Madeline "Teeny" G. DeFreitas, 92, of Omaha passed away Saturday, May 22 (2010) at St. John's Hospital in Berryville. She died peacefully in the loving arms of her granddaughter and caregiver, Christine DeFreitas.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy, and her children, Virginia and Duane.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Darrel and Sheryl DeFreitas of Omaha; her grandchildren, Janet Scarburgh of Harrison, Karen Kinzer of Lake Havasu, Arizona, Elizabeth Sosa of Keaau, Hawaii, Roy DeFreitas of Hawaii, Marilyn Walker of Indiana, Christine DeFreitas of Omaha, Denise Greenbaum of Kansas City, Missouri, Deanna Jackson of Quitman, and Amy Pulling and Amanda DeFreitas, both of California. Mrs. DeFreitas has 20 great-grandchildren, nine great-great-grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 11 step-great-grandchildren and one step-great-great-grandchild.
Mrs. DeFreitas was born Aug. 16, 1917, in Los Angeles, California. She married Roy DeFreitas on Nov. 27, 1937. They moved to Omaha, Arkansas, in August 2007 from Lake Havasu, Arizona, where they had lived for 32 years. They had celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family on Thanksgiving 2007 in Omaha.
Madeline loved being a homemaker and mother. Her family was her life. Teeny, to her friends, loved to play Bingo. She would never pass a baby without talking to their parents and sharing her stories of her babies and her family. She was a cute, spunky little lady who made family, friends and strangers laugh.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 29, at Maple Leaf Cemetery with Pastor Rob Davis officiating.
Madeline "Teeny" G. DeFreitas, 92, of Omaha passed away Saturday, May 22 (2010) at St. John's Hospital in Berryville. She died peacefully in the loving arms of her granddaughter and caregiver, Christine DeFreitas.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy, and her children, Virginia and Duane.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Darrel and Sheryl DeFreitas of Omaha; her grandchildren, Janet Scarburgh of Harrison, Karen Kinzer of Lake Havasu, Arizona, Elizabeth Sosa of Keaau, Hawaii, Roy DeFreitas of Hawaii, Marilyn Walker of Indiana, Christine DeFreitas of Omaha, Denise Greenbaum of Kansas City, Missouri, Deanna Jackson of Quitman, and Amy Pulling and Amanda DeFreitas, both of California. Mrs. DeFreitas has 20 great-grandchildren, nine great-great-grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 11 step-great-grandchildren and one step-great-great-grandchild.
Mrs. DeFreitas was born Aug. 16, 1917, in Los Angeles, California. She married Roy DeFreitas on Nov. 27, 1937. They moved to Omaha, Arkansas, in August 2007 from Lake Havasu, Arizona, where they had lived for 32 years. They had celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family on Thanksgiving 2007 in Omaha.
Madeline loved being a homemaker and mother. Her family was her life. Teeny, to her friends, loved to play Bingo. She would never pass a baby without talking to their parents and sharing her stories of her babies and her family. She was a cute, spunky little lady who made family, friends and strangers laugh.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 29, at Maple Leaf Cemetery with Pastor Rob Davis officiating.
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