1. | FREITAG, Charles Ferdinand was born on 4 Jan 1926 in Morgan, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; died on 2 Mar 2002 in Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
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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
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