Freda May Sandberg

Freda May Sandberg, 101, of Moline, died March 4, 2009 at Aspen Rehab and Heath Care, Silvis.
Funeral services will be Thursday 11:00 a.m., March 12, 2009 with a visitation two hours prior at First Covenant Church, Moline. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Covenant Church, Christian Friendliness, or Arrowhead Ranch.
Freda was born August 26, 1907 in Sherrard, IL to Franklin Harrison and Minnie May (Wilson) Cox. She married David Milton Sandberg on February 6, 1929 in Moline. He preceded her in death on January 30, 1964.
Freda was a member of First Covenant Church where she was involved in missionary work, planning, cooking, serving dinners, and the weekly church cleaning crew. She also was active with Christian Friendliness. She liked baking cookies and Swedish rye bread. She enjoyed being there for her family especially her grandchildren.
She is survived by
Daughters Jeannine (Edward) Blackburn Bonita Beach, FL
Joan (John) Welander Moline
Janet Mudgett Moline
Judith (Paul) Wolf Davenport
Jane (Jack) Littlefield Zion, IL
Grandchildren David (Janice) Blackburn
Gregory (Toni) Blackburn
Jeff Blackburn
Mark (Budelle) Welander
Jill (Bob) Mahlburg
Thomas (Suzanne) Welander
Julie Mudgett
Jeri (Kent) Knickelbein
Joni (Danny) Lynch
Jennifer (Michael) Partykevich
Chad (Christi) Wolf
Gina (Scott) Pottorff
Troy Wolf
Jenny (Todd) Ludlow
Joanna (Todd) Derma
Janine Littlefield
25 great grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son Milton "Gee" David Sandberg, son-in-law Edward Mudgett and granddaughter-in-law Wendy Blackburn.
For those of us still on the journey through life on Earth, we pray, "her life be honored by all she loved, her memory cherished for all she gave and our hearts be comforted by all we shared."
Online condolences may be expressed to Freda's family by visiting her obituary at
www.esterdahlmortuary.com