Audrey K Freitag

Audrey K. Freitag, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, July 31, 2009, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. She was born January 17, 1927 in Hubbard, Iowa, the daughter of Louis Ernest and Besse Elizabeth (Broer) Kasischke. Audrey married Arnold J. Freitag on September 3, 1949 in Eldora. She was a graduate of New Providence Consolidated Schools, received her BS degree in Education from Valparaiso University, and completed additional studies at Florida State University and the University of Northern Iowa. Audrey was a nutritionist for Beech Nut Baby Food in Chicago, was the Home Economist for Iowa State Extension Service in Grundy County, Iowa, taught school in the Sarasota Florida school district, and was a teacher at Cedar Falls High School for twenty years, retiring in 1994. She was  the librarian for thirty-five years at St. John Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Audrey was a member of PEO Chapter R, several bridge clubs, and enjoyed traveling, researching family genealogy, reading and sewing.

Survivors include her husband, Arnold, of Cedar Falls; three daughters, Judy (David D'Arcy) Freitag of Evanston, Illinois, Ruth (Edward) Lovas of College Station, Texas, and Amy (Victor) Cactus of Las Vegas, Nevada; six grandchildren, Matthew, Justin, and Arlen D'Arcy of Evanston, Illinois, and Karina, Cameron, and Kyle Lovas of College Station, Texas; and a brother, Dale (June) Kasischke, of Hubbard, Iowa.

Audrey was preceded in death by her parents, and infant daughter, Janet Louise Freitag; a sister, Doris Kasischke; a brother, Dean Kasischke, and a nephew, Harold Kasischke.

Services will be 10:30 am Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at St. John Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls, with burial 2:00 pm Wednesday at Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard, Iowa. Visitation will be 4—7:00 pm Tuesday, August 4, at the St. John Lutheran Church Library, and one hour before service at the church. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund will be established at St. John Lutheran Church. Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com .