Frieda Ruth Wernecke

Funeral services for Frieda Wernecke, 90 of Giddings, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings with Rev. Robert Tiner and Rev. Josh Hahn officiating. Burial will follow in the Giddings City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 11, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings. The family will be present for visitation Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Frieda Ruth Wernecke was born on May 9, 1933 in Giddings, Texas, the daughter of Gustav Emil Wernecke and Selma Bertha (Prellop) Wernecke. She was baptized on May 14, 1933 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings by Rev. G.W. Fischer and confirmed on April 14, 1946 also at Immanuel Lutheran Church by Rev. Max Studtmann. Her confirmation verse was Matthew 28:20, "And teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Frieda was a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school for many years. She worked at Elkins 5 & 10 Store in Giddings which later became Noack's 5 & 10. She spent most of her life living and working on the family farm. She, and her brother Herman, always had a large garden and enjoyed giving away the vegetables they grew to family and friends. She enjoyed playing dominoes and there were usually coffee and cookies waiting when the game ended.
Frieda passed away the afternoon of Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Harmony Care at Giddings.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Gus and Selma Wernecke; her brothers, Herman Wernecke and Erwin Wernecke; her sister and brother-in-law, Alwine & Harold Schneider, and her brother-in-law, Clarence Winter.
Frieda is survived by her sister, Lillie Winter of Austin; eight nieces, Janice Schneider of Giddings, Dianne & Clyde Schneider of Giddings, Sharon & Steve Douglas of Liberty Hill, Sandra & Pat Reynolds of Frisco, Suzanne & Jim Sunvison of Georgetown, Cindy & Louis Turi of Cibolo, Cathy & Kirk Jonse of Manor, and Carol Winter of Austin, as well as several great nieces, great nephews, great, great nieces, great, great nephews, cousins, and friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be Dustin Schneider, Daniel Fritsche, Easton Fritsche, Steve Douglas, Pat Reynolds, Jim Sunvison, Louis Turi, and Kirk Jonse. Honorary pallbearers will be Elliott Schneider and Emmitt Schneider.
Memorials may be made to the Immanuel Lutheran Church Train Up a Child Fund or to the charity of one's choice.