Ford-Menard County IL Archives Obituaries.....Freese, Heike August 23, 1917
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The Gibson Courier  Thursday, August 30, 1917  
Heike Freese died last Thursday, August 23, 1917 at the home of his daughter, 
Lizzie Neiswander, near Sibley.  He was 76 years old. The funeral was held at 
the M.E. church in Gibson City, the services being performed by Rev. G.L. 
McClanathan. Burial was in the Gibson Cemetery.

Heike Freese was born in Hanover, Germany on June 5, 1841. On March 5, 1873, 
he was married to Miss Anna Steinman, who died June 14, 1894. He is survived 
by children Mrs. Anna Cater of Cowden, Ill.; Mrs. Fanny Harm of Williams, 
Iowa; Mrs. Mary Bloodgood and Mrs. Lizzie Neiswander of Sibley, Ill., Herman 
Freese of Manson, Iowa; Mrs. Maggie Janssen of Milford, Iowa; John Freese of 
Clear Lake, Iowa. Two sons died in infancy. Besides his children he leaves 23 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild and a brother and sister in 
Morrisonville, Ill.

Mr. Freese lived in Menard Co. for 6 years, moving from there to Springfield, 
for a year then moving to Ford Co. From about 1900-1909 he lived in Iowa 
(about 1900 - 1909) then he returned to Illinois, and since then he made his 
home with his daughter, Mrs. Neiswander.





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