Cora Froelich
Obituary
Cora Pearl Froelich, 97, passed away
Thursday (Dec. 5, 2019) at Kansas Christian Home. She was born March
2, 1922, in Waverly, to Alvin Earle and Pearlie May Arnold. She
graduated from Burlington High School and had one year of
post-Baccalaureate education.
Cora taught one year in a Coffey County
one-room school. She was active in church serving as a Sunday school
teacher, member of the Ladies Aid and quilting groups, and was a
Brownie leader and Cub Scout Den Mother. Cora was also an avid
gardener, seamstress and loved to attend auctions.
Cora married Herbert L. Froelich on
June 1, 1941, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Emporia. Herbert preceded
Cora in death May 14, 1997. Together, they gave birth to three
children. These include her daughter and husband, Cynthia (deceased)
and David Bender; and her two sons and their wives, Dana and Deborah
(Hwa) Froelich and Stephan and Debbie (Sarmiento) Froelich. Cora is
survived by three grandsons and their wives, Jason and Valerie
(Giger) Froelich, Mark and Amanda (Allen) Froelich and Aaron
Froelich; as well as five great-grandchildren: Allison, Andrew,
Isaac, Evan and Emily.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday
(Dec. 7, 2019) at Zion Lutheran Church in Newton, with The Reverend
Kurt Letcher presiding. The book will be available from 2 to 5 p.m.
at Petersen Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery,
Newton.
Memorials are suggested to Zion
Lutheran Church or Lutheran Hour in care of Petersen Funeral Home.
