A memorial service for Robert “Joe” Frei, 87 year old Enid resident will be Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. in the Central Christian Church Chapel with the Reverend John McLemore and Chaplin Shorty Unruh officiating.  Inurnment will be at 3:00 p.m. in the Hardtner Cemetery, Hardtner, Kansas with military rites.  Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory, Enid.

      Joe was born to William Robert and Elsie (Hauser) Frei on June 29, 1922 one mile south of Hardtner, Kansas in Woods County, Oklahoma, and passed away on August 27, 2009 in Enid, Oklahoma. 

       He attended Eldred School in Barber County, Kansas and Hardtner High School, graduating in 1941.  Joe enlisted in the U.S. Navy on October 10, 1942 and was discharged on July 21, 1943. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 22, 1943 and was discharged on February 18, 1946.  On August 21, 1946, he married June Johnson at Oswego, Kansas.  To this union one daughter, Pamela Kay (1947) and one son Robert Herschel (1951) was born.

       Joe farmed and ranched at Hardtner Kansas for seven years.  Then they moved to Freedom, Oklahoma, where he farmed and ranched until 1970.  Joe worked for Woods County, District 2, retiring in 1984.  Joe and June moved to Enid in 1991, and later to Golden Oaks Retirement Village.  Joe was a member of Central Christian Church Disciples of Christ, American Legion, Elks Lodge, and Cowboy Storytellers.

       He was preceded in death by one brother, two sisters, and three grandchildren.

       Joe is survived by his wife, June of the home; one daughter, Pamela Kay Rogers of Woodward, Oklahoma; one son, Robert Herschel Frei of Alva; 4 grandchildren; 3 great granddaughters; nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

        Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Central Christian Church.