Esther Gracia Tader

Gracia Tader, 88, died peacefully in her sleep on December 11, 2019 at the DeLand Hospital after a prolonged illness. She was born in Minneapolis, MN on August 15, 1931, the seventh of eight daughters born to Norwegian immigrants, George and Elizabeth Aune.
After graduating from high school, Gracia attended Northwestern Bible school in Minneapolis and then worked in the finance department at the Coast to Coast corporate offices. During this time, Gracia was actively involved in the Sunday school ministry of Riverside Evangelical Free Church. It was there that she met her husband, David Tader, and it was there that she dedicated her life to fulltime Christian service.
David and Gracia served together with the Evangelical Free Church as church planting missionaries in Venezuela, Peru, and New York, Intercultural Ministries workers in Chicago, with Whole Life Ministries in Grand Rapids, MI, with CHAFI Ministries in Minneapolis, as Hurricane Katrina relief volunteers for parts of ten years, and much more.
Gracia will be remembered as a faithful helpmate, a devoted and loving mother, and a gracious friend, always putting the needs of others before her own desires. When people talk of Gracia, they always remember the kind things that she did for them. When David & Gracia were newly arrived missionaries in Venezuela. One of her veteran co-laborers recounted, "...Gracia helped me especially when we were leaving for our second furlough... I was treasurer of the Mission. I was not able to balance the books. I could not leave if I did not. Gracia came in and "zip" she cleared it all up. I was SO grateful. Many good memories..." JN
One of Gracia's nieces wrote, "I have a number of memories... having bread pudding. I'll be making that in her memory next weekend when my "boys" and daughter in law are here. Trolls. Puzzles. Scrabble. So glad to have spent times together in many places." LB
Gracia is survived by David, her husband of 64 years; her children (spouses) Douglas (Kristen Carlson), Naomi Yenger (Jim), Duane (Joy Glittenberg), Nanci Quinnear (John); twenty-one grandchildren and their spouses and great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, her sisters, son Brian, and granddaughter Elizabeth Anne.
Two Celebration of Life Services are planned in honor of Gracia's Memory:
1. January 4, 2020 at 10:00 AM at the Alliance Chapel, which is located on the corner of W. Armstrong St. and S. Florida Av.
Alliance Chapel
135 W Armstrong St.
DeLand, FL 32720
2. A second service is planned for the latter half of April 2020 for those who cannot attend the gathering in Florida. The exact date and location are yet to be determined.
NOTE: Memorial Contributions may be made in the name of Gracia Tader to ReachGlobal Crisis Response.
Online donations may be given by typing give.efca.org into your browser and upon reaching the donation page, designating OTHER and into the empty box typing TaderMemorialCrisis Response 21709-3928.
Donations by check may be made payable to EFCA ReachGlobal Crisis Response and referring to 3928 Tader in the memo line. Checks may be mailed to:
EFCA ReachGlobal Crisis Response 901 E 78th St. Minneapolis, MN 55409