Shirley Fay Fredrickson February 27, 1925 – January 05, 2019 Share this obituary Send Flowers View/Sign Guest Book| Send Sympathy Card Born to Lawrence A. and Olga (nee Skar) George in Janesville, WI on February 27, 1925. Shirley entered the fullness of Eternal Life January 5, 2019 at the age of 93. Beloved wife and best friend for 69 years of the late John Mathews Fredrickson.
Loving mother of Bonnie Bloomquist, Jackie (Steve Halstead) Fredrickson, Betty (the late Eric) Fredrickson, Kurt (Linda) Fredrickson, Marc Fredrickson, Sally Fredrickson, Heidi (Rick) Schmidt and Dirk (Lori) Fredrickson. Proud grandmother of Nick Bloomquist, Kelsey Bloomquist, Cari (Ken) Holland, Corey (Susan) Fritz, Ryan (Rebecca) Fredrickson, Jamie (Sarah) Fredrickson, Jason Fredrickson, Rebecca (Sameer) Rana, Elizabeth (Tom) Bertling, Bret (Aimee) Fredrickson, Holly (Marty) Baur, Jennifer (Andy) Lee, Kim Daley, April (Matt) Voegeli, John (Valerie) Fredrickson, Brady Wycklendt, Carly Wycklendt, Ally Schmidt, and Dieter Schmidt. Further survived by thirty very special great-grandchildren, two precious great-great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends.
Shirley was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was the glue that held her family together and was adored by them all. She will be deeply missed by her family and by all who had the privilege of knowing her.
A consummate homemaker, she enjoyed baking, sewing, re-upholstering furniture, gardening, playing cards and socializing with family and friends, playing volleyball and doing step aerobics with Jane Fonda tapes, Saturday lunch at Solly’s and Sunday brunch at the Wooden Goose. Although a homebody, she loved her annual family vacations on Dam Lake; visits with relatives in Minneapolis, Corpus Christi and Birchwood, WI; annual Lutefisk dinners in Mount Horeb, WI; and a visit to her grandparents’ birthplace in Norway. Honored by St. Eugene for her many years of volunteering in the school library.
Beloved by the neighborhood children to whom she was always willing to lend an ear. Blessed with an amazing work ethic and incredible energy, she worked as a waitress at the Town Club for 37 years, retiring at the age of 90. Many thanks to Marc for his devoted care of Shirley during the three and a half years since John passed, and to Bonnie for helping care for her the last year and a half.
Much gratitude and heart-felt thanks to the many kind and compassionate caregivers at Aurora Hospital-Grafton, Milwaukee Catholic Home, Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital-Milwaukee and Horizon Hospice-Lawlis Center-Mequon, who cared for her during the final seven weeks of her life. Visitation will take place on Saturday, January 12, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church, corner of North Port Washington and West Calumet Road in Fox Point, followed by the celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial at Noon. Entombment will take place at Resurrection Cemetery in Mequon.
Memorials in Shirley’s name may be made to St. Eugene Parish, 7600 N. Port Washington Road, Fox Point, WI 53217.
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