Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT – September 4, 2002

Mary H. Freehauf

May 6, 1922 - Sept. 1, 2002

Mary H. Freehauf, age 80, of Lakeville, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2002, at the Bremen Health Care Center. She was born May 6, 1922, in Lima, Ohio, to Edward and Hulda (Berron) Becher. Mary was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Woodland. February 2, 1943, Mary married Eugene Freehauf in Woodland, IN, and he survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Michael (Kathryn) Freehauf of Lakeville and Tom Freehauf of Elkhart; one daughter, Jean (Lowell) Schlemmer of Mishawaka; two sisters, Dorothy Starner of Claypool, IN, and Lura Limerick of Mishawaka; two brothers, Murlin Becher of Warsaw and Lavern Becher of New Paris; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, Richard and Robert.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. today, September 4, 2002, at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Woodland. Rev. Karl Brenner will officiate. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorial contributions may be given to St. Paul's Lutheran Church and the Alzheimer's Association.

Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen, is handling arrangements.