FREEMAN HUBERT CHOATE

Chaffee -- Freeman Hubert Choate, 75, of Chaffee died Tuesday, May 28, 1996, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.

He was born Jan. 16, 1921, in Bell City, son of John and Mayme Downs Choate.

Choate was a former electrician for Noranda Aluminum Inc. in New Madrid. He was a member of the Chaffee Masonic Lodge No. 615 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1 of St. Louis.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Pauline Shultz Choate; two sons, Lee Choate of Telkeetra, Alaska, and Rick Choate of Sikeston; two sisters, Dorothy Ramano of Sullivan Ill., and Dotsie Kent of Bradley, Ill; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee with the Rev. Arvil Huffman officiating. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery.