Funeral services for Frieda Rokusek, age 92, of Elgin will be 10:30am Saturday, August 5, at Hope Congregational Church in Elgin. Pastor Ellis Ryherd will officiate with burial in Hope Congregational Cemetery at Elgin.


Serving as casketbearers are Frieda's grandchildren and the honorary casketbearers will be her great grandchildren.


FRIEDA HABERSTROH was born June 3, 1914 at Willa, ND to Karl and Elizabeth (Kirsch) Haberstroh. She attended school in the Willa area and was baptized and confirmed at the Neuburg Church north of Burt. Frieda was united in marriage to Charles Rokusek on November 21, 1935 at Willa. They farmed north of Burt and in 1941 moved to a farm south of Mott where they lived until 1961. They then moved to a farm 3 miles south of Elgin where they farmed and ranched until 1969 when they moved into Elgin.


Frieda worked in Elgin cafe's and did janitorial work. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, quilting, and embroidering.


Frieda passed away on Tuesday morning, August 1, at MedCenter One in Bismarck.


Surviving family members include her daughter, Florence McAfee, White Sulfur Springs, MT; 3 sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Betty Rokusek, Mott, ND; Larry and Mary Rokusek, Bismarck, ND; Perry Rokusek, Elgin, ND; 9 grandchildren, Steve, Scott, and Steph Rokusek; Sheila Green, Sandy Fried, Lyle, Pat, and Bart McAfee, and Tyler Frohlich; 5 great grandchildren, Lance and Holli Green, Brady Fried, Allison Rokusek, and Ashley Wallace; 1 sister and brother-in-law, Edna and Edmund Klein, Elgin, ND; 1 brother and 3 sisters-in-law, Edmund and Leona Haberstroh, Omaha, NE; Elma Haberstroh, Carson, ND; and Hilda Haberstroh, Mott, ND.


Frieda was preceded in death by her parents, her husband on March 19, 2001; son-in-law, Tuck McAfee; grandson, Jud McAfee, great granddaughter, MacKenzie Rokusek , 4 sisters, Lydia Stern, Bertha Rokusek, Caroline Rokusek, and Elizabeth Geyer; 3 brothers, John, Jake, and Herbert Haberstroh.