Loretta Anna Fredin was born June 18, 1914 at St. Paul, Minnesota to Henry G. and Amilia Goetzke Bauer. She married Alden G. Fredin on June 20, 1938 at St. Paul and worked with her husband as owners of several Department stores in Minnesota and Montana. She moved to Mountain Home in 2001 and passed away at the Good Samaritan Village on September 12, 2006 at the age of 92 years, 2 months and 24 days. Survivors: One Daughter: Judy Recer and husband Don of Mountain Home, Arkansas, Two sons: John G. Fredin and wife Stephanie of North San Padre Island, Texas and Robert A. Fredin and wife Janine of Harlowton, Montana, Six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Preceded in Death by: Parents, Husband and one sister. Funeral: Memorial Service will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Village Chapel with Reverend Siegfried Johnson officiating. Burial: Entombment will be in the Sunset Vista Cemetery in Yuma, Arizona. Memorials: Week-end meals, c/o UMW @ First United Methodist Church, Mountain Home, Arkansas