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William Eugene "Gene" Freedman
7 Aug 1927 – 28 Sep 2010
| Birth | 7 Aug 1927 |
| Death | 28 Sep 2010 |
| Cemetery | China Spring Cemetery China Spring , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Slick aka Sharon Erwin McNary on 05 Nov 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59365216 |
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William Eugene "Gene" Freedman, 83, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lake Shore Funeral Home. William was born in Valley Mills, Texas, to the late Jess and Allie (Stanley) Freedman. He married Joyce Phillips on June 2, 1950, in Sheppard, Texas. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and was in World War II on the Battleship New Jersey. Gene worked construction, building bridges for many years, and in 1972 started his own company, A & C Construction. He retired in 1999. He loved spending time with family, camping, hunting, and playing dominoes. He was preceded in death by his stepmother, Emily York Freedman; brothers, Ned Freedman and Richard Freedman; and sisters, Lillie Mae Johnson Light and Colene Lee Riddle. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Joyce Freedman; daughter, Cynthia Freedman; his "Little Buddy", Jesse Troutt; brothers, Ray Freedman and wife, Susie, D.G. Freedman, Duncan Freedman and wife, Linda, Carroll Freedman, Harry Freedman and wife, Ladonna; sisters, Velma Johnson, Dianne Jordan, Delma Mann and husband, Sammie, Inez Rogers and husband, Charles; and many nieces, nephews, and caring friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/29/2010...K6
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- Lillie Mae Freedman Light 1916–2003
- Corene Lee Freedman Riddle 1921–2010
- Jesse Euil "Ned" Freedman 1924–1971
- Charles Ray Freedman 1932–2011 FaG
- Velma Alene Freedman Johnson 1934–2017 FaG
- Danny Glass "DG" Freedman 1936–2021 FaG
- Dianne Jenett Freedman Jordan 1945–? FaG
- Diane Jeanette Freedman Jordan 1945–2025 FaG
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