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Last updated July 14, 2014|
Charles Benson Brown reports Freida's maiden name as Bjerkie or Bjerkey, but admits hat he
never saw it written. Vivian Fritz obituary spells it Burke. [see Vivian Fritz note] from the funeral program: IN LOVING MEMORY OF MRS. VIVIAN (FRIEDA) FRITZ Born September 5, 1911 [Note: the date was printed as 1915 but changed in pen and ink to 1911] Passed from this life November 27, 1972 Service at Faith Lutheran Church Saturday - Dec. 2, 1972 - 2:00 P.M. Clergyman Pastor Gary 0. Danielson Music Organist - Mrs. Gail Heusser Soloist - Everett Johnson “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” “How Great Thou Art” Pallbearers Helmer Carison Willard Drayton Helge Carlson Aivar Jacobson Melvin Drayton Francis Jacobson Interment Maplewood Lutheran Cemetery Arrangements by Johnson-Larson Funeral Home You are all Invited to a time of fellowship and refreshments in the fellowship room following the service. From the newspaper: Rites Saturday for Mrs. V. Fritz Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Faith Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids for Mrs. Vivian (Freda) Fritz. The Rev. G. 0. Danielson will officiate and burial will be at Maplewood Lutheran Ceme- tery. Mrs. Fritz. age 61 [Note: the age was printed as 57 but changed in pen and ink to 61] died Monday at the Perham Memor- ial Hospital. Freda Friti was born Sept- ember 5. 1911 [Note: the date was printed as 1915 but changed in pen and ink to 1911] in Lida Township near Pelican Rapids, the daugh- ter of Martin and Ida Burhey. who came here from Norway. She was married to Vivian Fritz on November 23, 1964. in Iowa, and was a life-long resident of Pelican Rapids. Besides her husband, she leaves a sister. Mrs. Leo Helena Fisher of E. Cajon. Calif.. and a half-sister. Beat- rice Leonard of Minneapolis. From the newspaper: CARD OF THANKS A big thank you to all the kind and thoughtful folks that sent cards and memorials in mem- ory of Frieda. I am so sorry some of the givers forgot to put their names on them or the cards got mixed up some way. This seems to be the only way I can say thanks to some of them so I hope you folks see or hear of A person knew for a year that this sad day was coming and everyone was very kind, hoping it might make her feel a little better. After this sad day is over, as people shake your hand and say “I know how you feel,” you wonder is it going to be that hard to forget? You can never really imagine how lonesome its going to be until you come home and find no light in the window. Or that sickening lonesome feeling knowing she will never be there again with the light on for you. I am lucky I have my aunts and so many friends to talk to. The only thing I can look forward to is that maybe time will help me to forget. We just don’t know or even stop to think how much we really are going to miss someone till they are taken away from us. So all I can say is I hope this little word of thanks is seen by all of you and I hope it never looks as black up ahead for you as it does to me this morning. Thanks to all of you again. Vivian Fritz |