Allan Meckle was born into eternity on Friday, September 18, 2020 at the Heart of America Medical Center under the care of hospice and his wife. Allan was born to Walter and Lydia (Grabofsky) Meckle on April 13, 1957 in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. He grew up on the family dairy farm at McClusky. The family moved to Martin, North Dakota in 1974 and Allan graduated from Harvey High School in 1975. He worked for area farmers before attending college at Bottineau. He graduated from Lutheran Brethren Bible College in 1980 and spent a summer in Japan teaching English. He returned home and began working at the Harvey Hospital, going on to get his nursing degree from NDSSS at Wahpeton. Allan met Beverly Bayley, the love of his life, at a singles Bible study and they were united in marriage on May 28, 1983. He continued his studies to become a Respiratory Therapist and worked in Williston for one year , then in Rugby for the past 24 years. He always enjoyed the challenge of helping others to live life to the fullest. Allan spent the past five years working with the Heart of America Community Service Program in Bottineau, McHenry and Pierce Counties, and working part time as an LPN in the Alzheimer Unit at HAMC. Allan was an active part of the Rugby community, serving on the school board, Pierce County Food Pantry, volunteering with the museum, theatre and Relay for Life. He served on the State Board of Respiratory Care and the North Dakota Society of Respiratory Care as Chairman. He was very active in his church serving as a Sunday school teacher, worship leader, elder and deacon. His most loved activity was Awana and served as the commander for 20 plus years and enjoyed the quizzing and could be found at Pizza Hut on a Sunday afternoon studying verses with clubbers. The high school clubbers team, coached by Al and Bev, traveled to Varsity USA in Chicago, Omaha, Dallas and St. Louis for national quizzing and twice the team took home the gold team award. Allan and all his children received the Citation Award, the highest award given by Awana for scripture memorization. He and Bev could be found many summers working at Awana Scholarship Camp. Allan’s joy was his children, Michelle, Steven and Sarah and was at their school activities every chance he got. He did a lot of traveling while the kids were in college to attend their activities. He was blessed with two wonderful sons-in-law, Sean and Paul and a special daughter-in-law, Kayleen and was the grandfather of seven terrific grandchildren. Allan thoroughly enjoyed gardening and could be found in his back yard during any free time. His kids would say that if he was near someone’s garden and saw a weed, he would go pull it! Allan loved to travel and share the love of Christ with others, he went on Mission trips to Japan, Russia, Poland, Haiti and spent summers at Bible camps serving as counselor. The family also hosted eight exchange students over the years. During the past few years, Allan and Beverly could be found cruising to Alaska or the Caribbean. Allan is survived by his wife, Beverly of 37 years, daughter, Michelle (Sean) Swenson and their children, Maggie, Owen, Ben and Theodore Allan, of Keene, North Dakota; son, Steven (Kayleen) and their son, Caleb of Mott, North Dakota; daughter, Sarah (Paul) Osborne and their daughters, Bethany and Elizabeth of Omaha, Nebraska; sisters, Julie (Joe) Bachmeier of Towner, Bette (Lyle) Langseth of Williston; sister-in-law, Sally Meckle of Leesburg, Florida; brothers, Tony (Sammie) of Martin, Jim (Dorothy) of Denhoff, John (Elinor) of Harvey, Mark (Laurie) of Carlsbad, NM, Tim (Jody) of Minot, Danny (Dacia) of Fargo; brother-in-law, Eugene Pillatzke of Anamoose; many wonderful nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins; other relatives and friends. He was preceded to heaven by his parents, Walter and Lydia; brother, Harold; sister, Sally; 3 siblings in infancy; grandparents, Emanuel and Lydia Meckle and John and Lydia Grabofsky. Funeral Memorial services will be held on Friday, Sept. 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Rugby. Pastor Jason Wood, officiating. Prayer service and sharing of memories will be held on Thursday at the church beginning at 7:00 p.m. Please be mindful of the COVID-19 requirements for social distancing, hand hygiene practices and a facial covering is recommended.