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 also served his country in the US Navy.

Leslie was passionate about Scripture. He commited 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.

His youngest granddaughter Paulina is indigenous to Mexico and this project will support the translation of Scripture for other indigenous people in a country Leslie prayed for regularly.

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.

A memorial service will be held at the First Church of God, Eustis, Florida on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 10:00 AM.