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Reginald R. Feuell
EV. Reginald R. Feuell , 72, a Methodis t mini ster in evangelism for
almost 50 year s, and staff 1\'Iinistet· of
Vis itation at Mt. Olivet Community
Church, Dearbom , di ed late T uesday,
Aug us t 9, at hi s home, 4016 Syracuse,
Dearborn, after a long illness. Mr.
Feuell, a native of Great Yarmouth,
Eng land, came to the United States in
1912 as a ministerial stud ent. He g raduated fro m Northwestern Univers ity's
Garrett Theological Institute in 1917 and
took his f irst pastorate a t Auburn ,
Michigan, the sa me year. In subsequent
years he served pastorates in Akron,
Millington, Houghton, Romu lus and Bad
Axe.
In 1935 he was call ed to First Method is t Church, Midland, and ser ved five
years. During thi s time he became a
frien d a nd couns elor of Dr. Willard
Dow, pres ident of Dow Chemical.
Throug h this fr iendship he became a
popular pastoral vis itor on a n informal
counse ling bas is in both pl an ts and
offic es of the company.
In 1941, Mr. F euell was appoin ted to
Jeffe rson Avenue, Detr oit, and s erved
t hroug h the wm· years. In 1946 he was
appointed to First Method ist Church,
W'yandotte, and continued there unti l
1949. He was called to Saline in 1950
and officially r etired f rom that charge
in 1954. He r eturned to t he active minis try as Parish Minister of Calvary Meth-
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:\IRS. !\l A UD E l\1. FEU E LL, widow of
Rev. Reginald R. F euell of t he Detroit
Confere nce, di ed Ap ril 2. Funeral set·vices were held April 5 in l\rt. Ol ivet Method ist Church, Dearborn.
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odist Church, Detroit, in 1955. In Janua t·y, 1959, he was called to serve a s
Mini s ter of Vis itation of Mt . Olivet Communi ty Church, Dearborn, the post which
he held at t he tim e of his death. H e
helped to organize a r eti ree's group at
Mt. Olivet and th is g-roup served a s
honora r y pallbear ers at the fu neral.
Surviving are his wife, Maude· a son
Bales Feuell of 4580 Firesto ne: Dear~
RC\'. R. R. F euell
born; three daughters, Mrs. Lyle Pack a t·cl of Det roit; Mrs. J a mes Gill of Fa rmington ; Mrs. Karl Sondet·egget· of Davis on; eleven grandchildren, two greatg randchildren; a nd in Great Yarmouth
Eng land, a s is ter, Mrs. Alice Beaver '
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::nd lwn brothers, Ft·ed and Sydney.
Th e fami ly requested that, in lieu of
floweJ·s, contributions be se nt to t he
Feuell Minis teri a l Student Fund, % R ev.
E. M. Wahlberg, Mt. Olivet Com muni ty
Cl~ut·~h , Dea rbom, Michigan, ot· to the
l\Itchtgan Ca ncer Foundation.
The body was at t he McFarland
Funer a l Home, Dearbom. th r ough Thut·sday, and then at Mt. Olivet Comm uni ty
Chut·ch, Dearbo rn, beginnin g at 11 A.M.
F riday, u~ lil fun eral services a t 1:00
P.l\'1. Buna l took place in Grand Law 11
Cen,etcr y, Detroit.
Feuell, Reginald R.