Diane L. Frerichs

Diane Lee Frerichs, age 74, of Coleridge, Nebraska, died Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at Elk Ridge Senior Living in Elkhorn, Nebraska. Funeral Services will be on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:30 am at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Coleridge with Rev. Russ Lambert officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Ridge Cemetery in Coleridge. Visitation will be on Monday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm with a Prayer Service at 7:00 pm at the church. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am on Tuesday at the church. The Wintz Funeral Home in Coleridge is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be Joseph Frerichs, Brennan Frerichs, Randy Papenhausen, Mark Preston, Dean Martensen, Darin Martensen and Frank Kniefl. Diane was born on August 18, 1944 in LeMars, Iowa to Louis Oliver and Thelma Irene (Hash) Martensen. They moved to the Hartington, Nebraska area in 1946 where she attended school until they moved to the Coleridge area and she graduated from Coleridge High School in 1962. She attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska for a year. Diane married Gary C. Frerichs on August 11, 1963 in Coleridge and to this union 2 sons were born, Bret and Barry. She worked at the Coleridge National Bank from 1963 to 1988.They farmed northeast of Coleridge until 1994 when they moved into Coleridge. Diane enjoyed doing farm work, stacking hay and milking cows on their dairy farm. She received an Associate Degree in Business Administration from Northeast Technical Community College in 1994. She then worked as a bookkeeper for Circle E Grain from 1995-2010. They recently moved to the Elk Ridge Senior Living Facility in Elkhorn, NE. Diane was a very active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, the ILCW Circle, taught Sunday school and belonged to the Nightingale Extension Club and the Coleridge American Legion Auxiliary Post 114. She liked to bowl and cook for large family dinners. Diane is survived by her husband, Gary of Elkhorn, Nebraska; 2 sons, Bret and Ronda Frerichs of Omaha, NE; Barry and Amy Frerichs of Bassett, NE; 3 grandchildren, Jamie and Frank Kniefl of Yankton, SD; Joseph and Kayla Frerichs and their children, Cohen and Callie of Omaha; Brennan Frerichs of Bassett; 2 sisters, Ruth and Doug Preston of Randolph, NE; Lori and Brian Zigterman of Dallas, TX and a twin brother, Don and Joyce Martensen of Hinton, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Amber Frerichs and a sister Linda Ternus.

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