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Edwin Frieberg Obituary

Frieberg, Edwin Carl Jr. ALBANY Edwin Carl Frieberg Jr., 88, died on Friday, December 26, 2014, at St. Peter's Hospital. Born in Schenectady, he was the son of the late Edwin and Mary Lomasney Frieberg. He graduated from Nott Terrace High School and Siena College. Mr. Frieberg was a U.S. Navy World War II veteran. He retired as district manager for the Ashland Chemical Company, and later worked at other industrial chemical companies. Mr. Frieberg was a long-time communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church in Albany, where he formerly served as president of the home school association. He was recently a communicant of St. John the Evangelist, Schenectady. He was a former member of the Scotia Glenville Senior Center, Wolferts Roost Country Club, University Club and the Old Gray Aires Singing Group. Mr. Frieberg enjoyed traveling, bowling, golf, the beach and the New York Yankees. He was the husband of the late Margaret Ann Kennedy; father of Mary Ellen Frieberg (Michael King), Ann Mahoney (John), Dr. Edwin M. Frieberg, Thomas Frieberg (Suzanne) and the late John Andrew Frieberg; grandfather of Tara Feimster (Wes), Carolyn Mahoney, Laura Moretti (Jeff), Julie Mahoney, Peter Frieberg, Jennifer Frieberg, Joseph Frieberg (Brooke) and Emma Frieberg; great-grandfather of Nick Dunnells, Cassidy Pierre, Colin Feimster and Owen Feimster; brother of the late J. Richard Frieberg; brother-in-law of the Rev. Michael Kennedy, C.M., the late Rev. John Kennedy, C.M., and Brother Michael Kennedy, F.S.C.; uncle of Patricia Jasciewicz, J. Richard Frieberg and Nancy Crawford; several dear friends including Toni, Bob and Lorraine, Linda, Barbara and Patricia. He is also survived by many who loved him dearly and are too numerous to mention. Funeral services, Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at 9:45 a.m., from the McVeigh Funeral Home, 208 N. Allen St., Albany, thence to Blessed Sacrament Church, Albany, at 10:30 a.m., when a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Relatives and friends are invited and may call on Monday, December 29, 2014, 4 to 7 p.m., in the funeral home. Interment, Our Lady of Angels Cemetery. To leave a message for the family, obtain directions or view other helpful services, please visit McveighFuneralHome.com.

Published by Albany Times Union from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2014.
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My thoughts and prayers are with all the family.Ed and I had a couple of really fun years on the golf course He will be missed

Nancy McNeal

January 8, 2015

I am so sorry to learn of your dads death.He and my late husband Joe Calantone were great friends. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this time.

Diane Calantone

January 3, 2015

What a great man who will be missed dearly. Cherish many years of friendship with Ed. Our prayers are with Ed and the Family. May Ed's soul rest in peace.

Tom Dressel

January 2, 2015

To Eds family.
Our condolences.
I remember his smile and laughter from family events. Kathy (Freiberg) and Don Bartles

December 29, 2014

My condolences to the entire Frieberg family.

Michael Varner

December 29, 2014

My thoughts are with Tom Suxie and the whole Frieberg clan on this sad occasion.

Albert Arrieta

December 29, 2014

Maryellen,
Sending my heartfelt condolences to you and your family

Laurel McAdoo

December 29, 2014

Please accept our condolences and love to the Friebergs. Ed was truly a very nice a loving man. Our love...God Bless...The Murphys...

December 28, 2014

Sending our thoughts and prayers to the Frieberg family.
Mary Beth (Hennessy) Imbarrato

December 28, 2014

Dear Ed, Tom, Suzie, Mary Ellen, Ann and all the friends and family of our dear beloved Ed, Joan and I are sincerely saddened by the loss of such a good and loving man! He is a Saint in all the beautiful ways he touched everyone who had the honor of knowing him. I will always carry him in my heart. I too, as many others, will love him eternally. May the mercy, grace, and love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with him, and all of us at this very sober time.

Susan Beebe

December 28, 2014

Thinking of you all at this sad time and hoping you'll find comfort in friends and family as you celebrate Mr. Frieberg's life. Jim and Jeannie Feimster

December 28, 2014

Tom ans Suzie and the rest of the Frieberg family, I am sorry for you loss. I will remember Mr. Frieberg as a warm and loving man with a wonderful , warm smile to match. I hope your beautiful memories of him help to ease the sorrow of you loss.

Ellen Wolf

December 28, 2014

Sending love and comfort to all in the Freiberg family. What a beautiful legacy has been created through Mr. And Mrs. Freiberg's lives and we, the friends, are the lucky recipients of their true wealth.
Susan Connolly

Susan Connolly

December 28, 2014

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