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for Irene LaFrenz
Sponsored by Allen "Tony" Murfin LHS Class of 1956.
Sandra Bell Kirchman
February 25, 2013
I also stumbled across this and started reading because my neighbor down the street is named Irene LaFrenz. Of course this wasn't her, but I kept reading because Mrs. LaFrenz was such a remarkable woman. My sincere admiration to this patient, caring woman. People like her make the world a more wonderful place to be.
Pamela Powell
April 28, 2008
I do not know Mrs. LaFrenz but have stumbled upon this website and am amazed! Mrs. LaFrenz, I am a teacher and can only hope that I will be fondly remembered by some as you are.Thank you for the blessing you have been to me today.
Becky West
July 17, 2007
I didn't know Mrs LaFrenzz. I just "met" her today. I stumbled onto this website, and started reading about the class of '56. Anyhow, she sounds like a woman and teacher I would of been proud to know!
Chuck & Mary Kay Johnson
March 18, 2006
Martha, Chuck & I attended your mother's 100th birthday party at the Nursing Home. Your mother was a great lady. We lived as neighbors to your mother and Dad in Missouri, and really enjoyed both of them. We left MO. and moved to Arizona. Enjoy going back to Liberty and out on Mary Lane. You took great care of her and your dad.
ROBERT L. SMITH
March 17, 2006
Nicely done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SMITTY
kathy berish
March 13, 2006
hello, again, been a long time, i loved all the items i saw in this book some time back, and though i never been out your way, wanted to tell you what a great job you have done, 50's/60's were a lost blessing, love to all, take care, kathy
Helen Mann
March 10, 2006
Martha,
As a teacher your mother taught math to my mother, my brother, my sister and me. I suspect she also taught many of my cousins. Hopefully she was more successful with them than she was with me. (When given the opportunity I would ask your dad for help with the homework) I always felt welcomed when I showed up as an unexpected dinner guest during our high school years. You had loving, caring parents and I thank you for sharing them with us.
Helen Berndt Mann
wjp Patte
March 9, 2006
nice site...well done/wp
Paul Sitton
March 2, 2006
Tony, I never knew your group or Ms. Irene BUT, I attended Liberty High School at Calhoun, GA where I graduated as Class Valedictorian 1949 and we had a Ms Mattie Franklin Hicks who lived to 104 and taught most of my family just as Irene did at your school. It made me realize the many coincidences we share and I had to respond with condolences and sympathy for your entire school body. I'm sure she will be sorely missed.
Barbara Warren
March 2, 2006
This really touched my heart and it is oh so true. Thank you and so sorry . Just remember,[not lost, just absent for a few brief moments]
Barbara
Patricia Anderson
March 1, 2006
I remember the parties at the old stone quarry. Does anyone from Dover Plains, NY remember? Those were the good old days. Class of 58
LOUISE WAGGY
February 28, 2006
IT IS WITH DEPEST SYMPATHY THAT I ACKNOWLAGE THE PASSING OF YOUR PARENT. MY MOTHER WHO IS A WIDDOW, LIVES WITH ME. SHE IS ONLY 83, BUT SHE HAS A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL SOMETIMES FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. SO I THINK I KNOW HOW LOST AND LONLEY YOU CAN BE AT TIMES. I KNOW GOD WILL BE WITH YOU DURING YOUR TIME OF GREIVING.I ALSO KNOW YOU WILL BE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. LOUISE WAGGY A FRIEND WHO HAPPENED UPON YOUR GUEST BOOK (WHO ALSO DOSE NOT SPELL WELL).
Dave McClelland
February 26, 2006
Martha and family,
My deepest sympathy on the passing of your mother. I may well have been one of her greatest teaching challenges as I was the world's worst student of math...and try as she might...she never could make much headway through my thick skull.
My aversion to mathmatics lingers to this day, but my fond memories of Irene LaFrenz will be with me always. If ever the word "class" described an individual, it was your Mom.
Given my lack of math skills, all I can do is thank the Lord I have been able make a living just talking, which your Mother constantly reminded me not to do!
God bless.
Dave McClelland
Liberty High School
Class of '54
William Bargar
February 21, 2006
Dear family members and friends of Mrs.Irene Lafrenz. I sure wish that we had more gentile people on this earth like Mrs.LeFrenz I did not know her but I feel my life would have been that much richer if I had.I am sadened by your loss but I believe that her spirit will be around for a very long time as it already shows in the many friends who have signed your guest book. This woman is not gone she is just waiting in a far better place to meet and thank you all when the time comes.
Judy Gammill
February 21, 2006
She lived a long life and evidently a happy one or she wouldn't have lived so long.
Maureen Williams
February 19, 2006
What a celerbration of life. Treasure the moments you shared together. You will miss her but never forget her.
VIRGINIA SYMANOWICZ
February 19, 2006
Sadly missed even though I don't know her I know she lived a full
and happy life.
DONALD ORCUTT
February 19, 2006
The so-called celebrities of this day and age could not hold a candle to her
E. Ann Dumolt
February 19, 2006
Your Mom graduated from high school the year I was born! And, math was my best subject in school. How cool is that? My condolences to your family.
Gloria Rodriguez
February 18, 2006
A great tribute to your mother.My condolences to the family.
Milton Appelhof
February 18, 2006
Happy Birthday
Linda Lenig
February 18, 2006
Happy Journey Mrs. LaFrenz. May the Creator be with your family in their time of sorrow.
Irvin Krueger
February 18, 2006
I didn't know Mrs.LaFrenz but what I
have read about her I think it would have been a blessing to know her.My sympathy goes out to family
and loved ones.
Levi Rigney
February 18, 2006
I have not met Irene LaFrenz but what I have read about her I know that I miss some one Special.My condolences to the Family
Louise Gilmore
February 18, 2006
This is such a lovely way to remember your Mother. I wish I could have thought to do this. It is nice to see how many nice people there are still in this world to even remember some one they didn't even know.
Ethel Conaway
February 18, 2006
I really enjoyed the music and lyrics.
Charra DeMarco
February 18, 2006
This is, without a doubt, one of the most incredible tributes I have ever seen. This woman must have been a wonderful, caring, and very loved human being. Quite an inspiration.
Shirley Dillon
February 18, 2006
Hey Tex........remember smoking down at the bridge between classes and the fun we had under the bleachers at the football field. I'll never forget Thanksgiving Game 1955..........Shirley D.
Mervin Emmel
February 18, 2006
God Bless You Irene LaFrenz. I enjoy your work.
Madaline Kay Jacklin-Gochenouer
February 17, 2006
Thank you for sharing a great fulfiled life.
Jim & Carol Conner
February 17, 2006
May God Bless this wonderful lady and her family
virginia gifford
February 17, 2006
Ididnt knom yhis lady but she is my mothers twin you can imagine my shock when i clicked on this page she passed in 2004
Russell & Alice Nichols
February 17, 2006
May God love you Irene
ANITA SAPONARA
February 17, 2006
God bless her soul.
Val Pollioni
February 17, 2006
Thanks, I needed that! Very inspirational and much appreciated.
JO Ann Thompson
February 17, 2006
I would have loved to have known her. She is my kind of person. Thanks for letting us share a part of her.
Kay Flanagan
February 17, 2006
What a Grand Lady. My Mother Lois Elenor Rasmussen (married Frank G. Prettyman)was a 1930 graduate of Libbey High School. She loved that school and went on to T.U. Mother had the same wonderful qualities as Mrs LaFrenz. She died 12/30/02. God Bless everyone in her Honor.
May Blessings, Ms. Kay L. (Prettyman) Flanagan
breanos cummings
February 17, 2006
I just wish i had known this .lovely lady
but in the end we will all meet by the river , that flows by the throne of GOD.
SHALOM . BREANOS & SHEILA
Barbara Lundy
February 17, 2006
Martha, you have a wonderful heritage. Thank God for Godly women such as your mother. They're hard to find these days. I enjoyed the website. Thank you.
albert Jeffries
February 17, 2006
God's Blessing be upon you as you
have blessed us with your knowledge and kindness.
R. Kub
February 17, 2006
[email protected] 2/17/06
Mary Jane Towers
February 17, 2006
1956 Graduate Franklin High School
Very Nice
Verne White
February 17, 2006
Thanks to your family, Irene, who think enough of you to let us poor strangers share in your life here in this mortal coil. As a latter-eay Saint I know that you are enjoying the blessings you earned during the tests of mortality. My guess is that you passed most of those beginning with the one that says to keep the commandments.
Fond regards, your pre-existence brother,
Betty Adams
February 16, 2006
What a wonderful lady to be loved by so many. I just wish I could have had a math teacher like her. I love her just by reading her obituary. What a long great life she had. God Bless You
Peggie Borgeson
February 16, 2006
I truly enjoyed all the goodies...she is with the Lord now doing the same and enjoying it. May God Bless you all and thanks for sharing.
Mrs.Tom Lykins
February 16, 2006
My husband, Tom, attended William Jewell College in Liberty, when he was serving in World War II, USNavy. He talked to me a lot about those experiences at William-Jewell. Tom went to be with Jesus on March 10, 2005.
MARGE MITLON
February 16, 2006
WHAT AN IDEA---I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED KNOWING YOU--
Elfriede Muentener
February 15, 2006
This is my first time on this site and Oh how wonderful to be able to share it.The music What a day that will be when Jesus I will see is my favorite,Irene,I.ll meet you some day.
Shirley Harnish
February 15, 2006
Dear Martha:
My sincere sympathy on the death of your mother. She was always an example to me during my school days. If it hadn't been for your mother telling me to keep trying, I would never have passed her math class. She would not let me give up. I will always remember her smile, sparkling eyes, and sense of humor. She needed it for some of us that did not have a gift for math. I have thought of her often over the years and will always remember how much she helped me in math and in life. God's blessings to you and yours. Shirley Banks Harnish, Class of '54.
George Pasvantis
February 15, 2006
Irene, May you rest in peace in heaven with the angles of god, you are missed but not forgotten, the silk clouds are your path ways and god is your father, so yes Irene rest in peace with the almighty god above.
george
Thomas Damiano
February 15, 2006
God Bless You And Your Family
Jim and Connie Slacum
February 15, 2006
May God Bless her family. Please accept our deepest sympathy in your loss. Sincerely, The Slacum Family
Harvey and Susi Seely
February 14, 2006
Martha; you have our sympathy in the death of your mother.We both speak of her often, remembering she was one of our favorite teachers.You must feel so blessed to have had two such wonderful parents.We both will always have great memories of both.
Harvey & Eleanor [Holt] Seely
Melanie Bradford
February 14, 2006
I can only wish and hope that by obituary reads as wonderfully as Mrs. LaFrenzs'. May God bless and keep all her family.
lois adams
February 14, 2006
IT IS A LOSS WHEN A DAUGHTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS GONE, BUT ALL THAT THEY ARE LIVES FOREVER IN OTHER MEMBERS MEMORIES.
Susan Brown
February 14, 2006
She was a very special Lady, God blessed her life with so many good years. Thank you for sharing this.
Sherry Newhouse
February 14, 2006
Actually, I don't know any of you at all; but somehow this obituary & guest book were attached to a Valentine's card for "Seniors", the card was from my sister. After reading your Mom's obituary and the entries in her guest book, I too wanted to offer my condolences. I lost my Mom October '04 and miss her terribly every day so I can relate to your sorrows more than I could've before that loss. My Mom left us at tthe age of 82 and none of us were even close to ready for her to go; especially my Dad who joined her 4 months later. After 52 years together, I suspect that's what he wanted. It's so hard but we keep on going, as will you. It sounds like your Mom was as loved as mine was!
Ron Decker
February 14, 2006
Surely no one at LHS had so great a positive impact on so many young lives as Mrs. LaFrenz. Thanks to her and the many other dedicated Liberty Public School teachers we, their students, have been able to live much richer, fuller lives. We are all indebted to a great group of people, led by Mrs. LaFrenz.
Thomas & Tina M Hardwick
February 14, 2006
We never knew Irene LaFrenz and that is certainly our lost. We want the LaFrenz family to remember that even though she is gone, look at all the wonderful memories the people that knew her have. Joy makes the world go round.
Catherine Lindsey
February 14, 2006
Nice to read about such a wonderful lady.
John and Ann Reppert
February 14, 2006
We will both miss Mrs LaFrenz she was an excellent teacher and the only teacher I know of in Liberty High school who taught math to both my mother and myself. God bless to Martha and her family. Irene was a beautiful lady.
Rev. Donald Stuckless
February 13, 2006
Blessings from the Lord on all the relatives of this dear lady. To be ushered into the presence of Jesus is only joy to the receiver and seeming saddness to those left behind. But wait, 'We sorrow not as those who have no hope'(1Thess. 4:13-18). We shall all be there soon. Death hath no terrors for the blood bought one, O Glory Hallelujah to the Lamb. Amen.
Bonnie Cimmiyotti
February 13, 2006
Bonnie Cimmiyotti
Lois - '60 Henderson Beedle
February 13, 2006
Mrs LaFrenz will be missed by us all. We all learned, maybe to only pay attention, but we learned and we learned to love her as one of the most outstanding teachers that LHS ever had. Our sincere sympathy to all the family.
Wesley Wilson
February 13, 2006
I never had to opportunity to have Mrs. Lafrenz as a teacher while attending LHS from 1956-1960. It is with deepest sympathy of your loss, I write these few words.
Alan Welles
February 13, 2006
She will remain in our hearts and minds for as long as we need, or even think about math or what it means to be a great teacher. Last week I was substituting as a math teacher. Her memory was there every time I helped a student solve an equation. I was never trained to be a math teacher, but I can still solve a quadratic equation and explain it to a student. She was one of the finest teachers and human beings I've have ever had the opportunity to know. What an honor it is to have been one of her students.
Rita Bedle
February 13, 2006
Dear Martha & Family, Your Mother lived a long life, had children and grandchildren. I am sure she was a very fulfilled lady filled with Love for each and everyone of you. I am sure she will be missed.
Peggy (Huber) Lawrey
February 13, 2006
Mrs. LaFrenz was the best. I spent four years with her in math classes of one kind or another, plus working on the annual with her. She was truly unforgettable. I loved her, I loved her classes and I still love math because of her. May God bless her family and ease their loss.
Georgia Dowell
February 13, 2006
MY PRAYERS ARE FOR IRENE'S FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. MAY YOU FIND COMFORT IN YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES THAT SHARE YOUR GRIEF AT THIS TIME.
WITH CHRISTIAN LOVE
GEORGIA DOWELL
Allan & Marylou Crum
February 13, 2006
Dear Martha and Family,
We extend our sincere sympathy to you in the loss of your Mother. She was a dear teacher and patient "Spectator" advisor.
You are in our prayers.
Allen "Tony" Murfin
February 13, 2006
"Mert"
So sorry to learn of the death of your mother as you know she was a very special person, especially to me. She taught me so much more than just math at LHS and has always been one of the few persons that have had a major impact on my life. I shall miss her greatly! Those of us who were fortunate enough to have had her share our lives shall always remember her.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. May God bless you!
Love,
"Tony" LHS Class of 56'
Clarence Williams
February 13, 2006
What a great lady and what a fine tribute.
My wife was born near by that location and what fine people reside in that area.
We appreciate the oportunity to add our signature to the tribute.
Max and Betty Moyer
February 13, 2006
We extend our sympathy to Martha and her family at this time. May God give you the strength and faith to accept his decision.
Sandra Sands/Walker
February 13, 2006
Martha... All of us who had your Mother as our teacher and or mentor was so very lucky... If we didn't learn then it was our fault. I am so sorry for your loss .God Bless you all and yours and her family members I know she will be Missed....
Liberty High School Class of 1962
February 12, 2006
Dear Martha and Family,
On behalf of the Class of 1962,
we send our thoughts and prayers
to you. Your Mother was one of
most respected teachers for many
of us! Her memory will always
be near us.
Ann Stickford, Representive of LHS
Class of 1962
Joyce (Edwards) Pecora
February 12, 2006
Martha & Family,
What a wonderful, full life your Mother had. She touched so many young lives in Liberty, I am only one of hundreds. I know that no matter how long you have Mothers with you when God takes them away it still leaves an empty spot.
May God bless all your family,
Joe Bridges
February 12, 2006
Martha,
I will always remember you and your parents. It was a great coincidence one of you mother's first students, Frank Rohrs, Sr. would 40 years later be your neighbor on the same steet, and would have his son Frank Rohrs Jr. as a student as well. Your mother always encouraged me to continue in my schooling and found it rewarding that I had gone from a farm helper for husband to a science teacher. She was always interested in how my family was doing and watched me build a house on La Frenz Rd. just down the street from her home.
Julia Jane Coleman Phillips
February 12, 2006
Martha Rose, I was privileged to have both your mother and father as teachers in my academic life. I remember her little smile and received much encouragement from her. May God's grace bring you comfort in your loss.
Blessings and peace,
Sharon Sohns
February 12, 2006
Martha, I will always remember your Mom. She was my mentor on the yearbook and was so special and kind to me.
Mary Trent
February 12, 2006
Irene lived a long life. Martha Rose, I'm so glad you were lucky to have had her for such a long time. I know she'll be missed. She was like another mother to me. I enjoyed my visits to Liberty in the summer and all our family visits and vacations. Lots of good memories.
My love to you and your family.
Mary Carolyn
Dorothy Sauer
February 12, 2006
May God Bless this beautiful lady!!! May he also bless and comfort her family.
lee odenbaugh
February 12, 2006
Lee Odenbaugh, I:m sure ms. Irene will be missed by all. Mostly for her work and coordination.
Patty Russell
February 12, 2006
May God bless the ones she left behind.
Jim Harris
February 12, 2006
Martha,
Your mother will be remembered as one of the Special People in many of our lives. As you said “Valentine’s day seems like an appropriate day to remember and say Goodbye to such a Sweetheart”. You are in my thoughts and prayers, especially during this difficult time.
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