Marcella Freeland's Obituary
Marcella Freeland, 94, of
Vandalia, died at 11:58 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Fayette
County Hospital Long Term Care in Vandalia.
Services will be held at 10
a.m. on Friday at First Baptist Church in Vandalia, with the Rev.
Joe Lawson officiating. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery in
Vandalia. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until time of
services on Friday at the church. Memorials: Friends and
Families of Fayette County Hospital-Long Term Care.
Mrs. Freeland was born on
Nov. 30, 1918, in Shobonier, the daughter of Earl and Olive Klinge
Funk. She married Kenneth Freeland on Aug. 10, 1940, in St. Louis,
Mo.; he died on March 7, 2004.
She was a beautician and
homemaker, and was a member of First Baptist Church in Vandalia,
where she was a Sunday school teacher and choir member for 60
years.
She is survived by sons, Kent
Freeland and his wife Mary Anna of Vandalia, and Jerry Freeland and
his wife Mick of Peoria, Ariz.; grandchildren, Katie and her
husband Lucas Filer of Vandalia, Kris Freeland of Vandalia, Ty
Freeland and his wife Janetta of Phoenix, Ariz., and Jamie and her
husband Joe Schwarz of Tempe, Ariz.; and great-grandchildren,
Alyssa Filer of Vandalia, and Lila and Elle Freeland, both of
Phoenix, Ariz.
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