The funeral service for David E. Fellows will be at 11:00 am Wednesday April 1, 2015 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with Rev. Robert A. Kandels officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Rochester. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the funeral home on Wednesday. David E. Fellows was born on December 4, 1929 in Rochester, the son of Clifford and Mildred (Shay) Fellows. He graduated from Rochester High School in 1948. David worked at Whiting's Greenhouse in high school and developed a lifelong love of gardening. He married the love of his life, Doris Kath, at the Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church on June 11, 1950. David enlisted in the National Guard in July 1948 and went on active duty December 1950. He participated in the 1952 Crossroads Atomic Nuclear Tests at Yucca Flats, Nevada. He was honorably discharged from the 135th Infantry Regiment in May 1952. David was employed by People's Natural Gas for over 37 years. He started his employment in Rochester and was District Manager at Wells, Farmington, and Rochester. David served as president of the Well's Kiwanis Club and president of the Farmington and Rochester Lion's Club. He was an active member of Lions for 45 years. David was the recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellow Award, which is the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lions and the Helen Keller Sight Award. David enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, boating, woodworking, gardening, and tuning cars. He especially enjoyed spending time at "The Cabin" and teaching his children and grandchildren to fish and to appreciate Mother Nature. David is survived by sons, Daniel (Pam), Steven (Clareen), Michael, Thomas (Linda) and daughters Patti, Diane (Tony) Dunbar, Susan (Mark) Greeneway, 11 grandchildren. and 4 great grandchildren, and a sister Joan Heyne of Petosky, Michigan. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife of 58 years, Doris. Memorials are preferred to Seasons Hospice.