Emelia Friebel
Emelia Friebel of Grace Village Retirement Community of Winona Lake, passed away at noon Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at her residence at the age of 90.
She had been a resident of Kosciusko County, for the past two years. Emelia was born on May 23, 1925, in Streeter, N. D., to Anna (Graf) Schmidt and Jacob Schmidt. She graduated from high school in Streeter,N.D., then on July 3, 1955, she was married to Curt Edmund August Friebel in Panama. He passed away in 1990.
They had lived in Venezuela serving as missionaries with TEAM “The Evangelical Alliance Mission” until retiring in 1986 and moving to Florida. Emelia moved to Winona Lake in 2012.
She will be lovingly remembered by her son: Ralph (Kim) Friebel, Jamestown, N.D.; daughter: Faith (Dan) Ketterer, Warsaw; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers; and four sisters.
No visitation or services are planned. Private burial will take place at Mansion Memorial Park in Ellenton, Fla. Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to the Mission “TEAM”, Wheaton, Ill., and would be appreciated by the family.