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Edwin Tobe Freese July 22, 1917 to August 01, 2005 

Edwin T. Freese age 88, of Monticello died Monday evening, August 1, 2005 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held 10:30 Friday morning August 5, 2005 at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church with interment in the Wayne Zion Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 8 Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Rev. Eugene Schipper will officiate at the services. Thoughts, Memories and Condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com . In Lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Surviving are his wife, Lucile, 3 children, Dorothy (Roger) Schaefer, Boulder, Colorado, Gerald (Judy) Freese, Monticello, Byron Freese, Scotch Grove. 6 Grandchildren, 4 step-Grandchildren, and 16 great-Grandchildren, 2 brothers, Ted (Bernice) Freese, George Freese, both of Anamosa. He was preceded in death by his Parents, a sister, Mary Zumbach, and a grandson, Sean Freese. Edwin Tobe Freese was born, July 22, 1917 in Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa. He was the son of Henry and Grace Burrack Freese. Edwin attended Wayne Township School #6 and the Monticello Community Schools. He graduated with the class of 1935. He then started in his life's work, farming in Scotch Grove Township, Jones County, Iowa. Edwin Freese and Lucile Siebels were married April 23, 1940 at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, rural Monticello. The couple retired from active farming in 1981. Edwin had been a life long member of the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church.