Fred Malir

Fred passed peacefully on January 5 in his home in Wenatchee, WA. He was born April 5, 1923 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Fred's dad moved the family to Montevideo, Uruguay, South America to escape another war which he saw was coming in Europe. Fred was three at the time and quickly learned Spanish. His father sent him to a British school where he became fluent in English and developed the skill of rapid bilingual interpreting. In 1944 he received the Lord Jesus as his personal Savior and shortly afterward the Lord called him to a full time ministry of preaching the gospel. For the next 14 years he traveled extensively throughout South America with this purpose. In 1958 he made a trip with another missionary to the USA and met Ann Whittemore in Long Island, VA. They fell in love and 2 years later Fred moved to the USA, and they were married on December 31, 1960. After their only child, Amy, was born , they moved to Los Angeles, CA, living in CA, OK and CO before returning to the family farm in Virginia in 1981. From that home base, Fred resumed traveling extensively until he had finally been in 50 countries. In 2011 he and Ann moved to Wenatchee, WA to be close to their daughter and her family. It was a great joy to Fred to be surrounded and loved by 4 generations of children until the Lord took him Home to be with Him. Fred was not only a preacher and teacher of God's Word, but also a writer of 8 books. In them he wrote about the intimate fellowship he enjoyed with the Lord on his many adventures. His desire was to encourage the reader to seek the Lord for this same relationship, available to everyone. These books have been translated into Spanish and Portuguese and freely and widely distributed. He was a sweet lover to his wife for 56 years, a fun playmate to his children and an available friend to all who were brought into his life. He was a great gift to many in many places, and we thank God for him. He will be greatly missed. Fred is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Ann Whittemore Malir, his daughter Amy Malir (Steve) Wilfong, his granddaughter Ashley Wilfong (Joel) Hewitt, his great grandson Henry and great granddaughter Leela, his granddaughter Victoria Wilfong (Chad) Stutzman, his great granddaughter Blake and his sister Emily Smith of Sierra Vista, AZ A Celebration of Life will be held at 3pm Sunday January 15th at Columbia Heights 1550 Cherry St Wenatchee, WA 98801 Arrangements are by Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee

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Fred Malir

April 5, 1923 - January 5, 2017