The photo of Aunt Freda is one i never saw. i wonder if it was in the Hesston year book when she graduated high school. she was so young and pretty.

we lived next door to her and Grandma and Ola when i was a child. so she has always been in my memory.

I enjoyed being with her and hearing about what she and her friends were doing. i always wished i had inherited her math skills but alas i didn't.

i remember visiting her at Legacy a couple of years ago and asked why the adding machine was on the table. 'You have to keep your mind working', she said.

She always sent us a Christmas card until a year ago. and always remembered my birthday as well. i will miss knowing she is there and thinking of me.

Here is how I sum-up our long time business and personal friendship with Freda.

1.A person of the very highest integrity.

2.Always dependable.

3.Fiercely loyal.

4.Very strong willed.

5.Willing to accept change, sometimes reluctantly.

6.Committed to accounting accuracy.

Our business and me personally had a very special relationship with Freda.

She is still missed today.

My mother-in-law, Kathryn (Miller) Yoder is a childhood friend of Freda; or as Kathryn called her "Freedy". I am currently an employee at Legacy. One day I noticed Freda had the Kalona News in her mail. I mentioned that my mother-in-law also read the paper. The second I told her Kathryn's name she lit up. They went to Center together and were very close. I also enjoyed visiting with Freda in the mornings while she did her "laps" in her wheelchair. I had hoped to get the 2 of them together for a visit and regret that I didn't make that happen. Sincerely, Rhonda Yoder