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• Obit: Redwood, Minnesota, United States

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Charles F. Freitag

Charles F. Freitag, 76, of Mankato died Saturday, March 2, 2002 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in North Mankato with burial in Woodland Hills Memorial Park. Visitation, which began last evening, will continue today at the church for one hour prior to services. The Woodland Hills Funeral Home of Mankato is handling the arrangements.

Charles F. Freitag was born January 4, 1926 in Morgan to Clarence J. and Ella M. (Zamzow) Freitag. On January 1, 1949, Charles married Loretta Bendix at St. John's Lutheran Church in Rapdian. He served in the U.S. Navy from March 28, 1944 to June 16, 1946. After returning from the service, Charles worked for a farmer for many years and then went to work for the city of Mankato's Parks and Forestry Department for 39 years. He started work there as a laborer and progressed to the foreman. After retirement, Charles drove for the Veterans Administration and did various odd jobs in the community. In his leisure time, he enjoyed gardening, playing cards and fishing. Charles was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and the American Legion Post 11 of Mankato.

He is survived by his wife Loretta of Mankato; sons Randy Freitag and wife Lisa of Mankato, and Jim Freitag of North Mankato; daughters and their husbands Sharon and Jerry Soost of Mankato, Maxine and Bruce Anderson of North Mankato, and Ann and Dean Evans of Mankato; 17 grandchildren; three great-grand-children; brothers and their wives Ervin and Althea Freitag of Danube, and Sylvester and Ruth Freitag of Fairfax; sisters Florence Helenbolt of Park Rapids, Delores Miller of Spearfish, S.D., LaVonne Chistnagel of South Bend Township; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother Melvin, sister Genevieve Connelly and grandson Jerry Bates.
Redwood Gazette, 7 Mar 2002

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lot 3, Block 55, Bed 16

Clarence married ZAMZOW, Ella Mathilda Augusta on 3 Jun 1919 in Watertown, Codington, South Dakota, United States. Ella was born on 9 Aug 1897 in Three Lakes Township, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; died on 27 Dec 1991 in Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Morgan, Redwood, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obit: Redwood Falls, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; Redwood Falls Gazette

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Ella Freitag

Services will be held Tuesday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Franklin for Ella Freitag, 94 formerly of the Morgan area, who died Friday, Dec. 27, 1991 at the Burns Nursing Home of Hutchinson. Rev. Rob Kemppaninen will officiate and Jan Rodvik will be the organist.

Pallbearers will be Jim, Roger, and Rick Freitag, Ivan Hagen, Rick Ball, and Jim Leuze. Interment will be in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Morgan with Nelson Funeral Home of Redwood Falls in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be today (Monday) from 5-8 and Tuesday from 8 a.m. - noon at the funeral home and one hour prior to service at the church.

Ella M. Zamzow was born Aug. 9, 1897 in Three Lakes Township, Redwood County to Julius and Amilia Block Zamzow. She grew up on the family farm and attended country schools near Clements.

On June 3, 1919 she married Clarence Freitag. The couple farmed north of Morgan until 1949. She then moved to Marshall and then to Mankato in 1953, where she lived until 1982. Then she entered Franklin Health Care Center and remained there until she became a resident of Burns Manor Nursing Home in 1985. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Franklin.

Survivors include three sons Ervin and his wife Althea of Danube, Charles and his wife Loretta of Mankato, and Sylvester and his wife Ruth of Fairfax; three daughters Florence Helenbolt of Park Rapids, Delores Miller of Marshall, and LaVone Christnagel of Mankato; 39 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and four sisters Frida Fredrick of Springfield, Mabel Mude of Morgan, Anna Johnson of Springfield, Mabel Mude of Morgan, Anna Johnson of Springfield, and Lilly Gehrt of Lamberton. She was preceded in death by one son Melvin, one daughter Genevieve, and several brothers and sisters.

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According to death certificate, mother's name is Dahlmann.

August married HENNING, Alvina Pauline on 26 Apr 1894 in Eden Township, Brown, Minnesota, United States. Alvina was born in May 1876 in Illinois, United States; died on 5 Nov 1950 in Morgan, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Morgan, Redwood, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Service: 8 Nov 1950, Morgan, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; Address:
  St. John's Lutheran Church

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Event Date: 26 Apr 1894
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M74715-4
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
GS Film number: 1321613
Reference ID: P 342



Citing this Record:
"Minnesota, Marriages, 1849-1950          ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD61-G6N : accessed 5 June 2015), August Freitag and Alvina Henning, 26 Apr 1894; citing FHL microfilm 1,321,613.