Allan Meckle
Apr. 13, 1957 – Sept. 18, 2020
Allan Meckle was born
into eternity on Friday,
September 18, 2020 at the
Heart of America Medical
Center under the care of
hospice and his wife.
Allan was born to
Walter and Lydia (Gra-
bofsky) Meckle on April
13, 1957 in Turtle Lake,
North Dakota. He grew
up on the family dairy
farm at McClusky. The
family moved to Martin,
North Dakota in 1974 and
Allan graduated from Har-
vey High School in 1975.
He worked for area farm-
ers before attending col-
lege at Bottineau. He gra-
duated from Lutheran
Brethren Bible College in
1980 and spent a summer
in Japan teaching English.
He returned home and
began working at the Har-
vey Hospital, going on to
get his nursing degree
from NDSSS at Wahpe-
ton. Allan met Beverly
Bayley, the love of his life,
at a singles Bible study
and they were united in
marriage on May 28, 1983.
He continued his studies
to become a Respiratory
Therapist and worked in
Williston for one year ,
then in Rugby for the past
24 years. He always en-
joyed the challenge of
helping others to live life
to the fullest. Allan spent
the past five years work-
ing with the Heart of
America Community Ser-
vice Program in Bot-
tineau, McHenry and Pi-
erce Counties, and work-
ing part time as an LPN in
the Alzheimer Unit at
HAMC.
Allan was an active part
of the Rugby community,
serving on the school
board, Pierce County
Food Pantry, volunteering
with the museum, theatre
and Relay for Life. He
served on the State Board
of Respiratory Care and
the North Dakota Society
of Respiratory Care as
Chairman. He was very
active in his church serv-
ing as a Sunday school
teacher, worship leader,
elder and deacon. His
most loved activity was
Awana and served as the
commander for 20 plus
years and enjoyed the
quizzing and could be
found at Pizza Hut on a
Sunday afternoon study-
ing verses with clubbers.
The high school clubbers
team, coached by Al and
Bev, traveled to Varsity
USA in Chicago, Omaha,
Dallas and St. Louis for
national quizzing and
twice the team took home
the gold team award. Al-
lan and all his children
received the Citation
Award, the highest award
given by Awana for scrip-
ture memorization. He
and Bev could be found
many summers working
at Awana Scholarship
Camp.
Allan’s joy was his chil-
dren, Michelle, Steven
and Sarah and was at
their school activities
every chance he got. He
did a lot of traveling while
the kids were in college to
attend their activities. He
was blessed with two
wonderful sons-in-law,
Sean and Paul and a spe-
cial daughter-in-law, Kay-
leen and was the grandfa-
ther of seven terrific
grandchildren.
Allan thoroughly en-
joyed gardening and
could be found in his
back yard during any free
time. His kids would say
that if he was near
someone’s garden and
saw a weed, he would go
pull it! Allan loved to
travel and share the love
of Christ with others, he
went on Mission trips to
Japan, Russia, Poland,
Haiti and spent summers
at Bible camps serving as
counselor. The family
also hosted eight ex-
change students over the
years. During the past
few years, Allan and Bev-
erly could be found cruis-
ing to Alaska or the Carib-
bean.
Allan is survived by his
wife, Beverly of 37 years,
daughter, Michelle (Sean)
Swenson and their chil-
dren, Maggie, Owen, Ben
and Theodore Allan, of
Keene, North Dakota; son,
Steven (Kayleen) and
their son, Caleb of Mott,
North Dakota; daughter,
Sarah (Paul) Osborne and
their daughters, Bethany
and Elizabeth of Omaha,
Nebraska; sisters, Julie
(Joe) Bachmeier of Town-
er, Bette (Lyle) Langseth
of Williston; sister-in-law,
Sally Meckle of Leesburg,
Florida; brothers, Tony
(Sammie) of Martin, Jim
(Dorothy) of Denhoff,
John (Elinor) of Harvey,
Mark (Laurie) of Carlsbad,
NM, Tim (Jody) of Minot,
Danny (Dacia) of Fargo;
brother-in-law, Eugene
Pillatzke of Anamoose;
many wonderful nieces,
nephews, aunts, uncles,
cousins; other relatives
and friends. He was pre-
ceded to heaven by his
parents, Walter and Lydia;
brother, Harold; sister,
Sally; 3 siblings in infan-
cy; grandparents, Emanu-
el and Lydia Meckle and
John and Lydia Grabofsky.
Memorial services will
be held on Friday, Sept.
25 at 10:30 a.m. at the
Calvary Evangelical Free
Church in Rugby. Pastor
Jason Wood, officiating.
Arrangements with the
Anderson Funeral Home
of Rugby. Online registry:
www.funeralsbyanderson
.com
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