Summer 2026

Miller.The Scottish sculptor and master carver’s works are installed in important churches throughout the U.K. and the U.S. All Saints was one of Miller’s last commissions, and his work can be seen in the beatific carvings throughout the church. Miller worked closely with local woodworker and artist Ivor Prosser, who built the church furnishings. The luminous stained-glass windows were designed byWillemina Ogterop of Berkeley, the principal designer of Howard Cummings Studio from 1928 until her retirement in 1953 at the age of 72. Ogterop’s designs can be found throughout California and in nine other states, including such notable churches as the Presidio Chapel and St. Ignatius in San Francisco. The new church opened its doors for its first service in February of 1951, and the congrega- tion was more energized than ever. Mike Raggett (a member since 1946), whose father ran the general dry goods store, Putnam & Raggett on Ocean, remembers particularly how he felt looking at the church’s “large and beauti- ful stained-glass windows.” Raggett served as an (Above left and right) One of many illustrations Eldon Dedini drew for the “Portly Padre” cookbook; Dedini’s caricature of friend and fellow parishioner Hans Lehmann. (Below) All Saints’ original church building, which is now city hall. C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 2 6 181 Illustration: Eldon Dedini,Courtesy of Giulio Dedini Illustration: Eldon Dedini, Courtesy of Giulio Dedini and Hans Lehmann Photo: Louis Slevin,Courtesy of All Saints Church