Lois Freese Obituary
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 Wednesday morning, December 10th, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery. Pastor David Raemisch will officiate at the services. Friends may call after 9:00 Wednesday at the church. The Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.
She is survived by 3 children, Nancy (Marvin) Dusanek, James (Penny) Freese, Gary (Janet) Freese, 4 grandchildren, David (Michelle) Dusanek, Jenny (Nate) King, Lauren (Clay) Craighton and Matt Freese, 5 great-grandchildren, Macy, Keaton and Cobie Dusanek, Gavin and Naomi King, and Cael and Mia Craighton. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 75 years Loren, a sister Jean Ann and a brother, Harry Guyan.
Lois Lavonne Guyan was born, March 30, 1929, at John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Paul and Ann Hein, Guyan. Lois graduated from the Monticello Community Schools with the class of 1947. A month later she married her high school sweetheart Loren Freese on June 19, 1947, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. The couple farmed on the County Line Road in Lovell Township. Lois worked briefly at the Farmers Mutual Creamery in Monticello. Later in life she worked at Rem Electric and K Company Antiques.
Lois was a life-long member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday School and participated in Bible Study. She had been active in 4H and Camp Fire. Lois enjoyed gardening, tending to her flowers and mowing lawn.
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