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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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Detroit Annual Conference
Adrian College
Adrian, Michigan
June 10, 1969
For Immediate Release
Copy :
Samuel Stout
Rev . Ira 1. Fett of Marcellus , Michigan was electe d to Full
Membership in the Detroit Annual Conference of the United Methodi st
Church at the Executi ve session of the l28th Annual Conference
be ing held this week on the campus of Adrian Coll ege, Adri an,
l-1ichigan .
Mr. Fett was r ecommended for Lice nse to Preach by the Quarte rly
Conference held in First Methodist Church, Dansville , Ke ntucky , in
1950.
He was rece ived On Trial in the Detroit Annual Conference in
1968 .
Rev. Fett is the s on of Mrs. WAlter L. Fett of River Falls,
Wisconsin.
He graduated from Marissa Township High School, Marissa,
I ll . in 1945 .
He attended Asbury College at Wilmore, Ky., from
whi ch he re ce i ved the B. A. degr ee in 1950.
This ~ear, Mr . Fett
was graduated f rom Garrett Semi nary, Evans t on , Ill . with a B. D. degree.
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Mrs. Fett is the former Margorie Birdsall, daughter of Albert
H. Birdsall of Livonia, Michigan.
Rev. and Mrs. Fetts are the parents
of Daniel, Mary, Douglas, Martha, and Steven.
With the reading of the appointments on Tuesday evening, Rev.
Fett was assigned to serve the United
by Bishop Loder.
~ ethodist
Church of Saline
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY: I was born September 20,
1927, to Walter and Helen Fett in Marissa, Illinois. I attended a one-room school through the
eigh th grade, and later graduated from the
Marissa TWP High School. Following my
graduation from high school, I enlisted in the
navy and served with the Con struction Battal ion
known as the CBs in the South Pacific theater.
After returning from overseas, I answered the ca ll
of God to become a full-time Christian Minister.
It was not an easy decision for me, as I was hoping God could use me in a Christian profess ion
other than the pastoral ministry. It was not to be.
1 began my co llege education at Asbury College
in Wi lmore, KY, in the fall of 1946, and
graduated in 1950. I w ill always be thankful I
went to Asbury, not not only did I receive my Bachelor of Arts degree, but best of
all, I met Marjorie Birdsa ll, the love of my life, and we were married in September
of 1951. I attended Asbury Theological seminary for two years and after Marjorie
graduated from Asbury College in 1952, we moved to Detroit w here I began serving
in th e Detroit Conference as a Local Pastor. Twelve years later, with tw o d aughters
and three sons, Marjorie and I moved to Marcellus, Michigan, to a student appointment where Marjorie taught school and I commuted to Garrett Seminary and completed my work for the M.Div. degree. We have worked as a team all through our
ministry. Marjorie's calli ng to ministry is that as a Wife, Mother, and Public School
Teacher w ith a Master's degree in Counseling from the U. of M. and thirty-seven years
of teaching in ch urches and Public School classrooms. Thus far we have been blessed
with six granddaughters of which the youngest are twin s.
In our thirty years of service, we have served chu rches in McDermott, Ohio, Perry,
Genesee, Marcellus, Sa line, Trenton First, and Ann Arbor Calvary. We are grateful
to the Detroit Annual Conference for its support, the opportunities of service it has
given us, and the host of friends we have come to know and love. We trust that during this time, we have been able to share the light of our Lord in the darkened places,
helping others along this pathway of li fe even as others have hel ped us.
Our view of retirement from the pastoral ministry is only another phase of our ministry,
as we continue to serve Christ and his Church wherever we can be useful.
TESTIMONIAL: Ira L. Fett ... a beloved fellow minister of the Gospel and dear friend.
Our fam ilies have been friends all during our ministry. Many fam il y camping vacations were shared with Ira, Margie and their chi ldren. Our friendship brought us together
fo r many yea rs on the Conference Secretarial Staff. His faithful commitment to this
ministry was outstanding and deeply appreciated.
Throu gh close to fo rty years of friendship, I have come to appreciate Ira for his steadfast involvement in the life and ministry of the Chu rch. Not only is he a man who
tri es to par the course when driving that little w hite ball, but of greater significance
has been his desire to be a good and faithful minister of the Lord Jesus Christ.
May God continue to bl ess Ira and Margie in their years of reti rement.
john W. Bray
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Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries
Reverend Ira L. F ett
John 11: v 25-26
"I am the resurrection and the
life, he who believes in me
though he die, yet shall he live,
and whoever lives and believes
in me shall never die.
Date of birth
September 20, 1927
Entered eternal life
Apri/27, 2010
Funeral & Committal Service
Saturday May 1, 2010
2:00pm at
Arsulowicz Brothers,
Remembrance Mortuary
He will be laid to Rest in
Lake Forrest Cemetery,
Grand Haven, Michigan
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Was blind but now
The hour I first
And ~race will lead
Than when we'd first
I see.
be - lieved!
me home.
be- gun.
Tuno: AMAZING GRACE
GRACE
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American melody
Carrell & Clay ton's Virginia Harmony
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(From pg. 881 of the United Methodist Hymnal)
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An. © Sinl:'pit3tion 1963. All rights reserved.
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I believe in God the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resmrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Touch of the M as ter's Hand
"Twas battered a nd scared, and the a uctio neer
T ho ught it scarcely wort h hi s whi le
To waste muc h time on the o ld v io lin,
But he held it up with a s m i Ie .
"What am I bidden. good folks," he cried.
'' W ho'll s ta rt b idding for m e?
I\ do llar. a do ll ar- now w ho" II make it two
Two dollars, a nd w ho"ll make it th r<::c?
"Three do llars once: three do lla rs tw ice,
Goi ng for three" . .. but no!
From the room far back a g ray-haired man
C ame forwa rd and picked up th e bow;
Then w iping the dust fro m the old vio lin ,
And tightening up the strings,
lie p lay ed a mclody,pure a nd sweet,
A s s weet as an ange l s ings.
The mus ic ceased a nd the a uctioneer
W ith a vo ice that was qu ie t and low.
Said : "Wha t am I bidden for the old v iol in?"
1\.nd he h e ld it up with the bow:
"A tho usand do llars - and who' ll make it two?
Two tho usand - and who' II make it tim.:<.:?
T hree thousa nd once, three thousand twice
1\. nd go ing- a nd gone ," said he.
The people c heered, but some o f th e m c ri ed.
"We do not q ui te understand What changed its wort h?" The ma n replied :
"The to uc h of the maste rs hand."
1\.nd ma ny a man •v ith life out of tune.
A nd battered a nd tom w ith s in,
Is auct ioned <.: heap to a tho ug h tless c rowd.
Muc h li ke the o ld v iol in .
A "mess ofpottag<.: ." a glass ofwinc,
I\ gam e and he t rave ls on,
He's g oing o nce. a nd g oi ng tw ice lie's going - and a lmost gone!
Out the MAST E R co mes. and th ..: fo o lish crowd.
Neve r can quite und e rs ta nd,
The worth o r ct so ul , and the c..:ha ngt: that's wro ug ht
By the touch o f the IVI/\STER'S ha nd .
- M y ra 13. Wclc..:h
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MRS. MAJOR IE FETT of Saline, l~ite of Rev .
Ira l . Fett, graduated from the Rackham
Schoo l of Graduate Studies at the University
of Mic higan Sunday, December 14, with a
Mrs.
''M
Fett
master's degree in Guida nce and Counselin g.
She is a teacher in the Elementary School
system in Sa li ne and th e mother of five
children , age~ 11 to 22.
Fett, Ira L.