Ruth Elizabeth Rau Freiheit
(February 12, 1918 - September 8, 2007)

FREIHEIT, Ruth Elizabeth of Clio, age 89, died Saturday, September 8, 2007 at Brian's House Hospice in Davison.Burial will be in West Branch, Michigan.Memorial contributions may be made to the National Federation of the Blind.

Ruth was born February 12, 1918 in West Branch, Michigan, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Mary (Sapp) Rau. She graduated from St. Joseph Catholic High School in 1934. She and Albert (Walt) Freiheit were united in marriage on September 26, 1942 in St. Joseph Catholic Church in West Branch, and resided in the Flint area of 65 years. Ruth worked for Flint Masonic Temple Catering by Battise for about 28 years. She enjoyed gardening, reading and traveling.

Surviving are her sons, Thomas and wife Judy Freiheit, James Freiheit, Steven and wife Janet Freiheit, daughter Sharon and husband Arthur Goatbe, all of Clio, daughters, Judith Fike of Goodrich, Susan and husband George of Stillwater, Oklahoma; 15 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; brother, Michael and wife Evelyn Rau of West Branch; sisters-in-law, Peggy Steinhauser Hamilton of West Branch, and Arlene Rau of Bay City.

She was preceded in death by parents, Michael and Mary (Sapp) Rau, husband Albert (Walt) Freiheit, first-born son Jackie, sister Margaret Dorris, brothers, Eugene and Jack Rau.