California Obituaries, Los Angeles County

Submitted by Peggy Hooper 

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit 
or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations 
desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain 
the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of 
the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to 
their own work.

The Downey Eagle

April 13, 2001 Volume 9 Number 8

Frank H. Argelander memorial at age of 77
DOWNEY-A memorial service will be held tomorrow (Saturday, April 14) at 10:30 a.m. at the Downey 
United Methodist Church, 10801 Downey Ave., for Frank Henry Argelander, a longtime Downey 
resident and pastor who died of heart failure April 3 while vacationing on the island resort of Pulau 
Lang Tengah off the coast of the Malay Peninsula, near the city of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 
He was 77, born April 14, 1923 in Kiukiang, China of missionary parents. He followed in his father's 
footsteps as a Methodist minister serving parishes in Indiana and Wisconsin as well as four years as 
a missionary in Indonesia and Melacca, Malaysia. 
Rev. Argelander also served United Methodist parishes in the Los Angeles area including Wilmington, 
Lynwood, Montebello, California Heights, Long Beach and Downey, before he retired in the mid-1980s. 
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Argelander; a former wife, Scotty Argelander, three children, 
Ronald and Jennifer Argenlander and Margo Berdanis (Bill); and numerous members of the extended 
Argelander family including siblings Ruth Butler, Edward Argelander and Alice Butler. 
Services were held Friday, April 6, at the Wesley Methodist Church in Malacca, Malaysia where he 
served as pastor from 1957-1960.