FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 4 PM SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN FARIBAULT, 1360 ALBERS PATH. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY MAY 17, 2013 FROM 4:00 TO 8:00 PM AT THE CHURCH AND ON SATURDAY ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE FUNERAL. BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE GROVELAND CEMETERY IN DUNDAS.
MONICA KATHERINE FREEMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF LLOYD AND LOUISE (KREITZ) BLEGSETH WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 6, 1942 IN NORTHFIELD. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN NORTHFIELD AND GRADUATED FROM NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1960. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO KEITH FREEMAN ON JUNE 24, 1960 AT ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTHFIELD. AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN DUNDAS.
MONICA WAS WELL LOVED FOR HER OPEN AND GENEROUS SPIRIT. SHE WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HER BACK TO ANYONE IN NEED. SHE WAS JOVIAL AND ALWAYS HAD A JOKE READY TO LIGHTEN ANY OCCASION. MONICA LOVED TO CROCHET, READ, TRAVEL, AND VISIT. SHE OFTEN READ OUTSIDE IN THE SUNSHIRE IN NICE WEATHER. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY THOSE WHO KNEW HER AND LOVED HER. MONICA IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KEITH, THREE CHILDREN: DALE (TERRI) FREEMAN OF NEWMAN, GA, SUSAN (TIM) MALECHA OF LONSDALE AND JULIE (DON) WERNER OF NORTHFIELD; 10 GRANDCHILDREN, NICOLE (JONATHAN) MATHER, DAVID FREEMAN AND FIANCE (KATIE), KURTIS AND KATELYNN MALECHA, MEGAN SIMON, NATHANIEL CARR, BETHANY, ANTHONY, DOMINIK AND REBEKAH WERNER; 4 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, BROTHER THOMAS BLEGSETH OF WANAMINGO; SISTER, NORDIS ESTREM OF DENNISON.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY THE BIERMAN FUNERAL HOME IN NORTHFIELD.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 4 PM SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN FARIBAULT, 1360 ALBERS PATH. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY MAY 17, 2013 FROM 4:00 TO 8:00 PM AT THE CHURCH AND ON SATURDAY ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE FUNERAL. BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE GROVELAND CEMETERY IN DUNDAS.
MONICA KATHERINE FREEMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF LLOYD AND LOUISE (KREITZ) BLEGSETH WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 6, 1942 IN NORTHFIELD. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN NORTHFIELD AND GRADUATED FROM NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1960. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO KEITH FREEMAN ON JUNE 24, 1960 AT ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTHFIELD. AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN DUNDAS.
MONICA WAS WELL LOVED FOR HER OPEN AND GENEROUS SPIRIT. SHE WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HER BACK TO ANYONE IN NEED. SHE WAS JOVIAL AND ALWAYS HAD A JOKE READY TO LIGHTEN ANY OCCASION. MONICA LOVED TO CROCHET, READ, TRAVEL, AND VISIT. SHE OFTEN READ OUTSIDE IN THE SUNSHIRE IN NICE WEATHER. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY THOSE WHO KNEW HER AND LOVED HER. MONICA IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KEITH, THREE CHILDREN: DALE (TERRI) FREEMAN OF NEWMAN, GA, SUSAN (TIM) MALECHA OF LONSDALE AND JULIE (DON) WERNER OF NORTHFIELD; 10 GRANDCHILDREN, NICOLE (JONATHAN) MATHER, DAVID FREEMAN AND FIANCE (KATIE), KURTIS AND KATELYNN MALECHA, MEGAN SIMON, NATHANIEL CARR, BETHANY, ANTHONY, DOMINIK AND REBEKAH WERNER; 4 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, BROTHER THOMAS BLEGSETH OF WANAMINGO; SISTER, NORDIS ESTREM OF DENNISON.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY THE BIERMAN FUNERAL HOME IN NORTHFIELD.