Memorial services for Stanley W. Fredrickson, 89, of Albert Lea will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church with Military Honors accorded by Freeborn County area veteran’s organizations. The Rev. Andrea Myers will officiate. Interment will be at the Geneva Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Stanley died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at his home.
Stanley W. Fredrickson was born on April 26, 1921, to Albert and Rebecca (Jensen) Fredrickson in Clarks Grove. He moved with his family to Cedar Falls, Iowa, and then to Long Beach, Calif., where he attended school. Stanley served in the United States Army during WWII. After his discharge, Stanley returned to Minnesota where he was employed as an engineer at Wilson & Co. On March 30, 1941, he married Elenora Nelson in Northwood, Iowa. After Elenora passed Stanley married Sandra Peterson Wildeman on July 26, 1992. He was an active member of Grace Lutheran Church. Stanley enjoyed wood-carving, reading, music, flying Cessna airplanes, building RC planes, golfing, and using his metal detector.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra; daughters: Sharon Hanson and companion John Larson and children: John (Debbie) Hanson and Dawn (Paul) Hussmann; Sandra (Don) Bissen and their son Nicholas Bissen; Joddy (Matt) Tighe and children: Shelby, Blayne and Venus Parks; sons: James Wildeman and companion Vicky and Jeremy Wildeman and his children: Ian Wildeman and Victoria Wildeman; mother-in-law, Dagne Weum; brother-in-law, Oscar Jensen; sister-in-law, Harriet (Gilbert) Larson; numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Stanley was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Rebecca Fredrickson; wife, Elenora (Nelson) Fredrickson; parents-in-law, Chris and Edna Nelson; step-father, Leroy Larson; sister, Bernice Jensen; brother, Albert Fredrickson, Jr. and son-in-law, Roger D. Hanson.