Richard Fremont

Richard William Fremont, age 91, of Webster, WI passed away on December 3, 2011 at the Spooner Hospital surrounded by family. Richard was born on March 6, 1920 to Charles Lafayette and Bertha Melvina (Folley) Fremont. He attended schools in Danbury and Webster. He later served his Country in World War II in the United States Army. On March 12 ,1949 he was united in marriage to the late Florine Juanita Carpenter in Schuyler County, Missouri. They resided in and near Waterloo, Iowa for many years. He was employed as an electrician at the John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works for 30 years, retiring in 1977. After retiring, Richard and Florine moved back to his home state of Wisconsin to a small working farm near Clam Falls. He continued to keep busy with many jobs and hobbies to include but not limited to working as an electrician and flying to France to set up presses for a local company, working at the Cranberry Marsh, drilling a well on his farm, setting up and running a sawmill on the farm, making maple syrup, deer hunting in the fall, and helping neighbors and family. He later moved to Shell Lake to be closer to his youngest daughter and her family. The last few years of his life were spent in Webster, Wisconsin where he resided with his daughter, Valencia. Richard was preceded in death by his parents, wife, four brothers: Earl, Chester, Ernest and Everett, four sisters: Lucy Hebert, Cecelia LaRocque, Loretta Colwell and Rosetta Fremont. He is survived by two daughters: Valencia Fremont and Reta Prochaska, 6 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one brother, Ray (Colleen) Fremont. Funeral services will be on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 1:00 pm at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, WI with his nephew Gail Fremont officiating. Visitation will be from 11:00-1:00 on Friday at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster. Pallbearers are Jeff Prochaska, Brian Prochaska, Joshua Java, Justin Shrout, Michael Stephanites and Merle Benes. Graveside services with military honors will follow at the Danbury Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com