Freida A. Gleim Ridler 1896-1996

RIDLER, GLEIM, ROHDE, SCHONEBOOM, WEISE, MILLER, BONK, SWANSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 3/3/2013 at 15:37:39

Freida Ridler
Estherville – Services for Freida Ridler, 99, of Estherville will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Estherville Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. W. Willis Longer officiating. Interment will be held at the East Side Cemetery in Estherville. She died Wednesday, June 26, 1996 at the Holy Family Hospital in Estherville.

Visitation will be held at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville Friday, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

She was born November 17, 1896 in Kingsley, the daughter of Peter and Emile (Rohde) Gleim. She received her education in Kingsley schools. She married Ray M. Ridler on November 29, 1916 at Storm Lake. The couple farmed in Sac County until 1923, when they moved to the Estherville area. They farmed until 1958, when they moved into Estherville. Mr. Ridler died December 24, 1981. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and UPW of Estherville.

Survivors include a daughter, Lola Swanson of Estherville, two sisters, Erna Schoneboom of Lake View and Mary Weise of Lake View, two granddaughters, Colleen Miller of Estherville and Ronda Bonk of Truman, Minn., three great-granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother, William, one sister Eslie and one son-in-law, Kenneth Swanson. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 27, 1996)