Lucy Freier

1904 - 2003  (99 years)

• Name	Lucy Freier
  Born	28 Sep 1904	Odessa, Ukrayina
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Nov 2003	Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I379380	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	22 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Phillip Freier
  Mother	Dorothea Ehli
  Family ID	F126245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Grenz,   b. 30 Dec 1907, Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 8 Dec 1992, Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1930	Streeter, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Marvin Grenz,   b. 21 Apr 1931, Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 2014  (Age 83 years)   2. Alan Grenz,   b. 28 Jul 1933,   d. 29 Oct 1943  (Age 10 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F126239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. The Jamestown Sun Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Lucy Grenz, 99, Napoleon, N.D., died Friday, Nov. 14, 2003, at Wishek Nursing Home, Wishek, N.D. Lucy Freier was born Sept. 28, 1904, in Friedenstal, Bessarabia Russia, the daughter of Phillip and Dorothea (Ehli) Freier. In 1909, she emigrated with her parents and her brother, Jacob, to the United States. They settled on a farm in Campbell County near Eureka, S.D. In 1913, they moved to a farm southwest of Streeter, in Grenz Township, North Dakota. She grew up on the family farm and attended country school in the area at the schoolmaster’s house. She married Jacob Grenz on March 13, 1930, at Hope Evangelical Church near Streeter. They lived on several farms in the Napoleon area. She enjoyed homemaking, working in the farm, raising chickens and milking cows. In 1943, they bought the Hoffman farm in Grenz Township, where they lived and farmed until they retired from farming and moved to Streeter. They later built a home in Napoleon. He died in 1992. She became a resident of the Wishek Nursing Home in 1995. She is survived by a son, Marvin (Florence), Napoleon; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Alan, and three brothers, Jacob, Edward and Gust. Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, United Methodist Church, Napoleon, with the Rev. Ron Wilke officiating. Prayer Service: 7 p.m. today, Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Napoleon. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home and one hour before the service at the church. Burial: Napoleon City Cemetery, Napoleon.