Obit request......looking for obituary on the following..... ERNEST N FREEMAN Residence: 66047 Lawrence, Douglas, KS Born 13 Jul 1924 Died 12 Mar 2002 Issued: KS (Before 1951) Sherrie (Gettman) Stahl Portland, OR sherriestahl@attbi.com
Obit from Lawrence Journal-World of March 15 2002. Ernest Nelson Freeman Military graveside services for Ernest Nelson Freeman, 77, Lawrence will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Freeman died Tuesday March 12, 2002, at Baldwin Care Center. He was a long time Lawrence resident. He was born July 13, 1924, in Eudora, the son of Nelson and Elsie Lenora (Mathia) Freeman. Mr. Freeman was an electrician at Hercules (Sunflower Ammunition Plant) for 25 years. He retired in 1986. He had served in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was a lifetime member of Alford-Clarke Post No. 852 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lawrence, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. 226. He married Irene Marie Kaufman on March 14, 1947, in Lawrence. She survives of Lawrence. Other survivors include a daughter, Kathy Jorgensen, Lawrence; a brother, Bernard, Lawrence; and two grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. The family suggests memorials to World War II Veterans Memorial, sent in care of the mortuary.