1907
Freda
2014
Freda Seeba
December 20, 1907 — January 9, 2014
Freda Seeba passed away peacefully on January 9, 2013 at PioneerCare. She will be remembered by many as Cliff's right hand woman at Maine Repair Shop, homemaker, baker, cookie maker, gardener, friend and master of all forms of needlework.
She was born in Glen Ullin, North Dakota December 20, 1907. At age five she moved, with her parents and brother, Raymond to Maine Township. She attended school at District 120 where she met her future husband, Cliff Seeba. She and her brother helped their parents with fieldwork as well as milking cows. They also helped the neighbors during harvest times and Freda cooked for thrashing crews. After grade school Freda attended high school in Fergus Falls. She was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls and, on December 23, 1937, married Cliff. Cliff and Freda rented "Keefe's House" across the road from Maine Repair Shop and lived there the first three years while Cliff rented the shop and tried his hand at operating the shop. After three years renting, they built the new house next door to the shop and on December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, they moved in. Freda and Cliff were inseparable and worked and played together for sixty-four years. Freda even waited in the car while Cliff attended welding school in Fergus Falls. They both worked together in the shop and the two of them maintained a large garden, enjoyed fishing, playing cards and early on, dancing at Silver Spray. They were members of Maine Presbyterian Church where Freda was secretary to the UPW for many years, Sunday school teacher and pianist. She was a force to be reckoned with during the annual chicken dinners. Freda was instrumental in the formation of Silent Vale Cemetery Association and assisted Cliff as he served for several years on the Board of Directors and also on the Maine township board. Freda was a member of the local homemakers association and also taught a knitting class for neighborhood women in her home. In her early years Freda was an artist and painted several pictures on canvas and wooden slabs cut by her dad and brother. In later years she turned to needlework and became a master of crochet, knitting, tatting, embroidery, counted cross-stitch, netting and most anything that involved thread. She was also a master seamstress and sewed all of her own clothing as well as her daughter's. In November 1999, Cliff and Freda moved to Mill Street Residence in Fergus Falls. Freda became an avid bingo player and learned to play solitaire and send emails on the computer. In 2010 (?) she moved from Mill Street to Pioneer Care Facility and resided there until her death.
She is survived by her daughter Lynnette (David) Zimmerman of Puyallup, Washington; one granddaughter, Deirdre (Jamie) Siegrist of Minneapolis; four great grandchildren, Kieran, Benjamin, Hailey and Micheal, five nieces, one nephew, and special friends (known as the "good daughters") Rita Kuester and Nellda Lehne. Freda was preceded in death by her husband, Cliff; grandson, Benjamin Tierney; her parents, Otto and Minnie Genz; her brother, Raymond Genz and his wife, Violet Skogen; niece, LaVonne Morgensen; nephew, Stanley Genz; sister-in-law, Doris Adams and her husband, Clint; brother-in-law, Raymond Seeba and his wife, Mildred Seeba.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Silent Vale Cemetery Association or the charity of choice.
Funeral Service: 2:00 PM Monday, January 13, 2014, at PioneerCare Celebration Center, Fergus Falls
Visitation: 4 – 7 PM Sunday, at Glende-Nilson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls, and one hour prior to services at PioneerCare.
Interment: Silent Vale Cemetery, rural Underwood
Clergy: Chaplain Harry Olson
Funeral Home: Glende-Nilson Funeral Home of Fergus Falls
She was born in Glen Ullin, North Dakota December 20, 1907. At age five she moved, with her parents and brother, Raymond to Maine Township. She attended school at District 120 where she met her future husband, Cliff Seeba. She and her brother helped their parents with fieldwork as well as milking cows. They also helped the neighbors during harvest times and Freda cooked for thrashing crews. After grade school Freda attended high school in Fergus Falls. She was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls and, on December 23, 1937, married Cliff. Cliff and Freda rented "Keefe's House" across the road from Maine Repair Shop and lived there the first three years while Cliff rented the shop and tried his hand at operating the shop. After three years renting, they built the new house next door to the shop and on December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, they moved in. Freda and Cliff were inseparable and worked and played together for sixty-four years. Freda even waited in the car while Cliff attended welding school in Fergus Falls. They both worked together in the shop and the two of them maintained a large garden, enjoyed fishing, playing cards and early on, dancing at Silver Spray. They were members of Maine Presbyterian Church where Freda was secretary to the UPW for many years, Sunday school teacher and pianist. She was a force to be reckoned with during the annual chicken dinners. Freda was instrumental in the formation of Silent Vale Cemetery Association and assisted Cliff as he served for several years on the Board of Directors and also on the Maine township board. Freda was a member of the local homemakers association and also taught a knitting class for neighborhood women in her home. In her early years Freda was an artist and painted several pictures on canvas and wooden slabs cut by her dad and brother. In later years she turned to needlework and became a master of crochet, knitting, tatting, embroidery, counted cross-stitch, netting and most anything that involved thread. She was also a master seamstress and sewed all of her own clothing as well as her daughter's. In November 1999, Cliff and Freda moved to Mill Street Residence in Fergus Falls. Freda became an avid bingo player and learned to play solitaire and send emails on the computer. In 2010 (?) she moved from Mill Street to Pioneer Care Facility and resided there until her death.
She is survived by her daughter Lynnette (David) Zimmerman of Puyallup, Washington; one granddaughter, Deirdre (Jamie) Siegrist of Minneapolis; four great grandchildren, Kieran, Benjamin, Hailey and Micheal, five nieces, one nephew, and special friends (known as the "good daughters") Rita Kuester and Nellda Lehne. Freda was preceded in death by her husband, Cliff; grandson, Benjamin Tierney; her parents, Otto and Minnie Genz; her brother, Raymond Genz and his wife, Violet Skogen; niece, LaVonne Morgensen; nephew, Stanley Genz; sister-in-law, Doris Adams and her husband, Clint; brother-in-law, Raymond Seeba and his wife, Mildred Seeba.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Silent Vale Cemetery Association or the charity of choice.
Funeral Service: 2:00 PM Monday, January 13, 2014, at PioneerCare Celebration Center, Fergus Falls
Visitation: 4 – 7 PM Sunday, at Glende-Nilson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls, and one hour prior to services at PioneerCare.
Interment: Silent Vale Cemetery, rural Underwood
Clergy: Chaplain Harry Olson
Funeral Home: Glende-Nilson Funeral Home of Fergus Falls
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