Church. To this union they were blessed with six children, Carolyn, Janet, Jerry, Diane, Debbie, and Doug. They lived on the farm and worked for Jim's great aunt, Mrs. Amelia Arnold, until Jim's work forced them to move to Fort Dodge. They later moved to Des Moines, Osceola, NE, Mason City, Portland and then to Swaledale in 1960. Lola went to work at Rushing's SuperValu Grocery Store where she worked as a meat wrapper, a job she held in several different stores for twenty-six years. After retiring, she was elected mayor of Swaledale, a position she held for six years. Lola enjoyed working for the town of Swaledale. She was a member of the Swaledale United Methodist Church where she held many offices such as lay leader, Sunday school teacher, Commission of Missions and president of UMW. She also was a member of Swaledale Area Ladies (SAL), and the Swaledale Cemetery Society. Lola is survived by her six children, Carolyn Borger of Mt. Vernon, Janet Fredin of Mason City, Jerry (Rosann) Fredin of Wichita, KS, Diane Biederman of Mason City, Debbie Opheim of Charlotte, NC and Doug (Kaye) Fredin of Rockwell; grandchildren, Jim Nadeau (Cathy McNeal), Tami Price, Cassandra (Keith) Jamieson, Jaynann (Ryan) Donker, Jeremy (Kellie) Fredin, Travis (Kelly) Opheim, Dustin Opheim, Kyle (Elyse) Fredin, Tyler (Jackie) Fredin, Allison Fredin, Heidi (Scott) Gojkovich and Heather (Lucas) Roth; seventeen great grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Ruth Gast of Garner; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jim Fredin, March 14, 1987; brothers, Kenneth and Loren Gast; sister, Mildred Zwald and twin sister, Lois Gibbs.