Freestone, John R. – 1914-1992

FREESTONE, GIBSON, GILLAM, JAMES, MOFFITT

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:29

Colfax – Funeral services for John R. “Jack” Freestone, 78, a lifelong resident of Colfax, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colfax.
The Rev. Edward Susic, pastor of the church, will conduct services. Burial will be in McKeever Cemetery, north of Colfax.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax.
He died Sunday at Clearview Manor in Prairie City.
Survivors are his wife, Mary; a son, Dennis of Colfax; a daughter, Phyllis (Mrs. William) Moffitt of Omaha; a sister, Margaret James of Des Moines; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
Mr. Freestone, a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, was employed as a line foreman for Hoak Construction Co. prior to his retirement, and had worked as a lineman for the Chicago and Great Western Railroad and Iowa Power and Light.
The son of Philip and Laura Gillam Freestone, he was born Jan. 7, 1914 in Cedar Rapids.
He was married to Mary Gibson Nov. 27, 1935.
Source: Newton Daily News; July 21, 1992