Frieda Lenora Foltz

Frieda Lenora Foltz was born July 31, 1935, at Princeton, Kansas. She was the daughter of Memory E. and Julia Margaret (Kissinger) Kochenower. A lifelong Franklin County, Kansas resident, Frieda made her home in Ottawa, until her death Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at the age of sixty-nine years. Frieda attended Acorn School and graduated from Princeton High School with the class of 1953. She attended business school in Kansas City, Missouri. Following business school, she worked for H.D. Lee in Ottawa, as a supervisor. She and her husband, Richard, owned a grocery store in Princeton. The kids in Princeton always visited Frieda at the grocery store to get candy. She also helped her sister drive flag cars, when her brother-in-law hauled trailer houses across Kansas. Frieda spent many years making a lot of people happy by cooking for them at the L&L Restaurant in Ottawa, until it closed. She then cooked at Ransom Memorial Hospital and at Franklin County Day Care, until her illness in 2000. She was a member of Princeton United Methodist Church and Princeton United Methodist Women, and always took part in their annual chicken noodle dinner. She was also an active leader in the Acorn Rustler's 4-H Club that her children belonged to and spent several years coaching her daughters on the Princeton fast pitch softball team. Frieda was a warm, caring, courageous woman, who was very kind to everyone. She loved spending time with her family and attending her children and grandchildren's sporting events. She was an avid K.U. Basketball and K.C. Chief's fan and enjoyed collecting angels and frogs. In 1955, Frieda was united in marriage with Richard Foltz. They were later divorced. She is survived by her two daughters, Christie Massengale of Ottawa, Kathi Branyon and her husband, Bart, of Gardner; son, Roger Foltz and his wife, Linda, of Augusta; four granddaughters, Ashley Massengale, Crystal Branyon, Amanda Branyon, Jenna Foltz; and, three grandsons, Aaron Massengale, Blaize Foltz, Brady Foltz. She is preceded in death by her parents; son, Steven Foltz; and, sister, Mary Ellen Malburg. SERVICES: Funeral services will be held from the Dengel & Son Mortuary 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 27, 2004. OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Jan MaGee. IN STATE: Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Foltz at the Dengel & Son Mortuary after 9:00 a.m. Friday to the service hour, where the family will meet with friends 7 to 8:00 Friday evening. CEMETERY: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Kansas. MEMORIALS: The family suggests memorials to the Frieda Foltz Memorial Fund, c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, Kansas 66067. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through dengelmortuary@sbcglobal.net.