Marleen May Frey, age 77, of rural Elgin, ND passed away at Sanford Hospital in Bismarck ND, on early Saturday morning, November 4, 2023.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 2:00 pm MST at Hope Congregational Church in Elgin with Pastor Ed Zimmerman officiating.  Burial will follow at Hope Congregational Cemetery, in Elgin.

Visitation will be on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm MST at The Hope Congregational Church in Elgin.  A family and friends service will be held that evening at 5:00 pm at Hope Congregational Church in Elgin.

Marleen May Frey was born on April 17, 1946 in New Leipzig, ND to Quito and Hilda (Maier) Golke.  Marleen was the oldest of 4 kids and grew up on the family farm North of the New Leipzig area and attended Farm School. Marleen worked on her family farm with her siblings until their dad passed away and they then moved to New Leipzig with her family shortly thereafter. Marleen did numerous babysitting jobs after moving to town and helped to take care of her siblings along with her twin sister Darleen.

Marleen met the Love of her life, Henry Frey and they were married on February 23, 1965.  The couple had four beautiful children together: Calvin, Brenda, Amanda, and Gardell. Marleen was also very proud of her 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, and she loved spending time with them for they were her pride and joy. Marleen was a stay-at-home mom while raising her children and took very good care of her husband after they were all grown up.

She is survived by her 2 sons Calvin (Ruby) Frey, Bowman, ND; Gardell Frey, Mandan, ND; 2 daughters Brenda (Tim) Reineke, Bismarck, ND; Amanda Frey, Bismarck, ND; 8 grandchildren Alicia, Jasmine (fiancé Dylan Pfleger) , Marcus, Madison, Desarae, Austin, Abigail, and Miracle; 4 great-grandchildren Tucker, LaKayla, Zaelynn, and Tinsley; 1 Twin sister Darleen Stevahn, Bismarck, ND, 2 brothers Jerrold (Cindy) Golke, Bismarck, ND; & Mark (Peggy) Golke, Mandan, ND, 2 Brothers-in-law Chris (Donna) Frey, Bismarck, ND, & Albert (Darlene) Frey, Mott, ND; 3 sisters-in-law Katherine Wyman, Bowman, ND; Helen (Dave) Reineke, Elgin, ND, & Wanda (Wade) Dachtler, Elgin, ND; her dog (day-to-day companion) Mitzie and numerous nieces and nephews.

Marleen was preceded in death by her loving husband Henry Frey, her parents Quito & Hilda, sister-in-law Elizabeth Frey, brothers-in-law Ruben Frey & Jack Wyman, nephews Michael, Marty & Matthew Frey, niece Tanya Halmans, granddaughter Katherine Frey, and great-grandson Jaxon Reineke.