Grant D. Freeding, 71 of Del Webb, Huntley, passed away at his home on Thursday, September 12, 2013 following a lengthy illness.
He was born April 22, 1942 in Chicago, the son of Adolf and Leona (Holland) Freeding. He grew up in Mount Prospect and graduated from Mount Prospect High School in 1960. He later graduated from the Art Academy. His first marriage was to Joellen Freedingand have two children, Kara Prusko (Freeding) and Aimee Freeding. Grant worked as the Art Director for Unocal until 1994. On October 6, 2007 he married Joanne Paschen and the couple made their home in Huntley. Grant especially enjoyed nature, taking long walks, fishing and gardening. In retirement he created objects of art out of antiques. He will always be known someone who was nice, very kind and thoughtful of others. It was known he had a kind heart and never had a cross word for anyone.
He is survived by his wife, Joanne Freeding of Huntley, his daughters, Kara (Bob) Prusko of Huntley, Aimee (David Morgan) Freeding of London, England, their mother, Joellen Freeding of Algonquin, his brother, Larry (Cathy) Larson of Elgin, his sister, Lenore Larson of Mesa, Arizona, four step-children and seven step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, September, 16th with a 7:00 p.m. Memorial Service all at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral & Cremation Service, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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A beautiful creative man. Who often was mistaking for Phil Donahue. He will be missed by many. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time. God Bless. Love Claudia and Bob Presta
Sending you and your family loving, healing and peaceful thoughts and prayers...We love you all. God Speed Grant All our Love, Doug Motown, Jan and Keelin Funk
Keeping you in my thoughts and praying for peace for you, Kara, and all of Mr. Freeding's family. At times like this, there just aren't any words that make it seem like you will get through this. In time, you will remember times together and you will smile more and cry less. My best advice is to be there for each other.
Much love and strength to you all. Im with you in spirit from afar today and send a big hug to each of you. Grant was a great Uncle who I have wonderful memories of, particularly celebrating the holidays. Cheers to him and his beautiful life.