OBITUARY: Marlene Andrea (Dahley) Frein, 1941-2006, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Original version posted Jan. 25, 2006 -- Mitchell County Press online
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                           Marlene Andrea Frein
 
A Memorial Mass for Marlene Andrea Frein, 64, of Osage, was held Tuesday,
January 24, 2006, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage, Iowa, with the
Rev. John Moser officiating. Inurnment was at Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Marlene died Friday, January 20, 2006, at the Mitchell Country Regional
Health Center Hospice Unit in Osage, following a coureagous battle with
cancer.

She was born May 4, 1941, in Osage, the daughter of Erling O. and M.
Janette (Forslund) Dahley. Marlene grew up on a farm southwest of Osage,
was baptized and confirmed at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, and was later
confirmed in the Catholic faith. Marlene attended elementary school in
Rudd, Junior High School in Osage, graduated from Osage High School in
1959, and was a graduate of Minneapolis Business College.

Marlene married Bob Frein on May 21, 1960, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Osage. She was employed by Virgil Johnston Real Estate, Croell Redi-Mix,
and Osage Community Schools. Marlene was a longtime member of the Gamma
Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Osage Fireman's Auxiliary, and
Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her father Erling Dahley, and her in-laws,
Joe and Julia Frein.

She is survived by her husband, Bob Frein, Osage; by her children: Theresa
(Richard) Grimm, Osage, Todd (Jen) Frein, Osage, Tonya (Terry) Adams,
Osage; by her mother, Janette Dahley, Osage; by a sister, Corrine (Ron)
Gambach, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; by three brothers: Elon (Judy) Dahley, Mason
City, Iowa; Wayne Dahley, Rockwell, Iowa; Richard (Jeanne) Dahley, Osage;
by six grandchildren: Nathan Frein and fiancee Sarah Hall, Joseph, Jadie
and Trevor Frein, Madison and Cole Adams; by her uncle and aunt, Odell
and Alice Forslund, Forest City; and many nieces and nephews.

Arrangments were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa.



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