Darlene Freyholtz, 68

Grand Forks, N.D. - Darlene Freyholtz, 68, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, Freyholtz, Darlene Nov. 12 (today), 2003, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plummer, with Reverend Frank Ehling officiating. Casket bearers include Kevin Tvedt, Ole Tvedt, Tim Hagl, Bradley Duden, Troy Ferguson and Randy Konickson. Interment will be at Emardville Cemetery, in Emardville Township of Red Lake County. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday.

Darlene Joanne Barker was born July 14, 1935, the daughter of Sidney and Edna (Rutledge) Barker, at Lamberton. She grew up and attended country school and graduated from Lamberton High School in 1953. She worked in Mankato as a secretary for about a year.

She married Ervin Friedley and the couple made their home and raised their children in Redwood Falls and southern Minnesota. They then moved to Olivia.

On June 11, 1965, Darlene was united in marriage to Ron Theodore Freyholtz at the Methodist Church in Olivia. They moved to Fosston, where they made their new home. They lived on the farm until 1973, when they purchased a farm near Red Lake Falls, where they have since lived. In 1969, Darlene and Ron adopted their son Shane. Darlene was a school cook in Plummer, from 1996 until the present.

Darlene was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church Council and the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed watching sports, gardening on a large scale and crossword puzzles. Reading was her greatest hobby.

Survivors include her husband, Ron of Red Lake Falls; children, Chuck (Karen) Friedley of Mentor, Loree Friedley of Austin, Texas, Donna (Ward) Arntson of Buffalo Grove, Ill, Denise (Russ Carpenter) Konickson of Plummer, and Shane (Carmen) Freyholtz of Anchorage, Alaska; 12 grandchildren; five sisters, Doris (Leon) Carter of Windom, Wilma Holck of Jeffers, Peggy Matter of Woodburn, Ore. Jeanette (Donald) Bast of Pennock and Lulu Bell (Dick) Moots of Troy, Mont.; a brother Calvin (Doris) of Jeffers; sisters-in-law, Rhoda Barker of Atwater, and Audrey Barker of Montevideo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; 4 brothers, Earl, Jim, Bill and Bud and a sister, Margaret Pohl. A00003B2003NV12

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