Alice Freidel
March 31, 1927 ~ July 26, 2014
Served by: Luce, Luze & Reck Funeral Homes
Alice Freidel, 87, of Gettysburg, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Avera Oahe Manor, Gettysburg.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2014 at the United Methodist Church, Gettysburg with Pastor Jeff Adel officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery, Ethan, SD. Visitation was held from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Luce Funeral Home, Gettysburg.
Alice Pierson was born March 31, 1927 in Dryad, WA to Alex and Stella (Westwood) Pierson. She grew up in the Ethan, SD area; graduating from Ethan High School. Alice went on to receive her teaching certificate and taught country school outside of Ethan for a couple of years.
On January 25, 1946 Alice was united in marriage to Leo James Freidel at Ethan where they continued to live until 1949. In 1949 they moved to Pierre where they lived until 1958 when they moved to Gettysburg and opened Freidel Music and Recreation. Alice stayed busy raising her family and teaching dance and to area children and adults.
Alice was a member of the United Methodist Church in Gettysburg where she was active in the United Methodist Women and as a Sunday school teacher. She enjoyed knitting, working on ceramics, gardening and spending time with her family and friends.
Alice is survived by her children: Jerry (Barb) Freidel of Mobridge, Wendy Freidel of Gettysburg, Kerry (Sandy) Freidel of Pierre and Angela (Amy) Carigen of Cle Elum, WA; 14 grandchildren: Amy (Todd) Borah, Joel (Juli) Freidel, Aaron Freidel, Kevin (Kristi) Bliese, Matthew Freidel, Bradley Freidel, Amanda (Ryder) Lemler, Cory Niles, Ashley Niles, Jocelyn (David) Ragan, Adrian (Theresa) Freidel, Cooper Carigen, Carsen Kast and Keegen Kast; 19 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild and one due in January; her siblings: Catherine Kurtenbach of Johnstown, CO, Violet Koutz of Hastings, MN and Georgia Lee (Herb) Sibson of Ft. Pierre, SD; two sisters-in-law: Alzora “Tutz” Hochhalter of Rapid City and Margaret Pierson of Sioux Falls, SD.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leo; and one brother, Bill Pierson.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Alice's arrangements.
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To Alice’s family.
We are so sorry to hear of your loss. Thoughts. & Prayers are with you all as you go through this process.
Angela and Family,
So sorry for you your loss. What a wonderful woman. She touched so many lives. She was the DJ at our wedding. I was so skeptical when my mom suggested it. My whole family still remembers (24 yrs now) how much fun we had that night.
Cindy Hegge
Wendy,Cory, We are Sorry to hear of your Mother ,Grandmothers passing Sending Our Deepest Sympathy Your Way With Love and prayers.In Sympathy Jeanelle And Jeff
The Father of mercies and God of all comfort; comforts us in all our affliction, and He shall wipe away all tears from our eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, and there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. The righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell therein for ever, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace
2 Corinthians 1:3,4; Revelation 21:4; Acts 24:15; Palm 37:11,29
To the Freidel family, I am sorry for your loss. My memories of Alice bring a smile to my face. Praying for your family at this time. God Bless.
Deepest sympathy with the passing of Alice. Sorry, we could not attend. Our heartfelt wishes to all.