Karen Mae Mcfadden

Celebrating the Life of Karen Mae Weaver McFadden Born: April 19, 1948 Rested in Jesus: November 18, 2011 Karen Mae Weaver McFadden rested from her three year battle with cancer Friday evening November 18, 2011. She is survived by her husband of forty-two years David McFadden and her sons Jeff, Joel and Jevon McFadden.She also left six adorable grandchildren Kaela, Aiden, Gavin, Liam, Kaia and Ainsley who were so dear to her and called her "nai nai" (Chinese for grandmother). Karen is also survived by both of her parents Arthur and Natalie Weaver and five siblings, Donald Weaver, Sharon Weaver Pittman, Robert Weaver, Susan Weaver Hurt, and Ellen Weaver Higgins. Additionally, she leaves a large extended family including nieces and nephews who all loved her very much. Karen was born April 19, 1948 in St. Helena, California. Her early childhood years were spent in Michigan where her father was doing his surgical residency.Karen and her husband David first met in Karachi, Pakistan where both of their fathers were missionary physicians at Karachi Adventist Hospital. They graduated together from Vincent Hill School in India in 1966 and later from Andrews University in 1969. She and Dave were also married in 1969 in Farmington, MI. After completing a residency in Kettering Ohio, David, Karen and family spent 18 years in medical mission service in Taiwan, Singapore and China. From 2004 until present they have been living in Rochester, MN where David is a physician in the General Internal Medicine Division of Mayo Clinic. Karen was a beautiful Christian. She was blessed with an angelic voice. She loved living each day in the grace of Jesus and working in the Lords service.Karen was active in women's ministries within her local and regional Seventh-day Adventist churches.She was blessed with the gift of hospitality and always opened her heart and home to anyone who needed a comfortable bed or one of her wonderful home-cooked meals.Karen will always be remembered for her kind and sensitive spirit of friendship. Karen leaves friends who morn for her around the globe! She loved traveling world-wide and even during the last three years whenshe was receiving chemotherapy she continued to travel widely including making recent trips to China, Chile, Europe, Australia and New Zealand accumulating over 80,000 miles of air travel in a year. Karen will be dearly missed by family, friends, and church members alike. We, who loved her, are eager for Jesus to come so we can join her in the earth made new!If you would like to send a gift to memorialize Karen, we ask that instead of sending flowers, you please make a donation in her name to Camp Au Sable, her favorite family gathering place. Money will go to make upgrades to the Cedar Lodge which she loved. Please send donations (made payable to Better Living Seminars) to the following address: Better Living Seminars, 49285 Ridge Ct., Northville, MI 48168. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Rochester Seventh-Day Adventist Church 1100 37th Street NW Rochester, MN 55901 www.ranfranzandvinefh.com