Gretchen Freyholtz

October 9, 1936 - March 27, 2016

Gretchen (Mesenbrink) Freyholtz was born October 9, 1936 in Hinsdale, Illinois, and passed away on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, at the Long Term Continuing Care Hospital in Carson City, Nevada. During her lifetime she lived in Kirkwood, Waynesville, Webster Groves, and Cabool, Missouri.  She also lived in Amarillo, Texas, Boulder City, Nevada, and Gelnhausen, Germany with her husband, Jerry who was serving the US Army Chaplain Corps as a Director of Religious Education. Gretchen received her Masters Degree in Education and taught school in Missouri.  She also served as an Executive Secretary at the US Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City, Nevada.  In her retirement years she thoroughly enjoyed traveling, quilting, and sewing.  Gretchen is survived by her husband, sisters Janis Hobbs and Robberta Mesenbrink of Rockaway Beach, Missouri; her children Marianne Wilborn, Bill Wilborn, Jim Wilborn and wife Michelle.  Grandchildren Tay and Tawnni Wilborn, Anthony Meleo, and Adrian Traugh.