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Memorial Service Saturday for Arvin Anderson

HUDSONVILLE, MI (January 12, 2006) - A memorial service for Arvin Anderson, 66, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Evangelical Covenant Church. Anderson died Monday following a lingering illness.

Visitation for family and friends will be observed at the Alt & Shawmut Hills Chapel of the Lifestory Funeral Homes from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, and again from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday.

Anderson is a former chair of the Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church and is credited with laying the groundwork for church planting across the region. Last year, he was the first recipient of a conference award named in his honor, to be given to people who advance the cause of church planting.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy; three children, Jeff Anderson, Brian Anderson and Julie Anderson; three sisters, Janice Kempe, Rhoda Larson and Sharon Oudman; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to Covenant Enabling Residences of Michigan (homes for challenged adults), 862 Forest Park Rd., Muskegon, MI, 49441, or DeGage Ministries Community Center, 144 S. Division Grand Rapids, MI, 49503.

To read more of his life and sign an online guest book, please visit Arvin Anderson.

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