982
Ascension: January 9, 2025
Seonghwa Ceremony: New Jersey Family Church (78 DeMott Ave. Clifton, NJ 07011) on Monday, January 13
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Lewis Gudmundsen was born on December 16, 1948, in Mobile, Alabama as the last child – born 16 years after his elder siblings.

When Lewis was 13 years old, his father suddenly passed away in front of his eyes on December 24, 1961. Lewis was unable to understand why God would take his beloved dad on the day before Christmas. This experience strongly affected his faith in God’s love for him.

After his father was gone, Lewis and his mother moved to Los Angeles, California. At the age of 18, he moved to San Francisco to study at the University of San Francisco, graduating in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree.

In 1974, Lewis met and joined the Unification Church in Oakland, California. Soon thereafter he was recruited for the MFT (Mobil Fundraising Team), where he brought amazing results. He attended the Unification Theological Seminary as part of the second graduating class 1976 -1978.

In 1978 Lewis accepted a Home Church mission in England where he became Center Leader in Bristol. In that same year, he was invited to participate in the European Matching in London and was matched with Hildegard Eisenhut, an Austrian Church member.

When he returned to the US to attend the funerals of his older sister and brother, he worked in Accounting at ILHWA Korean Ginseng Tea Company and International Relief Friendship Foundation (IRFF). Then, after helping at the News World for a brief period, he joined Ocean Church and became Center Leader in Montauk, Long Island, NY.

In 1982, while working at Sunlight Graphics, Lewis and his fiancée Hildegard Eisenhut received the marriage blessing, as part of the 2075 couple Blessing at Madison Square Garden. Then, together they worked with a Home Church team in Woodside, Queens, and later moved to West New York, NJ. He was also employed at New World Marine from 2003 to 2004.

Lewis loved to research True Parents’ words and record his findings in articles that he wrote and gave to people he thought would benefit from the information. He would witness to people he met in places like shopping centers and restaurants, or when driving for Lift or Uber.

At the age of 65, though he had very little income, he and Hildegard gratefully accepted an offering child. They were determined to establish God’s Four Position Foundation, and they were both longing to receive a child. He was a dedicated father and took good care of Sigfried, who became his pride and joy. 

Lewis suddenly passed away on January 9, 2025, at 2:30 am. He was a faithful Son of God and True Parents, a good husband and loving father.