Friedrichsen, Roger L. 1938-1999

FRIEDRICHSEN, SCHOENFELD, AGEE

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/7/2012 at 18:23:57

Roger L. Friedrichsen, age 61, of Ute, Iowa, died Sunday, October 10, 1999, in Onawa, Iowa.

Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 14, at East Monona School in Moorhead, Iowa, with Pastor Edgar Bode officiating. Burial was in St. Clair Cemetery, Ute, Iowa. Lynette Thies was the organist for the service and Jean Dommer, the accompanist. Vocal selections by the Spirit Singers included, “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” “I Will Always Be With You,” and “Go Now In Peace.” The postlude was “I Will Remember You” per compact disc. A prayer service was held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Armstrong Chapel in Ute.

Roger Lee Friedrichsen was born July 11, 1938, on a farm near Danbury, Iowa, the son of Jens and Bertha (Schoenfeld) Friedrichsen. He grew up on the family farm southeast of Danbury and graduated with the Danbury High School Class of 1956. He continued his education by attending Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, graduating with a B.A. in 1960. He began his life’s work in education that fall at Climbing Hill, Iowa.

On June 23, 1962, Roger was united in marriage to Sue Agee at Riverside Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa. His teaching and coaching career continued at Woodbury Central in Moville, West Lyon at Inwood and Charter Oak-Ute. Roger furthered his education by receiving a Masters of Education Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1971. He then served as the building principal at the Ute School through 1982, when in the fall of that year his duties were split as superintendent between Charter Oak-Ute and East Monona at Moorhead. He retired from this position in 1995 and began work for the Hoffman Insurance Agency in Mapleton in 1997.

Roger was an active member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ute, where he served as an elder. Other activities included the Monona County Republican Party, the Education Foundation in Ute and Charter Oak, the Ute Commercial Club, the Ute Towne and Country Board and the American Heart Association, as well as being member of the Spirit Singers. He was also a member of the Willow Vale Golf Course in Mapleton.

Those survivors left to cherish his memory include Sue, his wife of 37 years; one son and his wife, Alex and Michele Friedrichsen of Nashville, Tennessee; one daughter and her husband, Jamie and David Smith of Fremont, Nebraska; two grandchildren, Tanner and Riley Smith; one sister, Gloria Schmidt of Omaha, Nebraska; three brothers and their wives, Robert and Corinne of Marshfield, Wisconsin, Raymond and LaVonne of Mapleton, Iowa, and Richard and Janis of Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with many other relatives, fellow educators, neighbors and good friends.

Roger was preceded in death by his parents and a brother-in-law, Howard Schmidt.

Pallbearers were nephews: Mike Friedrichsen, Steve Friedrichsen, Craig Friedrichsen, Gary Friedrichsen, Rev. Tim Friedrichsen, Rodney Friedrichsen, Terry Friedrichsen, Bryan Friedrichsen, Rick Friedrichsen, Donald Schmidt, Ronald Schmidt, Chris Agee and Jeff Agee.

Arrangements were made under the direction of the Armstrong Funeral Home of Ute.

~Source: Unknown local newspaper, October 1999