Leone Mae Friedrichsen

Leone Mae Lee Friedrichsen, 76, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Edith Lee, and brother-in-law Nicholas Friedrichsen, brother-and-sister-in-law Harry and Caroline Schmidt, and brother-in-law Mike Wimer. She is survived by her best friend and loving husband, Fred, whom she was married to for 47 years. They had four children Robin Scott Hanson, David Friedrichsen, Kim Mark Cressy, Kent Friedrichsen and five grandchildren, Zach, Sam and Jacob Hanson and Kate and Joe Cressy. She also had five siblings, Wanda Paul Holman, Ralph Lee, Donita Wimer, Juanita Jay Kauffman, Ronald Sharon Lee and sister-in-law Donna Friedrichsen, brother-in-law and sister-in-law Bernard and Myrna Friedrichsen, brother-in-law and sister-in-law Ken and Donna Friedrichsen and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Lee's faith was extremely important to her. She was a Christian who loved and trusted God. She also loved people. Education was very important to her. She was very active and treasured the time she spent with family and friends, be it dining out or dancing with Fred, watching her children or grandchildren's various activities, time spent visiting with her siblings, girl friends, Mary Martha circle members, Women of Today, etc. She enjoyed reading newspapers and magazines, walking, sewing, baking and was always genuinely interested in what you were doing. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Leone was born on November 3, 1931 to Ralph and Edith Lee near Moorhead, Iowa. She graduated from Moorhead High School. She graduated from Iowa's Teacher College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and taught upper elementary school for many years in the Woodbine, Iowa area. She graduated from Minnesota State Mankato. She was united in marriage to Fred Friedrichsen on July 2, 1960 in Omaha, Nebraska. She started a preschool in Glenville and taught there. In addition she served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Citizens State Bank of Glenville from 1969 to the present. She also served for a number of years on the Glenville Recreation Board and on the Glenville School Board. The family would like to thank the medical staff at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, Mayo Clinic and St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester and Largo Medical Center, Largo, Florida, for their care. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be sent to First Lutheran Church of Glenville or the charity of donor's choice.