Edwin C. Frey, 90, of Dahlgren, passed away at 6:20 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at GreenTree in Mt. Vernon. He was born in Dahlgren on Sept. 18, 1918, a son of Albert Anton and Francis (Rubenacker) Frey. He married Virginia Katherine Karcher on Nov. 22, 1945, in Piopolis. He was a farmer.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Piopolis with Monsignor Joseph Lawler officiating. Burial will follow at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery in Piopolis.Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro.Mr. Frey is survived by three sons, Charles Frey and companion Donna Vala of Dahlgren, Dennis Frey and wife Jackie of Dahlgren and Frank Frey and wife Dayna of Dahlgren; one daughter, Donna Dennard and husband Michael of Boise, Idaho; grandchildren, Katlyn, Jocelyn, Hunter, Ashley, Cameron and Jordan Frey, Mackenzie Whalcott, Casey Dennard and Lara Holsten; one great-grandchild, Ava Dennard; and one sister, Florence Purcell of St. Ann, Mo.He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; one sister, Lorene Rubenacker; and two grandsons, Dylan and Colter Frey.Mr. Frey was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Piopolis. He was involved in many activities that were of service to his community. He was Crouch Township clerk for 28 years and served on the Farm Bureau Board for 15 years. He served on the Hamilton County Telephone Board for 17 years; provided leadership for the first Piopolis 4-H club; and was very active in the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and served as trustee. He served in the Holy Name Society. He had the opportunity to travel four continents and crossed the Atlantic 12 times. He traveled to almost every state in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Edwin spent his entire life living on his farm and lived through all the changes made in farming, from harvesting corn by hand and steam engine thrashing and saw the mold board plow become obsolete. He and Virginia lived on a Centennial Farm, which had changed ownership only once since his grandfather bought the farm in 1885. He and Virginia took great pride in maintaining the old buildings and practicing conservation farming.Edwin was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Army Air Force for three-and-a-half years, three of them overseas, and was discharged as a staff sergeant as a radar mechanic. He held a lifetime membership in the American Legion, VFW and 100th Bomb Group.The family would like to express their appreciation for the wonderful care that was given to Edwin by the staff at GreenTree for the past three to four years.Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro is in charge of all arrangements. Published in the Mt. Vernon Register News on 9/5/2009