Richard Freeman Obituary

Richard Freeman attended River Forest High School in Hobart, IN. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Richard Freeman.

Graduation Year	Class of 1969
Date of Passing	Dec 22, 2007
About	RICHARD ANTHONY FREEMAN "Eagle" Gladstone, IL/Hobart, IN Age 56 passed away on December 22, 2007. He was a graduate of River Forest High School, class of 1969. He was a former employee of Bethlehem Steel, U.S. Steel, Gary Works and General Telephone (GTE). He was most recently a self-employed landscaper doing business as "Eagle Landscaping." Rich was preceded in death by his father Oscar Freeman. He married Patricia Bowman, the mother of his children: Michelle (Kevin) Frazier of Crown Point and Kimberly (Chris) Slygh of Ft. Wayne, IN. He later married Leslie Wessels in 1987 who survives as his wife of 20 years; with his stepdaughter, Tami (Bill) Severence of Hobart; 4 grandchildren and 2 step grandchildren; mother, Isabelle Freeman of Hebron; 3 sisters: "Millie" Rachael Pulido of Hebron, Rene Kline of Peotone, IL and Roberta Roby of Sacramento, CA; brother, Ron (Clea) Freeman of Wellington, TX; aunts, Vera Villereal of Gary and Christina Nunez of Lake Station; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 11a.m. Directly at St. Elizbeth Ann Seton Church, 509 W. Division Rd., Valparaiso, IN with Rev. David Gosnell officiating. Services will terminate at the church with cremation following at the Burns Funeral Home crematory. Friends are invited to meet with the family at Burns Funeral Home, 701 E. 7th St., Hobart on Friday from 4-6 P.M.