Frederick Wrede HERSEY

July 20, 1930 - March 28, 2022

Frederick Wrede Hersey TROY, Missouri Frederick (Fred) Wrede Hersey, age 91, died peacefully early Monday morning, March 28th, 2022. Fred was born July 20, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to Samuel Freeman Hersey and Dorothy Ruth Behnke Hersey. He graduated from Bowen High School in Chicago and received his bachelor’s degree in 1954 from Bob Jones University in Greeneville, SC. He later attended Welch College (formerly Free Will Baptist Bible College) in Nashville, TN as he prepared for career missionary service. Fred married Mary Evelyn Lawrence on September 9th, 1954 and they had five children: Philip Wayne Hersey (Susan), Samuel Ray Hersey (Louise), Stephen Wrede Hersey (Ruth), Vivian Evelyn Hersey Dersu (Samuel) and Paul Fred Hersey (Hiroko). He was blessed with 13 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Fred and Evelyn were appointed as missionaries to Japan in the spring of 1956 under the Free Will Baptist International Mission Board in Nashville, TN. Together they served in Japan until Evelyn passed away in October 1993. Fred continued his missionary work in Japan. In January 1995 married Volree June Goode Wilkinson in Nashville, TN. Together, they returned to Hokkaido, Japan and retired to Dothan, AL in June 1997. He served as pastor of Blakely FWB Church in Blakely, GA for 12 years. His marriage to June added the following to his family: Samuel Kevin Wilkinson (Penny), Kimberley Jo Wilkinson Everson (Larry), Bruce Kenan Wilkinson (Bonnie), 9 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1pm on Saturday, April 2nd at Stonebridge Free Will Baptist Church in Troy, MO. Burial will take place at Zion Cemetery in Ozark, IL on Sunday, April 3rd. Expressions of sympathy in lieu of flowers may take the form of contributions to Stonebridge FWB Church, 10 Sunrise Acres, Troy, MO 63379 (Parking Lot Fund) or FWB International Missions (Japan Missions) PO Box 5002, Antioch, TN 37011