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Allen Paul Fadel

Allen Paul Fadel

Allen Paul Fadel died September 30, 2014 in Boise, Idaho. He was born in South Milwaukee, WI on December 18, 1923 to Allen B. Fadel and Lillian (Leavitt) Fadel. He graduated from South Milwaukee High School in 1942 and served in the Army from 1943 to 1946 in the European Theater. While in the Army another soldier read the Bible to him and helped him understand that Jesus Christ was his Savior and that he needed to repent of his sin and trust the death of Christ on the Cross for forgiveness. Allen prayed and became a "new creation in Christ." Allen married Jane Ulvin in 1949 in Thief River Falls, MN.  Allen and Jane graduated together from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, MN in 1950 and served as missionaries with TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission) in Japan from 1951 to 1969.God used them and blessed their ministry to help establish churches in Aomori, Hitachi City, and Tokyo. After returning to the U.S. in 1969 they settled in Thief River Falls, MN. In 1974 they moved to Dickinson, ND where they organized and pastored the Evangelical Bible Church. In 1984 they returned to Japan and ministered in a suburb of Tokyo until 1990 when they returned to the U.S. and settled in Salem, OR where they held meetings for Japanese students and ministered in the Chinese Christian Fellowships of Salem and Corvallis. Allen and Jane moved to Boise, ID in 2004. He is preceded in death by his wife, Jane and brother, Eugene. Allen is survived by his sons Stephen of Hopkins, MN, Mark (Linda) of Boise, David (Rita) of Bothell, WA, Michael of Quincy, MA, and James (Sherry) of Columbia, SC and 10 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He will be remembered for his life-long devotion to study, his quick wit and humor, his love of garlic, his love of music expressed through his beautiful baritone voice and smooth trombone, but most of all his love for Jesus Christ and love for people. A memorial service will be held at The Cornerstone Church,1023 South Curtis Road, Boise at 4:00 p.m. October 4, 2014. Burial will be at the Veterans Cemetery in Boise October 7 at 11:00 a.m.


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