OBITUARY: Sidney W. Frerichs, 1915-2003, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Adapted from Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted Dec. 10, 2003 ]



                       Sidney W. Frerichs

Funeral services for Sidney W. Frerichs, 87, of Osage, Iowa,
were held Thursday, Dec. 4. 2003 at Champion-Bucheit Funeral 
Home in Osage. The Reverend Thomas Healey, chaplain of 
Hospice North Iowa, officiated.  Interment was in the Holland 
Cemetery in Holland, Iowa.  Frerichs died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003 at 
the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Sidney Frerichs was born Dec. 5, 1915 in Holland, Iowa, the son
of Weert Harmanus and Hinderika (Stoehr) Frerichs. He was raised
and educated in the Grundy Center area, graduating from Grundy
Center High School in 1933. He received a business degree from
Gates Business College in Waterloo, Iowa, and began his business
career as a salesman for Archer Oil headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

He moved to Osage in 1946, where he owned a local tavern and later 
purchased Osage Beverage Company, which was affiliated with 
Old Style Brewing Company of LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  He was the credit 
manager at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage, from  1970,
until his retirement 10 years later.

Sidney was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers
E. Edward Frerichs and an infant brother Harmanus Frerichs.

His survivors include a sister-in-law Myrle Frerichs of Osage;
one niece, Deborah Frerichs of Eden Prairie, Minnesota; one
nephew, William Frerichs of Laramie, Wyoming; one grand-nephew,
Philip Frerichs of Dover, Delaware, and one grand-niece, Rebecca
Frerichs of Mumbai, India.



   Copyright 2003, K.L. Kittleson