Frieda C. Solonen

Frieda C. Solonen, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, died Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at the home of her daughter near Edon, Ohio. Mrs. Solonen was born September 5, 1917, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Rudolf and Maleda (Maritz) Gross. She was a graduate of Muscatine High School in 1924, and then graduated from Wartsburg College in 1928. She married Dr. Nicholas W. Solonen at Grace Lutheran Church in Muscatine on April 11, 1940, and they later moved to Westfield, New Jersey where they resided for the next thirty-eight years. While a resident in Westfield, she was a member of the Calvary Lutheran Church in Cranford, New Jersey for thirty-five years where she was active in the Charity Guild, the Women’s Sewing Circle the Altar Guild. She and her husband relocated to Edon, Ohio in 2001, where they resided with their daughter and son-in-law Paula and Larry Burkhart. Mrs. Solonen is survived by her daughter, Paula (Larry) Burkhart, of Edon, Ohio, two granddaughters, Christine Birmingham, of Bryan, Ohio, Stephanie Walls, of Belton, Texas, and two great grandsons, Ethan Lyons and Aidan Walls. She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. Nicholas W. Solonen, Sr., a son Nicholas Solonen, Jr. and a brother, Arthur Gross. Services for Frieda C. Solonen will be private, There will be no visitation. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine, Iowa. Krill Funeral Service in Edon, Ohio is in charge of arrangements.