Ralph C. Freese

RALPH FREESE MUSCATINE, Iowa - Ralph C. Freese, 86, Muscatine, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 10, 2004, at Unity Hospital. Funeral Service will be 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Pastor Dan Schoepf of the Calvary Church will officiate. Honorary Bearers will be Dan Kraklow, Randy Hill, Brian Burke, Dr. Frank Schmidt, Don Gesell, Eddie Bartelt, and Wilfred 'Pickle' Werner. Casket bearers will be Pat McCormick, Corky Battey, Glen Moench, Ryan Schneider, Albert Lin, and Bob Fuson. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Roger Gerber American Missionary Fellowship in Wisconsin. Online condolences for the Freese family may be left at www.wittichfuneralhome.com. Ralph was born on March 6, 1918, in Muscatine, the son of William Fred and Minnie C. Henning Freese. He married Doris J. Eitman on June 4, 1939, in West Liberty. He was a veteran of World War II serving in U.S. Army. He was assistant postm...[more]

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er for the Muscatine Post Office, retiring in 1977, after 33 years. He later worked for G.P.C. mailroom retiring in 1992. For many years, he was active in the Mulford Evangelical Free Church and served as Sunday School Superintendent, was Church Chairman, and Deacon Chairman, Sunday School Teacher, Youth Leader, and many other positions in the Church. He was a member of the Muscatine Power and Water Board of Trustees from 1976 to 1981, and served as Chairman of the Board in 1981. He was a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission from 1982 until resigning to become the Fourth Ward Alderman where he served from 1990 to 1998. He was a member of the Muscatine Toastmasters Club No. 685, he delivered for Meals on Wheels, was a leader of the Boy Scouts, and volunteered for L.I.F.T. program of Family Resources now known as the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program. He enjoyed baseball. Survivors include his wife, Doris Freese of Muscatine; one daughter, Judy Seiler and husband, Ron, of Muscatine; two sons, Jim Freese and wife, Mary Ann of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Jay Freese and wife, Patty, of Muscatine; six grandchildren, Shelley Duffy, David Seiler, Scott Allen Freese, Scott Brian Freese, Jessica Freese and Jason Freese; four great-grandchildren, Max Seiler, Alex, Jake and Olivia Duffy; and two sisters, Leola Dittman of Muscatine and Dorothy V. Nietzel of Muscatine, and a special friend and "Little Brother", Brian Burke He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Lillian Hoeksema, and one brother, Herb Freese.