PARTRIDGE - Mildred L. Friesen, 90, died April 21, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1917, in Inman, to Henry and Agnes Pauls Nickel.

She had been a Reno County resident since 1947. She graduated form Wichita East High School in 1935. She was a homemaker and she and her husband farmed in Reno County near Pretty Prairie and in Logan County. She was of the Mennonite Faith.

On May 6, 1937 she married Leonard Friesen in Chicago, Ill. He died Nov. 30, 1993.

Survivors include: sons, Larry Friesen and wife Jeanette, Pretty Prairie, David Friesen, Partridge, Mark Friesen and wife Joye, Hutchinson; sisters, Marianne Krocker, Wimberly Texas; six grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents and a son, James H. Friesen.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with Pastor Steve Hodgson presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at Elliott Mortuary. Family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday at Elliott Mortuary. Burial will be in North Inman Cemetery, Inman. Memorials may be sent to Boys and Girls Club of Hutchinson. Personal condolences may be left at www.elliottmortuary.com.