Barbara J. Freeze
Aug. 25, 1922-April 10, 2004
Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 12, 2004, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for Barbara J. Freeze, 81, of 720 Colony Court, Niles, are Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home by Pastor Michael E. Ostrander of Niles Grace Brethren Church.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Freeze died Saturday at 9:18 a.m. at Lakeland Hospital St. Joseph, following an extended illness.
She was born Aug. 25, 1922, in Niles, and was a life-long resident.
On April 13, 1941, in Niles, she was married to H. Thurman Freeze, who preceded her in death on July 4, 1998.
She was also preceded in death by a son, David Charles Freeze, on March 22, 1997, and a grandson, Donald Moore, on July 10, 1988.
Freeze enjoyed camping and spending time in nature and collecting tigers.
Survivors include a son, Gregory Thurman Freeze of Niles; five daughters, March Alice Biddle of Kileen, Texas, Candace Claire Smith of Decatur, Karol Ann Akey of Niles, Deborah Jean Hundley of Scottsburg, Ind., and Leslie Diane Freeze of Las Vegas, Nev.; 17 grandchilren; 9 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Marilyn Zielinski of Chicago and Betty Stuglik of Niles.
Friends may call Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart and American Lung Association.