ELIZABETH FROEMSDORF

Elizabeth N. Froemsdorf, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998, at in the Lutheran Home.

Born Nov. 2, 1910, in Jackson, she was the daughter of Francis M. and Lula Browning Van Gilder.

On Dec. 26, 1928, she married Henry Carl Froemsdorf, who died Sept. 20, 1983.

A member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Froemsdorf worked for 18 years as a seamstress for Lowenbaum Dress Factory in Cape Girardeau. In 1989 she was honored by the Cape Girardeau County Commission for her voluntary work repairing wind-torn flags at the Veterans Memorial in Cape County Park.

Froemsdorf was a member of Cite De La Rose Garden Club, Jackson Homemaker's Club and Kimberland Country Club.

She is survived by a daughter, Rebecca A. Heuer, and a son, Thomas H. Froemsdorf, both of Cape Girardeau, 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sons, three brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call between 5 and 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. David Dissen presiding. Burial will take place at Cape County Memorial Park.