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Freda Whitten |
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April 25th, 1927 - September 12th, 2017 |
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| From: | Alton, MO | ||
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1:00-2:00 pm Friday September 15, 2017 Alton 1st Baptist Church Alton, MO |
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| Funeral: |
2:00 pm Friday September 15, 2017 Alton 1st Baptist Church Alton, MO |
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Smith Cemetery Alton, MO |
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Freda Delorse Williams Whitten, of Alton, Missouri, passed away on September 12, 2017 at Shepherd’s View Residential Care Facility. Freda was born April 25, 1927 to Willard and Alma Williams in Couch, Missouri. After Freda graduated from Alton High School, she married the love of her life Joe Whitten on May 20, 1947 on a rainy day in Couch, Mo. They were married almost 69 years before Joe passed away last year. After the wedding, the couple moved to St. Louis to work for several years before returning to the Whitten family farm on Eleven Point River. Freda worked in the Alton Public School system first as a nurse's aide then as secretary in the administration office. She also babysat several children and had a wonderful influence on their lives. Before retirement, she worked for many years as an office assistant at the Oregon County Soil and Conservation Department. Freda was active in the community and was President of the Crescite Club. She loved gardening and was known for her prize winning zinnias. She loved family dinners and baking a variety of delicious pies. She was a member of the Alton First Baptist Church and served many years in the Women's Missionary Union. She was baptized at an early age and served God in all that she did. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Freda is survived by her son, Jerry Whitten, daughter Pam and husband Scott Ream, three grandchildren, Chris Whitten and wife Annie, Ben Whitten and Jessica Beauchamp, and Delaney Ream, four great grandchildren, Brooke Beauchamp, Drew Whitten, J.T. Whitten and Max Whitten along with her sister, Lillie Croney, brother Charles Williams and wife Bonnie, sisters-in-law Lois Goldman, Angie Huddleston, Dorothy Whitten, Carolyn Johnson and husband Dale and many nieces and nephews. Freda was preceded in death by her parents, brother Cleo Williams, sister Barbara Williams Nock and husband David, brother-in-law Charlie Croney, and sisters-in-law Francis Huddleston and husband James, Nancy Stanley and husband Luther, Hazel Reed and husband Howard, June Williams and husband Bill, Emma Lou Casey and husband John Lewis, Georgia Williams and husband Henry, brother-in-law Charles Whitten, daughter–in-law Martha Whitten and grandson Dusty Whitten. Visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 15, 2017 at Alton First Baptist Church. Memorial services will follow at 2:00 p.m. under the direction of Clary’s Funeral Home. Donations may be made to First Baptist Church, Alton or Smith Cemetery. |
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