FREAD, Beverly Jane (Rankin) 1939-2018

FREAD, BAKER, RANKIN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 8/16/2018 at 09:41:40

Beverly Jane (Rankin) Fread

Beverly Jane (Rankin) Fread was born April 5, 1939, in Springfield, Ohio, to Martha (Baker) and Woodrow Rankin. Bev was raised in the Cincinnati area, graduating from Sycamore High School in 1957.

On November 25, 1961, she married Robert R. Fread at the Montgomery Presbyterian Church. They have one son, Robert A. Fread, and Bev and Bob made their home in Loveland, Ohio for most of their married lives. Bev worked as a bank teller and bookkeeper, stay at home mother, and did in-home child care for many family members and neighbors. She loved children and was the nursery class Sunday School teacher at the Evendale Community Church for about 20 years.

Bev also loved music and she sang in the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus in her younger years. Other hobbies included flowers and baking cookies, especially at Christmas and for church events. Bev and Bob moved to Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 2011 to be close to family.

Bev passed from this life on August 13, 2018 with her family at her side at The Martin Health Center of the Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls. Bev is preceded in death by her mother, Martha. She is survived her husband of 57 years, Bob of Cedar Falls; her father, Woody of Springfield, Ohio; her son and daughter-in-law, Rev. Bob and Sue Fread of Hudson; her granddaughters, Sara and Hannah Fread of Hudson; and a sister and brother-in-law, Susan & Paul.

Prayer Service:
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Western Home Community
Stanard Family Assisted Living Chapel
420 E 11th St
Cedar Falls, Iowa

Funeral Service:
Tufts-Schildmeyer Funeral Home
129 N. Riverside Drive
Loveland, Ohio

Burial:
Union Cemetery
Montgomery Road & Union Cemetery Road
Symmes Township, Ohio

SOURCE: Parrott & Wood Funeral Service website