Submitted by: Dan Rich
Monica Ellen Fremeau
Aug. 16, 1924 - Aug. 29, 2008
South Bend Tribune 8/31/2008
MISHAWAKA, IN - Monica Ellen Fremeau, 84 passed away
Friday at 3:55 a.m. in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN. Monica
Ellen Kelly was born in Lowell, MA, to Thomas Joseph Kelly
and Anne Elizabeth Cavanagh. She graduated from Lowell
Commercial College and went on to marry John Wilfred Fremeau on
May 1, 1948, in Graniteville, MA. She was employed for 50 years
as an organist for several churches, including St. Margaret's in
Lowell and St. Bernard Church in Anna Maria Island, FL. It was
said that she could make an organ "talk." She also was
a secretary at John J. Hurley CPA. She was a member of the
American Order of Hibernian Ladies in Bradenton, FL, the Legion
of Mary, and Ladies of Sodality of St. Mary's Church in
Chelmsford, MA, St. Pius X in Granger, IN, and was a Lady of the
Knights of Columbus, Mrs. Fremeau is survived by her husband of
60 years, John W. Fremeau of Mishawaka; her son, Jack (Joyce)
Fremeau of Jackson, Michigan; and daughters, Rosemary (Norman) Mathews
of Goffstown, NH, and Joan (George A. Jr.) Spohrer of
South Bend, IN; grandchildren, Scot (Lidija) Fremeau of Jackson,
MI, Brian (Molly) Fremeau of South Bend, Joseph Fremeau of
Vienna, VA, Michael Fremeau of Portland, OR, Ethan Foss of
Alexandria, VA, Rebecca Spohrer of New York, NY, Kelly Spohrer of
Chicago, IL, Katie Spohrer and George E. Spohrer III; and
great-grandchildren, Colin and Owen Fremeau of Jackson, MI, and
Audrey Fremeau of South Bend; her sisters, Marea Gower of
Springfield, PA, Joan (Edwin) Nixon of Lima, OH, and Anne
(H. Jeffrey) Fencer of Wyndham, NH.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, at St. Pius X
Catholic Church, Fir & SR 23, Granger, where visitation will
be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m. She will be laid to rest at St.
Joseph Cemetery in East Chemsford, MA, with committal services in
the chapel at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests donations be made in her memory to
St. Pius X Education Center, 52553 Fir Road, Granger, IN 46530.
Arrangements are being handled by McGann Hay Funerals |
Cremations | Gatherings.