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Services Scheduled Wednesday for Dennis Cadieux
CHICAGO, IL (July 21, 2003) - Memorial services are set for Wednesday at 7:30
p.m., for Covenant pastor Dennis Cadieux of Jesus People USA (JPUSA)
Evangelical Covenant Church. Cadieux died Sunday afternoon of a massive
heart attack.
A wake will be held preceding Wednesday's memorial at 5:30 p.m. at 939
W. Wilson Avenue in Chicago. Pastors from JPUSA will officiate at the
services. The building where the memorial service will be held is at the
corner of Wilson and Sheridan avenues. It is across the street from the
Friendly Towers, where JPUSA is located. Parking is just east of Arai
Middle School, located on the same block.
The 67-year-old Cadieux was ordained last month at the Annual Meeting of
the Evangelical Covenant Church. He had served at JPUSA in ministry
since 1972 and had given his life and resources to the church. A
physically fit person, Cadieux's heart attack shocked those who knew him
well.
Born January 2, 1936 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Cadieux was baptized
in a Baptist church in Aurora at the age of seven. He came to JPUSA in
November 1972, according to the Covenant's Department of the Ordered
Ministry. His willingness to give up all he had to follow his faith was
well documented.
Cadieux met Jesus People in the 1970s through JPUSA's Resurrection Band,
which had been performing a Christmas concert at a suburban Aurora
church. Cadieux, who had long dreamed of being a foreign missionary, was
so taken with the group that he decided to sell his family's home and
printing business to join full time. He moved to Chicago with his family
to live at JPUSA. He also donated printing presses and JPUSA used them
to start some printing-related ventures.
A noted community leader, Cadieux was once the head of a neighborhood
association that helped keep low-income housing in the Uptown area
during the mid 1980s. Pastors at JPUSA stated that Cadieux was involved
in a policeman's prayer breakfast and that he was socially conscious and
was especially helpful to young adults in his neighborhood throughout
his ministry. He spent the past 13 years ministering to senior citizens
who lived at the Friendly Towers.
Survivors include wife, Bette, sons Michael and Josh, and daughters
Jennifer and Cathy. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent
to the Cornerstone Community Outreach for the Homeless, 920 W. Wilson,
Chicago IL 60640. For more information about the services, call JPUSA at
773-561-2450.
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