late Peter John Fredrickson for 59 years, passed away on November 17,
2021 at Middlesex Memorial Hospital, following a sudden illness.
Born Freda Lorraine Bouton, Lorraine was the daughter of the late Freda
(Watts) Bouton and George M. Bouton. She was born on July 20, 1929 at
South Nassau Community Hospital, Rockville Centre, New York and later
moved to Madison, New Jersey. She learned to sail during her years on
Long Island, and it was she who taught Peter to sail, which they
enjoyed together for many years. She excelled in mathematics and
sciences in high school, earned a B.S in Zoology at Duke University in
1951, and married Peter soon after graduating. She worked for a time
at Bell Laboratories studying insects that damaged telephone poles.
She and Peter moved many times during his time in the Navy. They
settled in Old Saybrook, where Lorraine was an active member of the
Old Saybrook Congregational Church since 1955, working in nearly every
volunteer position at one time or another, continuing until the
pandemic began. She volunteered over the years in many organizations,
including activities her children were involved in, making bandages
for cancer patients, giving rides to medical appointments through
Friends In Service Here, acting as a docent for the Old Saybrook
Historical Society, and volunteering at the Estuary Thrift Shop. She
is remembered by her children for her quiet, wise, thoughtful manner
and her amazing memory.
She was predeceased by her sister Lois Merry. She is survived by her
son, Bill Fredrickson and wife, Irena, of Westbrook, CT; by her
daughter, Peggy Eckman and her husband, Mark, of Cincinnati, Ohio and
by her grandchildren Peter (Abby) Fredrickson, Scott (Kaylee)
Fredrickson, Lisa Fredrickson, Laura Eckman, Nate (Chelsea) Eckman,
and great-grandchildren Grace and Gus Fredrickson.
Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the
First Church of Christ in Old Saybrook (Congregational) or to a
charity of the donor's choice in memory of Lorraine B. Fredrickson.
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