Covenant News

Memorial Service Saturday for Ben Haglund

WINSTON-SALEM, NC (November 7, 2002) - A memorial service will be conducted Saturday for former Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Gustav Benjamin Haglund, who died early Thursday morning at his home.

The service will be at 2 p.m. at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 1046 Miller Street, with Pastor Steve Tilley of Parkland Church officiating. A viewing will be observed from 7-9 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) at Redeemer church.

Haglund was born April 1, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served as a missionary for 37 years in Manila, Philippines, and Quito, Ecuador. He was involved in the G.I. Gospel Hour movement in the Philippines while serving in the U.S. Army. He and his wife, Faye, returned to the Philippines as part of the Far Eastern Gospel Crusade, later known as Send International.

The couple was called and commissioned as Covenant missionaries during the 1975 Annual Meeting, following two years of short-term service with the Covenant in Ecuador.

During their 1984-1987 term, Ben taught instrumental music and directed the school band at Theodore W. Anderson High School, also teaching classes in Bible, discipleship and baptism while assisting with many administrative duties. Faye was involved in visitation, discipleship classes, counseling and serving on the Jipi-japa church board.

In a 1987 report, Faye wrote that "on the whole, our country in Ecuador is open to the Gospel and we are able to minister without fear of interference. However, there are districts where work is being done among the Quichua Indians where persecution is taking place. Radio station HCJB . . . is endeavoring by the power of the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in such a manner that every man, woman and child will be confronted with the redemption that Christ offers and follow through as a responsible member of Christ's church."

In addition to his wife of 54 years, Faye Marie Wilson Haglund, he is survived by his son, Larry Benjamin Haglund; three granddaughters: Shama-Nitra, Tamis Marie and Lillie Bailey; and four great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Febias c/o S.E.N.D. International, PO Box 513, Farmington, MI, 48332, or the Department of World Mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church, 5101 North Francisco Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60625.

More information concerning the service or directions to the church is available by calling the church office at 336-724-2217.

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