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James Roderick Moses, 61, of Cass Lake, died Sunday, March 14, 2010, in
Cass Lake.

The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Christian
Missionary Alliance Church in Cass Lake with Rev. Mervin Cheechoo
officiating. A Singspiration Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 16, at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Cass Lake, open to
all who want to share words of comfort or a song. Visitation will be from 6-7 p.
m., with a service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Christian Missionary
Alliance Church in Cass Lake and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Burial will be at the Chippewa Bible Church Ceme-tery in Oak Point, Minn.,
under the direction of the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji.

Honorary Casketbearers will be all his friends and coworkers in The Faith of
the Gospel.

Pallbearers will be Jim C. Moses, Derek J. Moses, Gilbert Trapper, Roderick
Trapper, Terry Robinson, Larry “Per-kins” Cronquist, Ronald W. Shabaiash
and Faron Blakely. Alternates will be Byron Garbow, Anthony Kotla, Shawn
Gillingham, Mark Kulack, Evan Gagnon, and Michael Aggamway.

He was born April 2, 1948, to John and Eve (Shanush) Moses in Moose
Factory, Ontario. He attended school in Moose Factory public school,
Timmins High Vocational School, Mokahum Indian Bible School and
Briercrest Bible College. He lived and worked in various places including
East-main, Quebec, Lac La Biche, Alberta, Moose Factory, Cass Lake,
Caronport, Saskatchewan, Brandon, Maine, and Thunder Bay, Ontario. He
worked various jobs including the Hudson Bay Company, Bill Graham
Evangelistic Association, Teals Super Valu, Leech Lake Tribal College, Bible
Teacher at Key Way Tin Bible Institute, Church Planter at Brandon, and pastor
at Cree Gospel Chapel, Thunder Bay Native Church and Chippewa Bible
Church from 2001 until present. He was a past board member of Native
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, governing board member of Northern
Canada Evangelical Mission, board member of “Without Reservation” and
chairman of Mokahum Training Center Advisory Council. He married Karen
Fay Fairbanks May 8, 1971, in Minneapolis. He loved to fish, bike, walk,
family picnics, travel, camp, sing, play piano, guitar, harmonica, mandolin and
watch hockey and World Wrestling Entertainment. He will be remembered
mostly for his strong faith and deep love for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
He never hesitated to share with others his story of how he became a Follower
of Jesus. He accepted Christ into his heart on Jan. 16, 1965. From that point
on in his life, his greatest desire has been to serve his Lord in word and
deeds. He enjoyed meeting and making new friends.

He is survived by his wife of Cass Lake; children, Rachel E. Moses-Gagnon of
Cass Lake, Christina Fay (Shawn) Gillingham of Jamestown, N.D., James
Curt (Rochelle) Moses of Cass Lake, Lauretta Diane (Faron) Blakely of
Fargo, N.D., Sarah Jane Moses of Bemidji, Beth Moses of Fargo, N.D.,
Kimberley Joy Moses of Inglewood, Calif.; sisters, Frances Trapper, Mary
(Gilbert) Trapper, Martha Moses of, Beatrice (George) Cheechoo, all of
Moose Factory; 20 grandchildren; and two great grand-children.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson; sisters, Kathleen and
Bessie Moses Trapper; brother, George Moses; and a nephew.
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