Freda Neiswander, 108, was born in Ada in 1906
Freda M. “Fritz” Neiswander, 108, formerly of Adrian, Mich., died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014.
She was born Jan. 4, 1906, in Ada, Ohio, the seventh of 16 children of Alfred and Adele (Grant) Criblez, and was raised on the family farm in Bluffton, Ohio.
She was married to Eugene C. Neiswander for 67 years, and he preceded her in death in 2001.
She was a graduate of Findlay College and worked at Michigan Central Railroad in Detroit before moving to Adrian where she was a manager at the Girls Training School.She was a former member of the First United Methodist Church in Adrian.
She is survived by her daughter, Lucylee (John) Whiting of Lake LeAnn; three stepgrandchildren, four stepgreat-grandchildren; and two sisters, Frances Scoles of Bluffton, Ohio, and Rachel Crow of Findlay, Ohio. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by seven sisters and six brothers.
All services for her will be private with burial at Palmyra Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Lenawee Humane Society. Arrangements have been entrusted to Wagley Funeral Home where online condolences are welcome at www.WagleyFuneralHome.com<http://www.WagleyFuneralHome.com>.
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