Fredricka 'Freda' (Weber) Everston

Fredricka 'Freda' (Weber) Evertson

CAMBRIDGE -- Fredricka "Freda" (Weber) Evertson, 96, died Wednesday (Oct. 10, 2001) at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. She was born Aug. 21, 1905, at Reamsville, Kan., to Henry and Fredricka (Harms) Weber. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith at the age of three weeks. She attended country school near Reamsville. She was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Cambridge on Jan. 22, 1961. The family moved to Cambridge when she was 17.

On July 20, 1926, she married James Albert Weese, Sr. They made their home in Enid, Okla. After he preceded her in death, she and her children returned to Cambridge to live. On Oct. 16, 1945, she married Lee O. Evertson. She was employed in various cafes in Cambridge, and was the owner and operator of Midget Cafe for a time. After selling the cafe, she was employed by Cambridge Memorial Hospital, retiring after 21 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands, James and Lee; one son, James A. Weese Jr.; seven brothers; four sisters; and two grandchildren.

Survivors include four daughters, Freda "Pat" Corder and husband, Jack of Elwood, Arlene Dewey of Thorton, Colo., Barbara Besler of Cambridge, and Janice Breinig and husband, Duane of Arapahoe; 17 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be Saturday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Cambridge with the Rev. Don Thompson officiating. Interment will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge.

Memorials may be given in her name to St. Paul's Lutheran Church Aid Association of Lutherans Hospice fund.

Lockenour-Jones Mortuary of Cambridge is in charge of the arrangements.