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Frieda W. Schrum

Born: July 22, 1916           Rural David City, Nebraska Died: February 28, 2010   Ashland, Nebraska     Funeral Service: Thursday, March 4, 2010 11:00 AM Marcy Chapel, Ashland, Nebraska Interment Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Nebraska   Visitation: Thursday, March 4, 2010 9:00-11:00 AM at Marcy Chapel, Ashland, Nebraska   Memorials: American Lutheran Church or Ashland Care Center Activities Fund

Frieda W. Schrum was born July 22, 1916 on a farm in Butler County, Nebraska, one of six children, to parents Frederick and Dina (Kopke) Abrahams. She attended District 49 school and the Rising City Lutheran schools until she completed eighth grade. She worked in the David City, NE area for many years providing domestic assistance. During WWII she moved to the San Francisco, CA area with her sisters where she worked at a factory for two years making life jackets for service personnel. Frieda returned to Nebraska and helped on her family farm in Butler County and again did domestic work in David City. She married George Schrum on February 9, 1949 in her mothers home in Butler County. George and Frieda made their home in Ashland where she lived until June of 2003. During this time she raised two children, Frederick and Ida. Frieda was a caretaker for several family members including her mother, Dina, aunt, Pauline, sister, Mathilda, brother, Paul and husband George when they were faced with illness. She became a resident of the Ashland Care Center in June of 2003 after experiencing health problems and was a resident there until her death on Febr. 28, 2010. Frieda had been a member of the American Lutheran Church in Ashland.

Frieda is survived by her son Frederick Schrum, Lincoln, NE, daughter and son in law, Ida and Gari Kent, Omaha, NE; grandchildren, Richard (Errin) Kent, Olathe, KS, Scott Schrum, Lincoln, NE, Crystal (Eric) Larson, Omaha; great grandchildren, Alexander and Madeline; sister Josephine Pauly, Eugene, OR; brother in law Carl and his wife Leota Schrum, Omaha; niece; nephews; and cousins. She was preceded in death by husband George F. Schrum, parents, sisters Mathilda and Gerdina, and brothers Paul and Herbert.