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Leslie Madsen, 83, of Mount Dora, Florida passed away Monday, March 9, 2020. Born in Rolfe, Iowa, he moved to Mount Dora in 1986 from Phoenix (Peoria), Arizona. He served as a Missionary with World Gospel Mission in Haiti, Arizona and Florida for 35 years and was a member of the First Church of God, Eustis. He and his wife, Mary Ruth, also served with the Community Wesleyan Church of Leesburg and the Church of the Nazarene in Tavares before Mary Ruth passed away in 2014.
Leslie graduated from Vennard College in University Park, Iowa and had an extensive background in farming and auto mechanics. Leslie also served his country in the US Army Reserves. Leslie traveled in short-term and long-term missionary work in Haiti, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain, Hungary, Zambia, Canada, several Native American Nations and the US/Mexico border region.
Leslie was passionate about Scripture. He committed to reading the Bible through twice each year in its entirety. He was a Sunday School teacher, Bible class mentor, a reading tutor and long-time supporter of Bible translation and Scripture distribution.
He is survived by his son, Paul C. (Ellie) Madsen, Budapest, Hungary; 2 daughters, Pamela (Joel) Tooley, Melbourne, FL, Priscilla (John) Kunkle, McAllen, TX; sister, Marilyn McLean, Fargo, ND; 11 grandchildren, David Kunkle, Jonathan Kunkle, Allison Tooley, Loki Mole, Tianna Kunkle, Nicolas Tooley, Anthony Kunkle, Annikah Tooley, Silas Madsen, Paulina, Tooley, and Timothy Madsen.
The Memorial Service for Les Madsen was a family-only event from 10:00 - 12:00 Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday morning, March 21. This was due to the current pandemic and the desire to protect the health of people in our community. The Memorial Service was broadcast on Facebook Live with links from our Facebook accounts and via Zoom. Additionally, we hope to have a Memorial Reception at a later date in the fall to give an opportunity for friends and family to celebrate his life with us. Thank you for your prayers, care and sympathy during these difficult days and thank you for helping us honor the life of our dear father.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a project of Wycliffe Bible Translators http://www.wycliffe.org/promote/campaign/180170/MadsenMexico.
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