Individual Details

Census (family)

John H Freese Head M 36 Iowa
Elezabeth Freese Wife F 28 Iowa
Lillian Freese Daughter F 4 Iowa
Loren Freese Son M 1 Iowa
Henry Freese Father M 61 Germany
Augustia Freese Mother F 59 Germany

Death

MONTICELLO EXPRESS...PAGE 1....MARCH 21, 1940
FREESE RITES HELD MONDAY
DEATH TERMINATES A 16 YEAR ILLNESS
Funeral services for Johann Heinrich Freese, 46, were conducted Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in St. Matthew's Lutheran church here with burial taking place at Oakwood cemetery.
Services were conducted at the Freese home on the county line preceding the church ceremony with Rev. H.L. Adix officiating.
Mr. Freese died at 2 a.m. Saturday, death being precipitated by a case of flu.
For 16 years, Mr. Freese had been unable to sit in an erect position because of an abnormal hip. Pain and lack of exercise had left him almost merely a living skeleton.
Born in Bowen's Prairie March 6, 1894, he lived on the Freese homestead, just across the road from the home in which his family now resides, until his marriage to Elizabeth Elmina Behrends, December 27, 1923.
Two children are living, Lillian and Loren, at home. Besides his wife, survivors include also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Freese, a brother, Gerhard, and two sisters, Mrs. Will Matthiessen and Mrs. Ernest Wahl, all of Monticello.
Mr. Freese was baptized March 31, 1894, and confirmed April 4, 1909. During his invalidism, he came to church and listened to Rev. Adix's sermon through earphones while lying in the car.