ROYAL – Jocelyn Lee "Jocey" Freeman, 79, of Royal passed away on Thursday (Sept. 18, 2014) at home.
She was born Jan. 16, 1935, in her home to Wrexford and Georgia (Evans) Clark. She met Richard "Dick" Freeman at a baseball game in 1951 through friends. They married on Nov 7, 1951, in Joliet; they had two sons, Larry and Lonnie.
Dick bought Freeman's Tavern in 1949; Joyce continued to run the tavern after Dick's passing in 1986 until her retirement in 2006. Joyce started the well-known "Chicken Buffet on Thursday Night" at Freemans.
She is survived by her son, Lonnie (Debbie) Freeman of Royal; a granddaughter, Brooke (John Ross) Wilsey of Royal; a great-grandson, Easton Wilsey of Royal, a granddaughter, Taylor Freeman of Naperville; a grandson, Joel Freeman Rosenbeck, 5th Ranger Battalion Paratrooper, Dahlonega, Ga.; a great-grandson, Bason Rosenbeck of Dallas; two sisters, Linda (Dave, deceased) Hartley of Covington, Ind., and Suzanne (Dewey) Zumwalt of Danville; and aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Georgia Evans Clark (Herman) Frerichs; her father, Wrexford Clark; a son, Larry Freeman; and grandson, Layne Freeman.
She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Royal; and she graduated from Ogden High School.
Joyce enjoyed life, her family, cooking, crossword puzzles, NASCAR/Indy racing, E.I. baseball "The Royal Giants", SJO Athletics (granddaughters, Brooke and Taylor) and Parkland Cobra softball (granddaughters Brooke and Taylor). She loved to shop at flea markets, always was a fashionable dresser and could always tell a good joke. She was also a lifelong die-hard CUBS fan.
Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Royal. A graveside service will immediately follow with a luncheon to follow the burial.
Memorials may be made to an organization of the donor's choice.
Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave, St. Joseph, is assisting with arrangements.
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