Tabea Fritsche

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Tabea Secunda Fritsche, 91, of Tracy, Minn., died Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, at Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy.

She was born May 3, 1915, at Altenburg, daughter of Ernest Julius and Lydia Concordia Boehme Kuehnert. She and Walter E. Fritsche were married May 3, 1941, at Altenburg. He died Sept. 29, 1962.

Fritsche moved from Altenburg to Ionia, Mo., in 1968, and to Cole Camp, Mo., in 1977.

She was a postal clerk eight years, and later did home care for the elderly in Jackson, Cole Camp, Sedalia and Kansas City, Mo. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cole Camp.

Survivors include two daughters, Karen Harms of Ionia and Faith Swanson of Walnut Grove, Minn.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.

Friends may call at Trinity Church in Cole Camp from 1 p.m. to service time Sunday.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church, with the Rev. Todd Kollbaum officiating.

A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Cemetery in Altenburg, with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating.

Fox Funeral Home in Cole Camp is in charge of arrangements.