A graveside service will be held at 12:30pm on Friday, February 3, 2023 in National Cemetery Rock Island. A remembrance gathering will follow 2:00pm Friday at Silvercrest Davenport, IA. Those wishing to attend the graveside service, please meet at the Runge Mortuary by 11:30am. Remembrances may be made in her honor to the First Baptist Church in Muscatine, Iowa. Online condolences may be expressed at www.rungemortuary.com.
Margarete was born March 8, 1927 in Berlin, Germany, the daughter of Kurt and Margarete (Washinski) Jellinek. She came to the United States in 1946 and resided in Muscatine, Iowa. In 1951, she became a U.S. Citizen and in 1953 she was united in marriage to Melvin Freese. In 1966, she started working for the Muscatine Community School District and retired in 1982 as Cafeteria Manager. In 1982, she and her husband moved to Savannah, Georgia. She enjoyed her retirement with her favorite hobbies: swimming, coffee with friends, and volunteering at church. In 2016, Margarete moved to Garner Independent Living in Davenport, Iowa to be closer to her family. She had previously attended the First Baptist Church in Muscatine and White Bluff United Methodist Church in Savannah, Georgia.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Wilma Perry of Mobile, Alabama, and Lisa Jellinek of Bettendorf, Iowa; and brother, Max Jellinek of St. Louis, Missouri.
Margarete is survived by her husband, Melvin; sons, Mark (Sharon) Freese, Muscatine, Iowa, and Jerome (Debra) Freese, Davenport, Iowa; grandchildren, Melissa and Kurt Freese; and great-granddaughter, Aubree Stauffer; along with several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank Silvercrest Garner and Hospice for their assistance.
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