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Memorial for Rev. Gerald V. Freudenburg
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Born in Witchita, Kansas on Nov. 28, 1933
Departed on Feb. 14, 2010 and resided in Peoria, IL.
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Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
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Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010
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Lutheran Cemetery
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Pastor Gerald V. Freudenburg
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Peoria – Rev. Gerald V. Freudenburg, 76, of Peoria died at 12:55 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 at his residence.
Born Nov. 28, 1933 in Wichita, Kansas, a son of Benjamin F. and Viola M. Telschow Freudenburg, he married Joan Rodekohr on Aug. 18, 1957 in Battle Creek, Neb. She survives.
Also surviving are five children: Jean (Steve) Blank of Port St. Lucie, Fla., Beth (Dave) Bray of Madison, Wis., Cheryl (Craig) Griebel of Peoria, Kathy (Tim) Dibadj of Glen Ellyn, Ill., and Gerald Paul Freudenburg of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; three step-great grandchildren; three sisters, Mary Ann Stewart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Margaret (Walter) Schrieber of St. Louis, Mo., and Dorothy (Rick) Gove of Belleville, Ill.; and one brother, Ben (Jennifer) Freudenburg of Ann Arbor, Mich. He was dearly loved by his family and will be greatly missed.
Gerald was a graduate of Concordia Teachers’ College in Seward, Nebraska and Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Ordained into the holy ministry in 1957, he touched the lives of many people as a pastor of Lutheran congregations in Edinburg and Rochester, Ill. and Grand Island, Neb.
From 1970 to 1995 he served as senior pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Peoria.
While serving at Trinity in Peoria, he established the Stephen Ministry program, the WATCH program, premarital workshops, marriage enrichment workshops, as well as the staff positions of Cantor and Director of Christian Education.
His ministry and life message was ‘TGLTYTY” which means to “Trust God’s Love to You and Through You.”
He served the church at-large as a member of the Concordia School Board, the Lutheran Hillside Village Board, and the Central Illinois Board of directors. He was certified as a pastoral counselor in May 1994 by the Illinois Pastoral Institute.
In addition to preaching in many area churches after retirement, he served in the area of family ministry at Christ Lutheran Church in Peoria for one year, and as a vacancy pastor at both Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln and St. John’s Lutheran Church in Green Valley.
His passion for helping marriages and families was evident in his continued ministry of pre-marital and marriage enrichment workshops and the “Five for the Family” program he developed. These ministries were used by a number of congregations in the Peoria and St. Louis areas.
For the past eight years he served as a part-time chaplain at Lutheran Hillside Village in Peoria. Until recently, he continued serving the ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church in Peoria by visiting home-bound members.
Services celebrating the life of Pastor Freudenburg will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Peoria. Dr. David Peter and Pastor Mark Nelson will officiate. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Peoria.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church.
The Wilton Mortuary in Peoria is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, Lutheran Hillside Village or Peoria Cancer Center Foundation, 8940 N. Wood Sage Road, Peoria, IL 61615-7828.
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